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Trawl-Line.
Patent for a trawl-line that is supported so that it "can be caused to travel continuously in the same or reversed directions at will" (lines 12-14). The invention prevents "the choking of the line supporting pulleys with grasses and other foreign matter, and also to enable the ready adjustment of the pulley son the posts to change the elevation of the trawl-line and the depth of dip of the hooks in the water" (lines 16-21).
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
White, Warren Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Steam-Engine.
Patent for "reversible reciprocating steam engines, its objects being to simplify the mechanism for reversing the valve, and to provide a valve in which the area of steam pressure upon its face is reduced to the minimum." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Lester, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke.
Patent for "a safety attachment for neck yokes which, if the neck yoke or the straps which connect it to the pole or to the collars break, will come into action and prevent the pole from dropping" (lines 8-13).
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for the Protection of Vessels.
Patent for a device that protects boats and consists of supporting plates, two of which are firmly secured to the side of the boat, springs between the supporting plates, and chains that limit the movement of supporting plates.
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Bailey, William Henry, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and powerful plunger for a cotton-press that is directly controlled by the operator. The plunger is hydraulically powered, the pressure being created by steam.The plunger's parts are arranged so the power is multiplied.
Date:
April 24, 1894
Creator:
Williams, Silas Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History