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Spark-Arrester.
Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uterine-Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved pessary, or uterine supporter. This design "provides an easy and flexible support . . . and one that will adapt itself to the flexions of the body . . . and one that can be readily removed" (lines 36-40).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Long, Cornelius Pruett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Ballot-Box.
Patent for a recording ballot box to "indicate accurately and instantly the result of an election" (line 10-12).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Buck, James G. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Austin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History