Oil Expressing Box. (open access)

Oil Expressing Box.

Patent for a new and improved oil-expressing box. In this design, "the follower is adapted to fit the box, so as to obviate the need of any joint-closing device, and the face of the follower at its side edges is raised to better confine the bag in place, and at its center or central portion is channeled and provided with a false bottom to provide for the escape of the oil" (lines 24-31).
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Cathcart, Rodney S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Expressing Box Package Shaping Machine. (open access)

Oil Expressing Box Package Shaping Machine.

Patent for a machine which shapes boxes for packaging extracted oils, with description of parts and illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Cathcart, Rodney S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoop-Fastening for Buckets, &c. (open access)

Hoop-Fastening for Buckets, &c.

Reissued patent for a a hoop fastening "to hold the hoops on buckets, barrels, kegs, and other like vessels in an effective manner, and to prevent them from dropping off when the vessel dries and shrinks" (lines 8-12).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: Phillips, Hiram B.
System: The Portal to Texas History