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Stamping or Dating Machine (open access)

Stamping or Dating Machine

Patent for new and useful improvements to printing or stamping machines.
Date: October 29, 1889
Creator: Spivey, Edward Franklin & Spivey, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable and Adjustable Roller. (open access)

Detachable and Adjustable Roller.

Patent for a new and improved hand-truck. This design consists in "the combination, with the sections . . . arranged parallel to each other and adapted to have a combined longitudinal and lateral motion with reference to each other . . . rollers located upon the under side of said sections, and the spurs on the upper faces at each end, of the braces . . . located, respectively, upon the lower and upper faces of the device and diagonally across the same, and pivoted at each end to said sections . . . the openings provided on said sections, and the dowels on said sections" (lines 68-80).
Date: October 1, 1889
Creator: Delany, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History