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Bell-Ringer.
Patent for a bell ringer for use in locomotives, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1891
Creator:
Baker, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Aging Whisky.
Patent for a barrel for heating and aging whiskey, which accelerates aging time. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1891
Creator:
Halligan, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Gearing.
Patent for improvements in “gearing mechanism in which the speed or rotation of a drum or wheel is greatly increased through the intervention of gearing-wheels mounted upon a single shaft.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 1, 1898
Creator:
Scofield, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Burning Device.
Patent for improvements in grass burning devices in which “the grass may be safely burned on the prairies and the fire kept from spreading.” (Lines 16-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 1, 1898
Creator:
Slaughter, George M. & Christian, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the washing machine "which shall enable the washing of clothes or garments to be effected with but little exertion to the operator and with but comparatively little wear to the garments themselves." (Lines 19-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1891
Creator:
Smith, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in hose-couplings in which the coupling process would be trouble-free and without injury to the hose when the freight cars are uncoupled or when one car breaks away from another in case of accident. (Lines 24-31) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 1, 1898
Creator:
Harding, Daniel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refuse-Carrier Frame.
Patent for a support frame for devices that carry refuse from the saw mill to the burning pile, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1891
Creator:
Zimmerman, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Collecting and Conveying Water.
Patent for a new and useful method of collecting and conveying water.
Date:
March 1, 1898
Creator:
Manning, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History