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Shaft-Support
Patent for a shaft support and anti-rattler for vehicle thills. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Stovall, Sidney P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Cleansing Clothing for Textile Fabrics
Patent for a new and useful improvements in mechanism for cleansing clothing or textile fabrics. This invention is to "provide a simple and economical construction and combination of parts whereby the clothes or fabrics operated upon shall be disturbed and displaced at each successive stroke of a pump forming part of the mechanism" (line 11-16).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Wright, John W. & Burkes, Howell H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crayon Holder
Patent for a new and useful improvements in crayon holders. This design is to "provide an improved device which may be constructed cheaply, be light, and have a neat appearance" (line 13-14).
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
Rugeley, Fannie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press that holds the material in the press while it is being formed into a bale. It consists of a frame with notches in the back, a resistance bar that pivots across the back of the frame, a latch that holds the bar in place, and a pin to pin the bar to the latch.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Mealer, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved scale. This design consists in "[a]n improved apparatus for containing and weighing shot and powder, the same consisting of the box [which is] slotted . . . the pivoted bottles and connecting cords and knobs, the pan pivoted and projecting through the slot, the weighing device proper, and indicator located on top of the box, and having a rod pendent from it and supporting the said pan" (lines 13-21).
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Irvine, William Fielding
System:
The Portal to Texas History