Drag-Sawing Machine. (open access)

Drag-Sawing Machine.

Patent for improvements in "sawing-machines adapted for using both circular and reciprocating saws, and especially designed for general sawing in cabinet-makers’ and carpenters’ shops, its object being to provide for the proper guiding and support of the reciprocating saw and for the ready adjustment and firm maintenance of the articles to be sawed in proper position.” (Lines 9-16) Illustration is included.
Date: August 3, 1880
Creator: Gardner, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Washer. (open access)

Clothes Washer.

Patent for a new and improved clothes washer "in which air is driven by the action of a piston through the clothing and the water surrounding it"(lines 9-11), includes instruction and illustration
Date: September 22, 1885
Creator: Gardner, James D. & Brumbelow, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Building Concrete Walls. (open access)

Mold for Building Concrete Walls.

Patent for a mold to be used in the construction of concrete walls, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 24, 1885
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a new baling press design with description of parts and their functions, with illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1886
Creator: Bryan, Walter S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hopple for Horses. (open access)

Hopple for Horses.

Patent for a new and improved hopple for horses. This design "consists in the combination of two curved or bent pieces which are to go around the horses ankles . . . [each with] three links and a ring . . . allow[ing] the horse to walk slowly about, permitting [it] to graze at leisure, and enabling [it] to be easily caught when desired" (lines 14-34).
Date: February 12, 1884
Creator: Cottle, Julius O. & Ivie, Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Torch and Gas Burner Key. (open access)

Combined Torch and Gas Burner Key.

Patent for a new and improved combined torch and gas-burner key. This design "relates to a device for lighting gas-burners and operating the cock of the gas-burner, and has for its object to provide a combined torch and key by means of which the gas may be lighted without the flame of the torch coming in contact with the globe surrounding the burner and the cock of the gas-burner readily taken hold of and operated" (lines 8-15).
Date: October 15, 1889
Creator: Lindsay, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History