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Gin Saw Gumming Machine. (open access)

Gin Saw Gumming Machine.

Patent for an improved variation of a gin saw gumming machine with "an adjustable means for clamping the machine to varying diameters of space blocks on gin saws of varying diameters." (Lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Taylor, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree that equalizes the draft pressure on the beam.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Sledge, Henry B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "the combination of the swinging arms arranged in front of the wheels, the curved brake-shoes pivoted at their front ends to the lower ends of the arms, and the swinging slotted links connecting intermediate points of the brake-shoes to a stationary part of the car, whereby the free end of the shoe is capable of a swinging movement independent of the links" (lines 76-84).
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Otenhouse, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Machine. (open access)

Fiber-Machine.

Patent for an improvement in fiber machines that is "adaptable to fibers of various plants; but it is especially designed for separating the fiber of plants found in Mexico--such as lechugilla, Spanish dagger, and similar plants" (lines 28-32). The machine is used to separate the usable fiber from the leaves, stalks, and other parts of the plants.
Date: September 2, 1884
Creator: Worthington, George & Parvin, Enoch, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber machine. (open access)

Fiber machine.

Patent for the improvement of fiber-machines, using rolls, bearings, wheels, brushes, racks and pinions.
Date: September 2, 1884
Creator: Worthington, George & Parvin, Enoch J.
System: The Portal to Texas History