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Locomotive Ash Pan.
Patent for a new and improved locomotive ash pan. This design "relates to ash-pans for locomotive and other fire-boxes; and it has for its object to provide a simple and improved device of this character in which the contents of the pan may be discharged therefrom by a single operation of a controlling-lever. To this end the invention consists . . . in a sliding frame working in guides, a series of slats forming the entire bottom of the pan pivoted to the frame and carried thereby, a lever for operating said frame, and means for sustaining the slats normally in horizontal position" (lines 11-23).
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Johnson, Charles J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peg for Violins.
Patent for a new and improved violin peg. This design "has for its object to dispense with the usual string-aperture in the peg and to so construct the peg that a string may be expeditiously, conveniently, and securely attached thereto and as readily and conveniently removed therefrom, as desired, and to accomplish these objects without disfiguring the peg" (lines 11-18).
Date:
April 19, 1892
Creator:
Rowe, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Receiver
Patent for seed cotton receivers so that each gin receives a specific amount of cotton, allowing it to self-regulate.
Date:
July 5, 1892
Creator:
Schulze, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Step.
Patent for a foldaway step that can be mounted on the side of a vehicle.
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Walton, Sam H. & Smith, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History