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Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay-press where "the plunger or traverser is arranged in a suitable frame and is drawn toward its rearward position by means of a spring. rods are connected to the opposite sides of the plunger or traverser, and these are in turn connected to a cross-head, which in turn is connected with a pitman provided on its outer end with a hook that engages mechanism to give it a motion which imparts a reciprocating motion to the plunger" (lines 15-25).
Date:
September 8, 1896
Creator:
McIntosh, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sash-holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the wire having an inclined portion and offsets . . . of the plate separate therefrom and having a vertical portion adapted to be secured to a window-frame, a horizontal portion to which the upper end of the wire is secured, a depending portion, and a roller free to ride upon the inclined portion of the wire and formed with a hub and rubber bands, one upon each end of the hub and sprung into grooves in the hub" (lines 84-94).
Date:
September 16, 1890
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Root-Puller.
Patent for a root puller for pulling up Mesquite tree root clumps.
Date:
September 27, 1910
Creator:
McGehee, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polish for Woodwork and Method of Preparing the Same.
Patent for a polish for varnished woodwork
Date:
September 14, 1914
Creator:
Hancock, John Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer.
Patent for an improvement that "relates to that class of cotton-packers which receive cotton from the condenser after ginning and pack it in a box preparatory to being pressed and tied into a bale; and its object is to provide means whereby the cotton may be packed int he box automatically" (lines 8-14).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Hart, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History