Anti-Oscillating Attachment for Street-Cars. (open access)

Anti-Oscillating Attachment for Street-Cars.

Patent for an improved anti-oscillating attachment for street-cars. It has a car truck, equalizing pivoting bars secured between the truck ends, cushions on either side of the bars, adjustable bolts that hold the bars in place, and springs between the bolts.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Chollar, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for the construction of "metallic spokes" for bicycles and similar wheels (Lines 12-13) which use broad or double tire wheels (line 15).
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Laube, Godfried
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and effective pump that can be easily cleaned, but stays relatively clean.
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Tom, Joseph C. & Tom Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for a seed planter with a combined "furrow opener and seed dropper" (lines 15-16) with adjustable row width and furrow depth. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Thompson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
File or Bill-Book. (open access)

File or Bill-Book.

Patent for a paper file that has "an index board or cover that it can be moved along the transfer wires from one side of the bottom boards to the other, the same as papers and with or without papers attached to it, and so that when brought around on top of the bottom board and interposed papers it will form therewith a book in which the papers or blanks will be retained for the ready reference or for such use as may be required" (lines 24-33). Papers can be punched with a mechanism on the invention so that papers can be placed onto the retaining wires.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Slaton, William David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Oil-Box Jack. (open access)

Railway Oil-Box Jack.

Patent for a simple, durable, and efficient railway oil-box jack, or "hoisting jack", that is easier and faster to use than other similar jacks.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Moore, Francis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway. (open access)

Elevated Railway.

Patent for improvements in elevated railways: "provide simple means for regulating and adjusting the weight of the car so as to throw the preponderence thereof upon either the upper or the lower track or to equally divide the weight so that each track bear a like proportion" (lines 12-17).
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe for Bridges. (open access)

Shoe for Bridges.

Patent for a new and improved bridge shoe including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Seaman, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Cross-Tie. (open access)

Metallic Cross-Tie.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive metallic crosstie that has elasticity and the same vibration as a wooden cross-tie and does not require bolts or nuts. It can easily be placed or removed from rails.
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Budington, Albert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Elevator, Cleaner, Distributer, and Feeder for Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Combined Elevator, Cleaner, Distributer, and Feeder for Seed-Cotton.

Patent for a "simple and efficient apparatus for conveying seed-cotton from a wagon or other source of supply, to one or more gins or gin feeders, said apparatus being adapted, at the same time, to thoroughly clean the seed-cotton and to deliver it to the gins or feeders in the desired quantities in a uniform manner, and in loose and uncompacted condition" (lines 14-21).
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Littlefield, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Elevator, Cleaner, Distributer, and Feeder for Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Combined Elevator, Cleaner, Distributer, and Feeder for Seed-Cotton.

Patent for Combined Elevator, Cleaner, Distributer, and feeder for Seed-Cotton: "provide a simple, cheap and efficient apparatus for taking seed cotton from a wagon, or other source of supply cleaning it, and delivering it in the desired quantity and in a suitable condition for ginning to one or more gins or gin feeders" (lines 13-18).
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Littlefield, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breast for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Breast for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for improvements in breasts for cotton gins: " My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of gin breasts for cotton gins and consists in providing in conjunction with a gin breast an adjustable "up-per circle" to facilitate the formation of the roll, to prevent the seed cotton from overflowing from the gin breast as the roll rotates, and preserve the proper degree of contact between the gin saws and the roll" (lines 12-20).
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Schulze, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote simplicity" (lines 17-27).
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater. (open access)

Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.

Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
Date: July 10, 1894
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
System: The Portal to Texas History