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Wash Boiler
Patent for improvement on boiler washing machines so that steam is produced in conical chambers underneath a false bottom thus producing steam in less time and stirring the clothes as steam is vented upward and out of said chambers.
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Medley, John Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler
Patent for a device used for cooling milk consisting of "a vessel adapted to contain any desired quantity of milk, of a cloth or fabric covering enclosing said milk receiving vessel and provided at an intermediate portion of it's length with a series of openings or perforations, and means of saturating said inclosing cloth with water" (lines 13-19).
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Nerger, Charles G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an automatic gate at railroad crossings, adaptable for use in "farm gates and automatic gates for carriage roads" (page 1, lines 11-12) using "an inclined cam disk, of a spring actuated lever" (page 4, lines 27-28), trip devices, and a bell or other signal, with illustrations.
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Neeb, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue for Cotton-Condensers
Patent for a flue to be used in the Rembert system of bailing cotton. The flue is comprised of a series of valves to help regulate air flow in the condenser so as to aid in the uniform deposit of fibers maintaining a uniform shape throughout.
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Crooks, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale Beam.
Patent for a scale beam with notches at different heights on the upper edge, so that weights may be adjusted in the dark or by the blind, and including illustration.
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Sevier, Moses Nimrod
System:
The Portal to Texas History