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Device for cooling milk, meat, vegetables, &c. (open access)

Device for cooling milk, meat, vegetables, &c.

Patent for an early fridge, a device that will cool meat, milk and vegetables. It comprises a container of ice cold water, and a place to store the foodstuffs in.
Date: July 12, 1892
Creator: Smart, J. W. & Cheatham, T. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n a corn and cotton planter, a hinged hopper provided with a removable partition and an agitator connected at one end to a longitudinal brace on said hopper, in combination with a platform rabbeted, as shown, and formed with slots, disks working in the slots, one of which is provided with pins to operate the agitator and the other disk having pockets" (lines 4-12).
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: McNorton, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wedges for Spitting Rock &c. (open access)

Improvement in Wedges for Spitting Rock &c.

Patent for improvement for a wedge. This design hollows the middle in two areas to make it easier to handle and more economical.
Date: April 24, 1875
Creator: Cosbey, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Trucks. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Trucks.

Patent for the improvement of car-trucks, consisting in the arrangement of each wheel of a car-truck upon the outer end of a separate short axle, the bearings of each axle being both located on the inner side of the wheel and the bearing at the inner end of the axle provided with a sliding-box and springs. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: July 9, 1872
Creator: Onley, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History