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Locking Device for Baling Press Doors.
Patent for a new and improved lock for baling-press doors. This design "is to provide a . . . locking device for the doors of the baling chamber of a baling-press, which locking device is so constructed that all the doors can be locked in a single operation and by means of the same device, and may be loosened simultaneously" (lines 8-14).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Clark, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser.
Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, Geoorge W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sorghum Boiler and Evaporator.
Patent for a new and improved boiler and evaporator for sorghum. This design consists in "[an] evaporating pan having the partition walls, the elbow-tubes pivoted in the lower edge of said partitions, and capable of being turned parallel to the bottom of said pan at any angle or perpendicular thereto, [a] copper coil laid in a serpentine groove, made in the bottom of said pan, one end passing through one end of said pan and connecting with a steam generator, and having a valve to regulate the flow of steam, the other end of said coil passing through the other end of said pan" (lines 83-94).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Wynn, John Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design "relates to rein-holders, the object being to provide a device of this character which will firmly and securely hold the reins in place and prevent their forward movement and yet allow them to be readily drawn in a rearward direction to allow of detachment; and, further, to provide a rein-holder which may be readily and easily attached to or detached from the front gate of a wagon or the dash-board of a buggy" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Young, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Rocking Furniture.
Patent for a new and improved rocking-chair fan. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the fan-frame and fan, sleeve, cord, and the rocker, of the double clamping device for uniting the fan-frame to the rocker . . . and the connecting cord or wire" (lines 24-31).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
McComas, Arthur William & Fitzhugh, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for improvement to the cost and strength of fences.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Tillman, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History