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Mechanical Power.
Patent for motors “designed for running light machinery – such as well-pumps, churns, sewing-machines, washing-machines, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims” (lines 10-15) including instructions and illustrations. “These motors are simple, durable, and efficient, and are not likely to get out of order” (lines 72-73).
Date:
June 17, 1884
Creator:
Wise, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for an improved car coupling that is automatic and safer than regular couplings.
Date:
June 29, 1884
Creator:
Myers, Newton J.
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