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CANNING SHRIMPS AND OTHER FISH.
Patent for a method for "canning shrimps and/other like shellfish and has for its object the better preservation of the fish and greater expedition, and cheapness in canning" (lines 7-10)with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Pecor, Emmett C. & Bartlett, F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for concepts and designs used to improve performance of Spark-Arresters used in the smoke stacks of locomotives with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial-StoneTomb.
Patent for the concept of an artificial tomb that serves as a tomb and ornamental piece made as one. "This invention relates to certain improvements in artificial-stone tombs; and it has for its object to produce a tomb with head-stone and foo-piece all in one piece that can be built up or placed immediately over grave, so as to form an ornamental finish, at a comparatively small cost." (lines 15-22) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Wilson, Hence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear for Engines.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Steam-Engine Valve-Gears." The invention consists in "combining with a crank-shaft and a valve-shaft a lever, shaft, and two friction-wheels" (lines 4-9)
Date:
July 6, 1880
Creator:
Josserand, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design utilizes a plunger to create a partial vacuum in the corresponding tub, whereupon water, when rushing to fill the partial vacuum, saturates the clothes, cleaning them.
Date:
December 6, 1881
Creator:
Appelt, August E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk.
Patent for new and improved trunk that according to the inventor, "can be erected and adapted for use as a wardrobe, desk, or table, or can be adjusted as a support for a mattress or other bedding".
Date:
October 6, 1885
Creator:
Wulff, Henry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel
Patent for Vehicle-Wheel. "I am enabled to produce a wheel which can be put together, taken apart, repaired, renewed or tightened, with no tools or appliances other than a wrench, and by persons wholly unskilled in the manufacture of wheels in the ordinary way." (lines 13-18)
Date:
April 6, 1886
Creator:
Horrne, Henry M. & Rutherford, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for an improved wheel for vehicles, with description of parts and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1886
Creator:
Horrne, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf Turner.
Patent for a new and improved leaf-turner for sheet music. This design consists "of a rack having attached guides, the horizontally-slidable rods arranged in said guides, one above the other, the leaf-turning fingers carried by one end of said rods, the elastic cords connected with the other ends of said rods for retracting the fingers, devices for holding the rods against the tension of the cords, and a finger-piece for successively disengaging said holding devices" (lines 56-64).
Date:
July 6, 1886
Creator:
Richards, Augustus, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved train wheel. This design "relates to locomotive drive-wheels; and it has for its object to so construct the same so as to avoid all slipping of the wheel upon the rail, as is usually the case when the locomotive is first started. A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel which shall be simple in its construction and durable in use" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
Mann, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricant
Patent for a lubricant which consists "of a gelatinous and fibrous material" (lines 14-15), containing description of creation and uses.
Date:
April 6, 1886
Creator:
Marshall, Edward S. & Savage, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "relates to that class of windmills in which semicircular wings are employed upon a vertical shaft; and it has for its object to provide simple and efficient means to govern the speed of the same, and also to throw the windmill into or out of operation when desired . . . A further object of the invention is to provide a windmill of the above-mentioned class which will possess merit in point of durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-21).
Date:
November 6, 1888
Creator:
Moore, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "is supported horizontally over a proper fireplace or stove and . . . water introduced to fill it to a point just below the perforated detachable bottom, and the pump mechanism then set in motion. When the plunger ascends, it draws water from the water-space and extension through the valve up into the pump-chamber. When the plunger descends, it forces said water upward past the valve into the water-spaces . . . through the perforations . . . and into the washing-chamber, the water . . . washing quickly and thoroughly the articles" (lines 78-91).
Date:
November 6, 1888
Creator:
King, Charles Rufus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine.
Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for hoisting concrete. This design consists in "[t]he combination of shaft, drum, rope, and bar with the mold formed of [the] plank and with [the] frame . . . [t]he planks of the mold, made with rabbeted ends and provided with clamps . . . [and] [t]he combination of angle-pieces, bars, and clamping-screws with the mold-planks . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the planks of a concrete-mold having beveled ends, of angle-pieces, also having beveled-ends, and provided with screws for clamping the plank" (lines 71-83).
Date:
January 6, 1885
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow carriage, having a sprocket-wheel attached to the driving-wheel, and a rotary mold-board provided with a sprocket-hub having bearings in the plow-beam, of a shaft journaled upon the carriage-frame provided with toggle or universal joints, and suitable chain or belt connections for the sprocket-wheels" (lines 69-76).
Date:
August 6, 1889
Creator:
Kirk, Johnathan P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design's "object is to provide a motor possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, easy operation, and general efficiency" (lines 11-14).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Watkins, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can.
Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "has for its object to provide a can of improved construction, whereby the liability of foreign matter in the oil will be prevented from clogging the escape-tube, and thus rendering the flow of oil impossible until the spout of the same has been freed from such obstruction" (lines 10-18).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
English, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing attachment for cotton presses.
Patent for improvement of packing attachment for cotton presses.
Date:
October 6, 1885
Creator:
Bradford, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Collar.
Patent for a new and improved stock-collar. This design is "for the purpose of positively and unmistakably identifying cattle and other like stock, and to obviate the necessity of marking and branding cattle, &c., which shall be light, simple, strong, and durable in construction, thoroughly effective for the purposes designed, easily attached to and removed from the necks of cattle, &c., which shall be cheap and inexpensive of manufacture, and not liable to become lost, misplaced, broken, or detached by the animal in its efforts to release itself" (lines 16-26).
Date:
April 6, 1886
Creator:
Roberts, John Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design "is to produce a nut-lock which will require a minimum number of parts to adjust, will require no other tools than a wrench, which will stay where adjusted in spite of any amount of pounding or concussion, and which, when desired, may be removed without difficulty. To this end [the] invention consists in a nut provided with a serrated face and a washer having sharp spring-lips engaging with the serrations. [The] invention also consists in a peculiarly-constructed washer for locking the nut" (lines 18-30).
Date:
December 6, 1887
Creator:
Parks, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glove Holder.
Patent for a new and improved glove holder. This design "is to provide a new and improved device for holding gloves, bills, papers, and other articles in such a manner that any one of the articles can be withdrawn from the holder without disturbing the rest" (lines 7-12).
Date:
March 6, 1883
Creator:
Franklin, Eduard, A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay and Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design is for "[a]n improved device for retaining a compressed bale in its condensed state after the follower is withdrawn, which consists of pawls pivoted in holes in the sides of the press-box and projecting toward the rear end of the press-box . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the follower rack-bar, the pinions, the shafts, having suitable pulleys, adapted to be connected by belts, of two clutches, and a centrally-pivoted lever having [a] handle, whereby the power may be reversed without changing the direction of the drive-shaft" (lines 71-83).
Date:
March 6, 1883
Creator:
Hampton, John Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Truck.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Harvesters"(lines 5-7)
Date:
January 6, 1886
Creator:
Willcoxson, Coulmon W. & Hamilton, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History