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Coin-Controlled Slide
Patent for a coin-controlled slide used for operating mechanical musical instruments and vending machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Hammond, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Sheller.
Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the body and inclines slightly downward. When folded, the nubber-plate rests against the rear face of the body" (lines 39-52).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Price, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Barrel Attachment.
Patent for a pump barrel attachment, which has a trap to catch any material falling off the valve.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Riddle, William Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History