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Boll Breaker and Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cotton Cleaner

Patent for a device that will break open harvested cotton bolls, while simultaneously cleaning the cotton.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Peterman, Toney S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Buckle (open access)

Bale Band Buckle

Patent for bale band buckle.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Ragsdale, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Stretcher (open access)

Garment-Stretcher

Patent for garment-stretchers that improve the stretching and pressing of garments to keep them in better shape. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Carlson, Magnus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversing Mechanism For Engines. (open access)

Reversing Mechanism For Engines.

Patent for improvements in "reversing mechanism for engines, where the operating lever may be supported in such a manner as to substantially eliminate lost motion, and where the reverse lever may be operated with greater convenience and facility." (lines 11-17).
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Wagner, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Delivery-Reel for Printing Presses (open access)

Delivery-Reel for Printing Presses

Patent for "improvements in delivery reels for printing presses, and more particularly to such reels on the so-called stop cylinder press having a reciprocatory bed carrying the type, and its object is to provide the delivery reel with mechanism whereby the paper will, after being removed from the cylinder be carried to such a position that its lower edge will be removed from the proximity to the type to prevent its engagement therewith on the return stroke of the bed" (lines 13-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Garlick, Mark J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Bearing for Baling-Presses.

Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date: December 29, 1916
Creator: Taft, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Guide or Gage for Printing-Presses (open access)

Feed Guide or Gage for Printing-Presses

Patent is for improving feed guides and gages for industrial printers. It provides a simpler guide or gage to adjust as the printer is printing.
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Phillips, Lannes William & Haines, Luther B.
System: The Portal to Texas History