Propelling Attachment for Garden or Like Implements. (open access)

Propelling Attachment for Garden or Like Implements.

Patent for "a harness so constructed that it may be comfortably worn by the operator, male or female, and further to provide an adjustable attachment between the harness and the implement or machine, being so made that all the force or weight that the operator is capable of exerting may be brought to bear upon the implement to propel it, without unduly fatiguing the operator or rending the work disagreeable, and whereby further the work of propelling the implement or machine will be beneficial to the operator, inasmuch as the harness will compel the operator to assume an upright position and expand the lungs." (Lines 10-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Wilson, Hampden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mustache-Guard. (open access)

Mustache-Guard.

Patent for "detachable mustache-guards, or protectors, adapted for use with drinking-cups or goblets, tumblers, and other drinking-vessels." (Lines 25-38) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Frampton, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor for Street-Cars. (open access)

Motor for Street-Cars.

Patent for an improved motor design for street-cars in which each car has its own motor. The motor is steam powered.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for "a tractor device...especially adapted for use in vesico-vaginal fistula operations, but which may advantageously be employed in operating upon other fistulas." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Hawkes, James Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Cap, Tie, and Seal for Cylindrical Cotton-Bales. (open access)

End Cap, Tie, and Seal for Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.

Patent for an end cap, tie, and seal for cylindrical cotton-bales. The cap has a flat end with cylindrical edges and a draw wire in its hem. It extends nearly to the ends of the bale, and the edges go over the ends of the bale.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Campbell, Louis Wilbur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that is easily constructed and adjusted. It has a beam, parallel bars extending its length, a block between the front ends of the bars, an adjustable bar that carries the teeth, and clamping plates above and below the bar.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Ford, John O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for "a dasher that the force required to operate it may be varied and the time necessary to churn the butter be shortened as the force operating the dasher is increased." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Hudson, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History