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Rake.
Patent for a rake that is meant for raking loose stumps, brush, and similar articles from fields. The rake is pulled along, and two wheels form an axle where the rake is balanced. There are two rake-lifting levers.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
McIlroy, Archibald Yell & McIlroy, Joseph Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine.
Patent for a mattress-making machine that presses the material and forces it into a mattress. The mattress is "suitably held at one end of the machine, guide-strips being provided to hold the material forming the filling for the mattress straight and smooth while being forced into the tick" (lines 19-23).
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Bates, Frances Marian
System:
The Portal to Texas History