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Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn (open access)

Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Whiting, Louis Rossell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly Fan or Brush. (open access)

Fly Fan or Brush.

Patent for a new and improved fly fan or brush. This design consists "[i]n an automatic fly fan or brush, a suitable hollow post terminating at its upper end in a casing, a crank-shaft and conical pulley located therein, and gearing connecting the crank-shaft with the pulley-shaft, in combination with a cord connected to the pulley and to a rubber band or cord passing around a pulley at the base of the post, said rubber cord or band at one end being connected thereto, a pitman-rod connecting the crank-shaft with the arm carrying the fan or brush" (lines 84-94).
Date: August 28, 1888
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ox-Yoke. (open access)

Ox-Yoke.

Patent for a new ox yoke design to reduce wear of the yoke, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1888
Creator: Herren, William Willison
System: The Portal to Texas History