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Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for a large hopper-based device which generates acetylene gas.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved gin saw gummer. This design "consists in constructing a gin-saw gummer of a base-block, having a slot to receive the saw, and carrying the dics or stationary cutters, the guide-bar and shoe, the weight-bar, the pivoted bar, carrying the cutter and the gage, the lever and cam for operating the cutter-bar, and the feed mechanism" (lines 23-29).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Garrett, Irvin H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design consists in "the combination of the plate or part secured upon the dash-board, the T-head thereon extending a proper distance above the dash-board, and the spring-actuated arm pivoted to the side of [the plate] at a suitable distance down its length and having the clamping-head to act in conjunction with [the] head in holding the rein, said arm having a bearing upon the dash-board in its forward movement, and a stop . . . to limit its backward movement" (lines 12-22).
Date:
June 1, 1886
Creator:
Zevely, Van Neiman
System:
The Portal to Texas History