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Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame or support, the lever-arms, the winch and the ropes connecting the said arms thereto, the follower, the toggle-jointed levers connecting the said follower with the frame, and the rods connecting the joints of the said levers to the lever-arms, with the follower and the fulcrumed levers, having their inner ends connected to the follower and their outer ends connected to [a different] follower whereby the said followers move simultaneously when the winch is turned" (lines 83-94).
Date:
March 30, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved boot cleaner. This design "affords facilities for readily and conveniently scraping all parts of the boot or shoe. The heel is scraped on [a] semicircular portion located at the top of the arch, the sides of the sole by the arms, the upper hollow of the foot by the projections, [and] the toe by the lower side of the arch or bow" (lines 38-45).
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Scovel, Purley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "...certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings..." (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1886
Creator:
Mitchell, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser.
Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, Geoorge W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for an improved fertilizer distributor to be attached to the farm wagon. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Hurley, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History