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Process of Extinguishing Fire
Patent for a method to extinguish fire. In a fire event, a container holding sulfur and alum is added to a tank holding water, soda and salt which will create pressure and eject the water in the tank.
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Millis, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.
Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
Shipp, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam and plow, of the semicircular stay-brace pivotally secured to the beam at one end and at the other end formed with a slot and a horizontal portion extending across the top of the beam, the bolt passed through the slot into the beam, the colter, and the adjustable wedge-shaped block having a plurality of depressions upon its inner face to receive the horizontal portion of the brace" (lines 81-90).
Date:
October 14, 1890
Creator:
Dickerman, Lewis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Bruton, David Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History