Feed Device for Gin-Saw Sharpeners (open access)

Feed Device for Gin-Saw Sharpeners

Patent for "a feeding device for the teeth which is independent of the filing devices, and which shall be so constructed that it will properly feed the teeth of saws of varying diameters, so as to give a regular and uniform size to each tooth without reference to the number of teeth in the saw" (lines 18-24).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Behan, William & Friensehner, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw-Sharpening Machine (open access)

Gin-Saw-Sharpening Machine

Patent for improvements of gin saw sharpening machines.
Date: June 28, 1887
Creator: Behan, William & Friensehner, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay and Cotton Press (open access)

Hay and Cotton Press

Patent for "hay and cotton press that can be easily and cheaply constructed and that can be operated by hand or horse power" (Lines 20-22).
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Donaldson, Sven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket. (open access)

Wire Basket.

Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a wire basket formed of a circular bottom, and a wire frame bent to form a cylinder, in the lower part of which cylinder the circular bottom is held" (lines 13-16).
Date: February 10, 1885
Creator: Elliott, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drier. (open access)

Drier.

Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, a series of spark-arresting plates located opposite said openings, to deflect downward all the sparks that may escape through said openings, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-22).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: McPherson, Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drier. (open access)

Drier.

Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, another arch or arches alongside of the first with openings in its sides, and pendent deflecting-plates to arrest all sparks that may issue from a furnace also provided with deflecting walls or plates, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-23).
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: McPherson, Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History