Conveying Apparatus. (open access)

Conveying Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved conveyer. This design consists, "with the track, of a carriage mounted thereon having inclined and curved points at opposite ends, guides with flaring lower ends connected at the sides of the carriage, and rollers journaled in said guides, and means connected to the carriage for operating the same" (lines 15-20).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Rowe, Isaac N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal driving-screw, the plunger, connections between the plunger and the screw, the endwise-moveable vertical shaft, gearing between the said shaft and the driving screw, the lever supporting said shaft, the [other] lever and the links connecting the [latter] lever with the [former] lever" (lines 33-39).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Nelson, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in baling-presses, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Rowe, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collecting, Conveying, and Unloading Apparatus. (open access)

Collecting, Conveying, and Unloading Apparatus.

Patent for "a new and improved apparatus for collecting, conveying, and unloading feed and water for stock and water for private use and for conveying and unloading lumber or merchandise of any kind." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 14, 1891
Creator: Rowe, Isaac N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for a simple and durable ironing table that is sturdy when in use and can be folded when not in use. The table is hinged to and held up by a vertical piece of wood. Two sets of legs cross and are centrally pivoted together, one being stopped by the vertical board. When not in use, the table swings up and rests on the board.
Date: September 1, 1896
Creator: Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rub-Iron for Wagon-Beds. (open access)

Rub-Iron for Wagon-Beds.

Patent for improvements in rub-irons for wagon-beds by “placing a [rub]-roller at the point of the wagon-bed with which the wheels come in contact when the wagon is turned." (Lines 23-25) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Nelson, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History