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Cotton Press. (open access)

Cotton Press.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-press. This design "is to so construct a press that the force shall be applied solely by the pulling action of the screw, and so that the cotton can be put in at the top of the box and compressed without the usual tramping of the same therein by an operative preparatory to applying the force of the press, thereby doing away with a door or opening near the top of the box for inserting the cotton, and dispensing with the tramping operation" (lines 32-42).
Date: September 16, 1884
Creator: Haiman, Elias & Winship, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for improvements in rotary engines to allow for the expansion of steam after admission and minimum leakage in order to provide an engine that is capable of long-continued use with a minimum of wear and working friction (lines 15-22), including illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Stocker, James M. & Stocker, Ziba O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
=Heater or Cooker for Cotton and Other Oil Seed or Material (open access)

=Heater or Cooker for Cotton and Other Oil Seed or Material

Patent for Heater or Cooker for Cotton and Other Oil Seed or Material
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Sheppard, Orlando, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton Seed Linter

Patent for the improvement of cotton lint linter parts and construction. Improvements to the parts remove cotton seed lint before entering the lint conveying flue.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Henry, Nelson B. & Henry, N.B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Expressing Cage and Press. (open access)

Oil-Expressing Cage and Press.

Patent for improvements to Oil Expressing Cages and Presses "for the extraction of oil from cotton seed cake or the like" (lines 11-12) that allows for multiple oil cakes and press plates which can be "readily inserted in or removed from the press as occasion requires" (lines 22-23).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cake-Forming and Cage-Loading Mechanism for Oil-Presses. (open access)

Cake-Forming and Cage-Loading Mechanism for Oil-Presses.

Patent for a cake-forming and cage-loading mechanism for oil presses, specifically designed for extracting vegetable oil from cooked meats. The mechanism includes a revolving mold member and presser, allowing cooked meats to be compacted and ejected into a cake receiving cage.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Henry, Nelson B. (Nelson Bollinger), Jr., 1883-1969
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump for Hydraulic Presses (open access)

Pump for Hydraulic Presses

Patent for a hydraulic pump that drives at a uniform speed as the pressure of the press increases, and connects the pistons with two pairs of cylinders moving in opposite cycles.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History