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Windmill.
Patent for improvements to windmills.
Date:
April 29, 1884
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a coupling, in which the link may be raised and supported at different heights for the purpose of coupling with cars of different height, or for the purpose of raising the link out of engagement with the hook of another draw-head" (lines 26-32).
Date:
April 8, 1884
Creator:
Lyons, Sidney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Feeder.
Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton gins. This design consists in "the combination, with the driving mechanism, of the alternating sections, the shaft or rod, loop-rods and staples, the crank-shaft, and hooked rods . . . [and] of the adjustable comb, the crank-shaft, hinge-connection, arm, and cross-bar" (lines 3-12).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Nix, Manning Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escape Ladders.
This patent was created for the improvent of fire escape ladders. The inventor gives a comprehensive look at his invention via his image.
Date:
April 17, 1878
Creator:
Morris, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History