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Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Kelly, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auger-Bit (open access)

Auger-Bit

Patent for an auger bit used for boring holes. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Harris, Lawrence P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for new and useful improvement in Skeleton Tillage-Plow.
Date: December 22, 1874
Creator: Canty, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proportioning Weighing-Machine (open access)

Proportioning Weighing-Machine

Patent for a proportioning weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Cardwell, Robert M. & Tholen, John Ben.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer. (open access)

Gin-Saw Filer.

Patent for a new and useful gin-saw filer.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Wilson, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the baling-chamber at the front end of the same, the plunger, the toggle-links connecting said plunger with a cross-piece at the rear end of the frame, a base extending laterally from the frame, a horizontal crank mounted pivotally upon said base, the pitman connecting said crank with the connecting-point of the toggle-links, said pitman consisting of end pieces connected by a bridge-piece lying in a lower plane than the said end-pieces, and an operating-sweep" (lines 13-24).
Date: October 22, 1889
Creator: Robburts, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape (open access)

Fire-Escape

Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Thompson, B. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History