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Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that consists of a draw head with two separable jaws, a hand wheel mounted on the car, pitmen connected to the wheel and the jaws, springs pressing the jaws together, and a shaft that has a crank arm.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Cassidy, William A. & McGee, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Ginning Cotton.
Patent for a process of ginning cotton that is "based upon the principle of a gradual or successive ginning of the seed, somewhat analogous to the gradual reduction process of grinding wheat or other grain" (lines 28-61). This process improves ginning by over thirty-three percent.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for a milk cooler meant to keep milk cool while it sets for cream raising. "The objects in view are to utilize the currents of air, cooling the same to the proper temperature by passing them over a body of water, bringing said currents in contact with the milk and in connection with it and the surrounding water cooling the milk" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Blanton, Tillius B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, simple, and durable hand stamp that uses the minimum number of parts.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Dysart, Marby P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for suspenders that have the minimum number of straps, buckles, and buttons. The suspenders can be easily attached and the wearer can move freely and be comfortable while wearing them.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Post, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Feeder.
Patent for a gin feeder that carries "the cotton forward, and is provided with some one or more of many additional devices to regulate the amount delivered by the conveyer, independently of the amount that may be in the feeder, provided only that the supply be not to scanty" (lines 13-18). Other feeders do this, but the patent is for an especially simply designed and does not use a belt conveyer. It also does not wear out easily.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Elam, William Erwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History