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Mold for Earth and Stone Fences.
Patent for a new and improved mold for earth and stone fences. This design "consist[s] of the inclined adjustable sides, having inclined standards, removable boards, and boards, tables, and locking-bolts . . . [and] the sides having lower boards or metallic pieces, upper removable boards or metallic pieces, and inclined standards of the tables, locking-bolts, handles, and stakes" (lines 21-30).
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Budd, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Working Volatile Hydrates for Artificial Refrigeration.
Patent for a new and improved method of working volatile hydrates for refrigeration. This invention "consists in the continuous circulation through a chamber to be refrigerated of aqueous solution of volatile matter previously cooled by the expansive elimination therefrom of a portion of said volatile matter" (lines 64-68).
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Rose, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Packer.
Patent for a new and improved cotton packer. This design is "to provide means for taking the cotton from the gin and packing the same in the bale box, ready for the action of the press-follower, without manual labor" (lines 22-26).
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Moore, Ralleigh Cabert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved sewing machine. This design calls for a clamp and a needle with a bend toward the eye so that the needle may easily be adjusted and changed out, depending on the task at hand.
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Fuqua, Marcellus B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine Table.
Patent for a new and improved table for sewing machines. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the divided opening in the top, the bearing-bar extending across the same below its level, the hinged sewing machine plate or support, the hinged filling-section and its under-folding hinged extension, whereby the top may be entirely closed over the machine" (lines 20-27).
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Williamson, Weldon Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History