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Swing.
Patent for improvement in swings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Goebel, Herman A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing.
Patent for a new and improved piston packing. This design consists in a "piston head cast entire and having radial arms bored out, in combination with the piston-segments, the steam-ports in the piston-plates, and stems of said segments, packing expansible rings on said stems, and the expansible packing-rings inclosing the said piston-segments" (lines 87-93).
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
St. James, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the fence-wires, the stay-rods having their lower ends fitted in the ground and provided with a series of steps or rests fitted to the fence wires, a series of tie-wires securing the fence-wires to said steps, and braces twisted around the stay-rods near the upper ends thereof and having their ends secured to buried anchors" (lines 59-66).
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Lott, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coup
Patent for "a folding coop or crate, which may be readily folded into a compact form for transportation or storage when empty, and which may be conveniently adjusted to open position for use and secured in such position when so desired" (lines 7-12).
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Tate, William Elbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History