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General Index and Alphabetical Record.
Patent for a general index and alphabetical record that organizes records in an index instead of a book.It is a chest of shallow drawers, each having a letter of the alphabet printed on its front. Attached to each drawer is a blank book.
Date:
July 28, 1896
Creator:
Ward, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device.
Patent for "a hitching device which can be applied to a strap between its ends and which is freely adjustable back and forth upon the strap without wearing or injuring the strap in any manner and to form a hitching device which consists of two entirely separate and distinct pieces, thus doing away with all joints, pivots, or other connections, and the necessity for forming holes or perforations of any kind in the strap." (Lines 22-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 6, 1897
Creator:
King, Sandy & Myers, Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for "a novel form of baling-press which will be readily transportable and owing to its peculiar construction can be manipulated by hand, a still further object being to provide such an improved baling-press that the wire ties can be wrapped around the bale after its formation easily and quickly and the bale can be readily removed from the press after it has been wired." (Lines 16-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Hawk, Nathaniel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweeping Machine.
Patent for a new and improved sweeping machine. This design consists, "with the frame mounted upon supporting-wheels at its front and rear ends and having the rotating rear axle, of the vertically-adjustable revolving brush receiving motion from the said axle, and a dust pan or receptacle having laterally extending pins or plugs, whereby it is supported detachably upon the frame of the machine in front of the revolving brush" (lines 13-21).
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Le Tellier, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new design for a gate that "will prevent the post to which it is hung from being drawn out of line by its weight" (lines 12-14) and will stay open unaided and "automatically lock itself when closed" (line 18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Snow, Abner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sod Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved sod-cutter. This design consists, "with a sod-cutter comprising the frame, the horizontal blade, the beam, the handle-bars, and the brace-rod connecting the said beam with the outer handle-bar . . . of the upwardly and outwardly curved guide-rods secured to the rear of the said blades, the curved cutting-blades secured to said rods for dividing the cut sod into separate portions, and the fender provided with a forwardly-bent flange at its upper edge and secured to the said brace-rod diagonally of the machine and behind and above the said blades" (lines 76-88).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
White, Maston Timothy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove Flue Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved stove-flue cleaner. This design "has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple device by which the soot may be removed from the flue and gathered into a receptacle without danger of getting it on the floor" (lines 11-15). It "consist[s] of a vessel with a tube extending therethrough and a handle fitted to slide through said tube and carrying a scraper" (lines 52-55).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Mothershed, Thomas Bortley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for a strong, durable, and simple thill coupling that does not need a spring connection in order to maintain a flexible connection between the thill and axle.
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
Cobb, Woodson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soot-Preventing Composition.
Patent for "an improved soot-preventing composition, which is used by being sprinkled over the coal and which furnished a more complete combustion of the carbon-particles carried along by the products of combustion, so that the deposit of soot into smoke-pipes, flues and chimneys is prevented from forming cinders and large clinkers." (Lines 9-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1894
Creator:
Givens, Royall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a rotary gate that has latch-posts and spring-latches at its ends. The spring-latches are designed to employ the latches. "Levers fulcrumed on the top of the gate and connected with each other, connecting-rods connecting said levers with the spring-latches, and vibratory braces rising from the sides of the gate and secured to said levers" (lines 33-37).
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Holder, Elisha G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus
Patent for "a more simple, efficient, and convenient arrangement than has hitherto been known" for fire extinguishers (lines 16-17).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Stamps, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for improvements in fire-escapes “in which a rope forming part of the device, has its upper end attached within a window or other opening of a building and is connected with apparatus to raise and lower an ascending fireman or other person escaping from the building.” (Lines 16-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bed for Vehicles.
Patent for a new and improved folding bed for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Lotherington, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Endless Band or Cord.
Patent for a new and improved endless band or cord, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1898
Creator:
Murphy, Jeremiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for an ice cream freezer that consists of a can with a joint bearing in the middle, a cover with openings in the center and a central vertical flange, a lid that fits over the central vertical flange, and a shaft with horizontal arms that rotates.
Date:
July 31, 1894
Creator:
Wallace, Lloyd & Wallace, Jeff Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for a "gravity-hinge for causing a gate to automatically close, and which is susceptible of such adjustment that if the gate-post and the latch-post, either or both, become disarranged as regards their perpendicular position, or if they are not exactly coincident with relation to each other, the gate can be centered relatively to the latch-post, or rather the hinged end of the gate can be set precisely perpendicular or be shifted laterally to any required angle of inclination for the purpose of causing the gate to properly close and engage the latch on the latch-post." (Lines 11-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Setting Trap.
Patent for a useful self-setting trap, meaning the captured animal will set the trap for another animal. In this self-setting trap the bait is held against molestation, and which may be employed to successively catch and confine all animals that may pass therein.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Dowell, Lawson Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing Attachment for Cuspidors.
Patent for improved swing attachment for cuspidors in which “a cuspidor may be pivotally connected with a seat or equivalent support, held in horizontal position while connected, and rendered capable of being swung out from or beneath the seat and expeditiously and conveniently removed when necessary.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
Horseman, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists, "with the sliding latch provided with a handle, of a pivoted stop having a portion to engage said handle and a cam portion at its pivot end and an elongated hole in which the pivot works" (lines 18-22).
Date:
July 5, 1892
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener
Patent for a new sash fastener, so that the fastener itself is improved upon by the implimentation of a half-hollow cylindar. "The purpose of this cylinder is more for appearance than any actual service, because when the lock is put on the rail of the sash, as shown in Fig. 1, part of it will be seen through the glass from the outside, and the cylinder can be made ornamental and would look much neater than the lock would without it" (lines 87-89)
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railway-tie. This design "is to produce a simple and inexpensive tie which may be easily secured in a road-bed and to which the rails may be solidly and conveniently fastened and which is also adapted to be used in connection with wooden sleepers, being constructed so that it may be easily placed in position between wooden sleepers without tearing up the rails" (lines 9-16).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Attachment.
Patent for a handsaw attachment that gauges the depth to which one wishes to cut. It is a bar with an extended foot and clamping devices for attaching the device to the top and handle of the saw.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Gowdan, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Screen for Water-Wells
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sand screens for water wells, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wick Material (Illinois Patent).
Patent for wick material, "composed of raw fibrous matter in layers or slivers in adhesive substance" (lines 16-17).
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Chapin, Myron H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History