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Feeding-Chamber and Door for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Feeding-Chamber and Door for Baling-Presses.

Patent for a feeding chamber and door for baling presses that vertically extends so that "the feed material need not be tucked down by hand or foot to a level of the baling chamber, as this is accomplished by the door being closed down, a lever and weight can be attached to the door to properly depress the material to allow the door to latch, and as the door prevents the material from bulging up the compressing can be accomplished direct in the feeding chamber, the plunger need not pass but a short distance beyond the feeding chamber thus requiring less movement of the plunger and thus gaining more power" (lines 23-35).
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder. (open access)

Grain-Binder.

Patent for "an improvement in grain-binders... which can be so constructed as to receive the grain direct from the platform of the reaper without the assistance of elevating mechanism." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1889
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History