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Baling Press
Patent for improvements made to a baling press used to press cotton into bales. Improvements include improved construction to improve durability and efficiency, and design enhancements to the feeding belt to make retrieving the bales of cotton easier and more efficient.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Marek, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Breaker.
Patent for a stalk-breaker that breaks "the stalks into small pieces and which will be under the control of the driver so as to be thrown in and out of gear at will, and in which the breaker mechanism will be so constructed that it will give when an unyielding substance is run against, thereby preventing breakage or damage to the machine" (lines 13-20).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for improvements in hay-presses by simplify and increase the efficiency of the power head, so that it is capable of baling more hay in a given time. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
McNeill, Charles DeWitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power
Patent for "a machine adapted for operation from an auxiliary motor actuated by horse or animal power, and has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, and durable machine of this character by or from which a cotton-gin, agrist or saw mill, or other machinery may be driven" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
Sampson, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History