Governor for Seed-Cotton-Handling Apparatus. (open access)

Governor for Seed-Cotton-Handling Apparatus.

Patent for simple, efficient, and reliable "a governor for regulating the quantity of seed cotton which is delivered to one or more feeders or gins by a seed-cotton handling apparatus" (lines 13-16). The operator sets the amount of cotton being sent through the gin. The invention has a receiver of a cotton handling mechanism, another mechanism that cuts off the supply of cotton after a desired amount has passed, and the invention can easily be started again after the gin is emptied.
Date: June 19, 1894
Creator: Schulze, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dog or Stop Device for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Dog or Stop Device for Baling-Presses.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable stop-device or dog used in baling presses with a pressure-chamber in a plunger or traverser reciprocates. The invention operates automatically and retaines the material being pressed inside the pressure-chamber. The dog pivots on the side of the pressure-chamber and is enabled to move freely.
Date: June 19, 1894
Creator: Schulze, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History