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Banana-Case
Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Aiken, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Sheller.
Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the body and inclines slightly downward. When folded, the nubber-plate rests against the rear face of the body" (lines 39-52).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Price, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger
Patent for structural improvement in machines used for boring post holes and wells with illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Cudd, Decater P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selkirk Candlestick
Patent for candlestick handle/dish with an extension that can be used traditionally for holding and carrying a candle as well as hanging on a nail in a wall with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Selkirk, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ICE.
Patent for "a new and improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice" (lines 3-4)
Date:
July 13, 1880
Creator:
Zilker, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "[t]he improved valve comprising the casing, having a horizontal passage reduced at its central point . . . and a vertical bore intersecting said reduced portion above the point of intersection to its lower end and being screw-threaded its entire length, a stem having a tapered lower portion, the entire stem being screw-threaded to engage the threads in the bore, and a plug removably inserted in the lower end of the bore" (lines 1-11).
Date:
August 13, 1889
Creator:
Forniraseo, Domenico
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design "consists in providing a steam-launch with a float on each side, secured by suitable strong braces thereto, and to provide said floats with a hand-rail, so that persons can hold onto said rails, and are prevented from being washed off" (lines 17-22).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning, Polishing, and Assorting Nuts.
Patent for a new and improved nut cleaner, polisher, and sorter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the nut-cleaning cylinder having the longitudinal door and transversely-arranged wire cylinders having doors, of the intermediate hopper, arranged lengthwise of the cylinder, as well as under it, and having apertures over the doors of the wire cylinders . . . and a series of sieves, successively increasing in mesh, of a perforated floor, an end plate terminating in [an] eccentric, an elevator, and a delivery spout" (lines 28-34).
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Koerber, Rudolph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the combination of a central vertical shaft a series of supporting-arms projecting horizontally out from this shaft, a number of curved buckets which are pivoted at or near their centers between these supporting-arms, and suitable springs or weights which are attached to the inner edges of these buckets" (lines 13-20).
Date:
June 13, 1882
Creator:
Lowther, Lorenzo Dow
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Splicer.
Patent for a new and improved wire-splicer. This design "consist[s] of a handle having an integral lateral offset at one end, provided with a transverse perforation formed substantially in line with the handle, a groove being formed in the angle formed by the lateral offset and the handle, and an enlarged recess being formed in the side of the handle and top of the offset concentrically with the groove" (lines 53-61).
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Batters, William Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede
A patent for a quadrucycle, or bicycle with four wheels, adaptable for use on railroads.
Date:
June 13, 1882
Creator:
McCombs, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vermin Poison.
Patent for "insecticide compositions for exterminating prairie-dogs, ants, &c." (lines 6-7), including dosages and instructions for use.
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Womack, John David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Box.
Patent for a new and improved lock-box. This design "is provided with means for giving an alarm when an attempt is made to enter the same; and it also has a device for clamping it to the berth or other part of the apartment in which the traveler lodges, so that when the alarm sounds he [or she] is awakened, and thus notified at an attempt at robbery. The device is especially adapted to be clamped to the inner-face of a bed-rail, adjacent to the mattress thereof, so that it cannot be reached without awakening the traveler" (lines 21-31).
Date:
July 13, 1886
Creator:
Hayes, Elbert Newton & Sauer, Venant August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "has for its object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency. To this end it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same" (lines 10-14).
Date:
November 13, 1883
Creator:
Snider, John J. & O'Bannon, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls
Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Securing Corks.
Patent for "an improvement in means for securing corks in bottles, flasks, and jugs" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1888
Creator:
Kincaid, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spirit Level Sheath.
Patent for a new and improved sheath for levels. This design "is to provide a rubber or other elastic sheath for levels, adapted to encircle the glass and prevent injury thereto in case of jars or falls, and to also form a steady securement between the level-glass and the metallic covering or housing therefor" (lines 13-18).
Date:
March 13, 1888
Creator:
Truitt, James Stuart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Ketchum, Joel Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud Shoe.
Patent for a new and improved mud shoe. This design has for its object "to provide a device adapted to be worn over the ordinary boot or shoe and afford a convenient means for keeping the same out of the mud, dirt, or water; and the novelty consists in the detail of the construction and combination of the several parts" (lines 18-24).
Date:
November 13, 1883
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table.
Patent for a new and improved table. This design "is to increase the utility of tables by providing them with drawers extending from side to side, that will open from either side of the table, and also providing the drawers with additional means of support that will enable them to contain articles of great weight without injury to the structure, and thus adapt the same for use in stores" (lines 10-18).
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Davis, James Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Brush.
Patent for a new and improved paint brush. This design "consists in an extensible and contractible frame having means for clamping a brush within the same, and provided at the end of its component members or plates with a sockets or tubes, in which are fitted adjustable stems carrying brush holders or sockets at their ends which are capable of receiving an angular adjustment in relation to said stems" (lines 15-23).
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Nowlin, William Abner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Vacuum Pump.
Patent for a new and improved steam vacuum-pump. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pump-cylinder, the water inlet and outlet pipes, a condenser-pipe, a steam-pipe, and valves located in the several pipes, of a vertically-movable rod having stops thereon, levers connecting the rod with the valves in the condenser-pipe and steam-inlet pipe, and a float loosely mounted on the rod and adapted to actuate the same" (lines 62-70).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Hensley, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved boxcar. This design "is an improvement in movable transverse partitions for stock-cars, which are employed for separating the animals by individuals or groups. It is more particularly an improvement on such partitions as are suspended by sliding loop-hinges from a horizontal rod, and provided at the bottom with feet that enter sockets in the floor of the car, whereby the partitions are adapted to be fastened or released by a vertical movement" (lines 9-19).
Date:
July 13, 1886
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E. & Pryor, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame.
Patent for a new and improved hame. This design "has relation to hames, and more particularly to the means of securing the hames adjustable to each other, and for connecting the usual parts of the harness thereto; and among the objects in view are to provide an easily-manipulated serviceable hame connection that may be adjusted to fit any sized collars, and which may be constructed at a minimum cost" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History