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Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.
Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted entirely. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "a device that will chop cotton mechanically" (line 10-11) and require less labor including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Crum, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine.
Patent for a mattress-making machine that presses the material and forces it into a mattress. The mattress is "suitably held at one end of the machine, guide-strips being provided to hold the material forming the filling for the mattress straight and smooth while being forced into the tick" (lines 19-23).
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Bates, Frances Marian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment that allows the cultivator height to be adjusted for digging. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
Stewart, Lon Woodson
System:
The Portal to Texas History