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Combined Stalk-Cutter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a combined stalk cutter and cultivating machine comprising a rotary stalk cutter and a gang of plows and it consists in the features of construction and novel combination of devices in a machine adapted for the various kinds of agricultural work" (lines 9-15).
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Snodgrass, George Melvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flood-Gate.
Patent for a flood-gate meant for use in mill-dams, races, and levees. Its intended use is to allow water to come to a certain height, and automatically release water once it gets past that point. When the water returns to a reasonable height, the gate automatically closes.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Dean, Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improved farm gate that pivots in its center and can be swung in either direction. It is operated by a pull chord and levers. The pull chords are set on posts on either side of the gate, each side having two chords in order to open the gate in either direction. The posts also act as a brace to stop the gate from swinging further.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Mulcahy, Richard T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preparing Fruit for Canning and Preserving.
Patent for a process of skin removal from various fruits that leaves the peeled fruit in "good condition" (line 12) for making preserves or for use in other preparations.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
McDermett, Ida L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable spring bet bottom that consists of a frame, slats, separate inverted cone-shaped coiled springs that sit on the slats and that loop together at the tops, clamps that hold the springs onto the slats, and hooks that hold the upper coils to the frame.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Crowder, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and efficient improved twin-jaw coupling that couples automatically and easily uncouples. Operators do not need to go between cars to uncouple the cars. "A further object of the invention is in the operation of uncoupling to open the knuckle after releasing the same in order to have the knuckle in position predatory to coupling" (lines 16-19).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Anders Peder
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Winding Mechanism.
Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational Appliance.
Patent for an educational appliance that is meant to be used for teaching math mechanics and physics. It easily demonstrates principles of mechanics and physics that involve quantities.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Macfarlane, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame.
Patent for a hame that has an improved fastening device that easily secures trace chains or tugs to the harness. It is easily adjustable.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for a wind-wheel that "needs no guiding vane or tail, but shall turn in the same direction at all times regardless of the direction of the wind" (lines 8-11). It is a horizontal wind wheel that rotates on a vertical axis. The blades automatically opens on one side and close on the opposite side.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History