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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad-cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the draw-head, the trip-block pivoted on the upper side of the same, the trigger secured to the upper side of the draw-head, and the spring bearing on the trip-block" (lines 82-86).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Woolsey, Charles Alexander & Woolsey, William Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter
Patent for "a device which shall be simple in construction and by meansof which the planting of the seed may be performed in an even and regular manner" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Cook, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Bin and Sifter.
Patent for a new and improved flour bin and sifter. This design consists in "[a] bin having sleeves secured thereto at opposite sides and removable screening and sifting mechanism provided with similar sleeves, and two-prong pins engaging said sleeves for connecting the sifting and screening mechanism to the bin, the said pins being arranged with their heads in opposite directions" (lines 20-27).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
McClellan, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History