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Baling-Press.
Patent for a press for baling cotton and other fibrous materials.
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Mount, T. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin.
Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design consists of an "endless wire-gauze band or apron, bound at its sides with strips of flexible material, such as leather . . . and provided on its inner side with slats, in combination with the saw-shaft, the condenser-roller, and the upper roller, around which the band passes, provided with longitudinal channels . . . in [a] cylinder and [a] wiper" (lines 81-92).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Edgar, Valentine K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Top.
Patent for improvements in wagon-bodies by providing "a simple and effective means for tightening the canvas covering over the bows of wagon or other vehicle-bodies” (lines 17-19), includes illustration.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
James, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway-Signal.
Patent for an electric railway signal, which is attached to train engines and signals that a train is stopped to other trains by a light reflecting forwards and lights the platform for passengers by having a light reflecting backwards behind the engine.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History