Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling press for hay that is meant "to provide a press and suitable power for operating the same, and to so construct said press as to double the capacity of the ordinary pres, that is to form two bales at one time, the press being operated by the same power; and, furthermore, to provide means for conveniently transporting the same when desired" (lines 10-17).
Date: August 29, 1893
Creator: Harrington, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Plow (open access)

Listing-Plow

Patent for a new listing plow that is "cheap and simple construction and readily adjustable to form wide or narrow beds and to be used in bedding of cotton or corn" (lines 11-13).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Leatherwood, Calvin Nathaniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rack for Holding and Exhibiting Rolls of Goods. (open access)

Rack for Holding and Exhibiting Rolls of Goods.

Patent for a new and improved rack. This design consists in "[t]he rack comprising the sills, the crossed bars secured thereto and to each other at their intersecting parts and forming triangular sides, said crossed bars having the projecting ends, the cross-slats connecting the crossed bars and arranged in the angles thereof, and the extension comprising the inclined bars, the short crossed bars secured at right angles thereto, and the slats connecting the bars at the angles formed thereby, the said bars being detachably bolted to the projecting ends of the inclined bars of the rack" (lines 16-28).
Date: August 26, 1890
Creator: Chapman, Luna F. & Montgomery, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs (open access)

Desk Attachment for Chairs

Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Hutton, Milton C.
System: The Portal to Texas History