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Combined Barrel Truck and Support. (open access)

Combined Barrel Truck and Support.

Patent for "a combination of devices for hoisting and hauling and supporting barrels and other receptacles for use in stores and other places" (lines 8-11).
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Hoff, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cradle, Swing, and Clothes-Drier. (open access)

Combined Cradle, Swing, and Clothes-Drier.

Patent for "a cradle which may be easily and quickly converted into a child's swing or into a clothes rack or drier." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: McMordie, William Emmett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock. (open access)

Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.

Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Ahrenbeck, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Holder. (open access)

Whip-Holder.

Patent for a whip holder that locks the end of the whip into the holder, and lap-robes and other similar articles can also be held in the invention so they cannot be stolen.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Reeves, Fountain O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Molding Sash-Weights. (open access)

Molding Sash-Weights.

Patent for a new mold design for sash-weights which describes "a mold of simple and improved construction whereby a number of weights can be cast at the same time" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Mann, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with adjustable choppers and axles, so that the distance between the hills of cotton and between rows of hills of cotton can be variable. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Miller, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History