Bran Dresser (open access)

Bran Dresser

Patent for new and valuable Improvement in Bran-Dressers
Date: December 13, 1881
Creator: De Haven, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "a box having its upper end open and having an outwardly-opening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope passing over guide-pulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum" (lines 16-28).
Date: December 13, 1887
Creator: Weddle, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History