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Sheep-Shears.
Patent for sheep shears that have a knife that goes in a circular motion and keeps dirt out of the inner parts of the shears.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Bechtol, William Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "improvements in baling presses: and it consists in a press having a suitable frame, a box mounted thereon having a hinged front and a hinged side." (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of baling presses for compressing hay for baling.
Date:
July 12, 1887
Creator:
McNeill, Charles DeWitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus
Patent for improvement to an ironing apparatus to "produce a cheap portable ironing-machine, with which any capable person (and even children) can with very liggle fatigue and labor, do the ironing for a large family in a very short time".
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Martin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History