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Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for "a new and Improved Baling-Press" (lines 7-8) with description and illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Goodwyn, Thadeus A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballast Spreading Car (open access)

Ballast Spreading Car

Patent for improvements on the ballast spreading car, including plows placed underneath for more efficient spreading of ballast material.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Scott, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Cutting Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Weed-Cutting Attachment for Plows.

Patent is for "weed cutting devices for plows, and has for its object to provide the shovel of a plow or cultivator with blades or knives, which are adapted to enter the soil a slight distance and cut down or uproot all weeds or grass and at the same time to smooth or pulverize the soil" (lines 12-18).
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Robinson, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Curtain Clasp and Holder (open access)

Window Curtain Clasp and Holder

Patent for improvement in window curtain clasps and holders. It is a window curtain clasp used to secure drapes using a U shaped fixture.
Date: November 26, 1902
Creator: Murray, Rebecca F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Heater, Strainer, and Separator (open access)

Oil Heater, Strainer, and Separator

Patent for purifying oil by removing all impurities. It is meant to prepare the oil for fuel burning purposes.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Compound. (open access)

Fuel Compound.

Patent for "Ricker's Crude-Oil Brick Fuel," a petroleum compound meant to replace coal.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Ricker, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress (open access)

Cotton Compress

Patent for "an improved cotton-compress adapted to be used in connection with a cotton-baling press for increasing the density and reducing the size of the bales formed in the press."
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Denton, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History