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Bee Hive Stand.
Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Lipp, Simpson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auger.
Patent for a new and improved auger. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a shank provided with a conveying-screw and the cutters at the lower end of the screw, the sides of the cutters being extended beyond a vertical line drawn across the edges of the screw, and a tube or casing enclosing the screw and connected at its lower end with the cutters, said tube being of less diameter than the cutters and arranged within the outer sides thereof" (lines 56-64).
Date:
August 23, 1887
Creator:
Tevebaugh, Henry Clay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith"(lines 4-6)" to insure cleanliness in around privy-vaults and to prevent accumulations therein, especially in localities where water is not easily available"(lines 9-12), instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Mechanism for Elevators, &c.
Patent for "means for automatically indicating the amount of weight placed" (lines 10-11) within an elevator cage or platform with illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Sanger, Isaac S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "consists in a mat for oil-presses having its leaves composed of paper-pulp molded by dies or molds into the requisite shape to present a hard and inelastic body to the meal to be pressed, said leaves of molded paper-pulp being provided with a leather backing" (lines 18-24).
Date:
April 8, 1884
Creator:
Osborn, Adelbert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Fastening.
Patent for sliding car-door fastening to improve the fastening of said car-door.
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Buser, William H. & Shaw, Burrell L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mr and Mrs Mahlon Spencer Fifth Anniversary Announcement
Card announcing the fifth anniversary announcement for Mr and Mrs Mahlon Spencer.
Date:
May 22, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Attachment for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for harnesses. This design "relates to attachments for harness; and it consists of a plate having a safety-hook, a back-band buckle, and guide-rings" (lines 20-23).
Date:
August 30, 1881
Creator:
Applewhite, David T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cylindrical Power.
Patent for a new and improved cylindrical power-source. This design "consists in the combination of a cylindrical slotted frame with a series of blades which are connected together in pairs, and which are alternately forced through the slots in the frame to receive the force of the wind or water and then retracted, so that they will offer no resistance during a portion of the revolution of the frame. . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a motor which is adapted for use either as a wind-wheel or a water-wheel" (lines 13-27).
Date:
November 15, 1881
Creator:
Hutchinson, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Damper
Patent for "an attachment for stove-dampers whereby said dampers will be automatically moved, in order that the fire may be maintained at a predetermined heat" (lines 9-13).
Date:
January 31, 1888
Creator:
Beauchamp, William A. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Uncoupler.
Patent for a new and improved car uncoupler. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a coupling adapted to hold two cars together, of an uncoupler comprising a lever pivotally connected to the car, a weight supported on the car and connected to said lever, and a connection between the weight-operated lever and the coupling for operating it, to separate the cars upon the dropping of the weight" (lines 4-11).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Flett, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for "improved automatic pipe-coupling which shall overcome the difficulties found in the devices of this class heretofore in use, and which shall be cheap to manufacture, easy to repair, simple in construction, and extremely effective in use and operation" (lines 27-33).
Date:
July 30, 1889
Creator:
Roquemore, Peter G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved automatic car brake. This design "consists, first, in the combination of the draw-heads . . . connecting-rods . . . and a partially-rotating shaft provided with suitable slotted cams, which cams are attached to the brake-beams, so that when the draw-heads are forced inward or drawn out the brakes will move out of contact with the wheels; second, in the combination, with the slotted cams and a mechanism for moving them, of the rods which are connected thereto, and which pass through the brake-beams, the sliding sleeves, the springs, and the nuts" (lines 13-27).
Date:
January 22, 1884
Creator:
Miller, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan.
Patent for a new and improved automatic fan. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the attaching-plate, the depending rod, the fixed plate on the lower end thereof, the socket arms pivotally connected to said plate at their inner ends, and the fans held in the sockets in said arms, of the plate loosely mounted on the rod above [the] plate, having arms, the rods pivotally connecting the outer ends of said arms, the pitman connected to [another] plate, and the operating crank" (lines 67-76).
Date:
October 9, 1888
Creator:
Goodspeed, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan
Patent for mechanical improvements in "automatic fans intended especially for use on beds, whether in houses or in sleeping-cars" (lines 7-9).
Date:
December 17, 1889
Creator:
Comminge, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan Combination Stand.
Patent for a new and improved automatic-fan combination-stand. This design "relates to an improved stand or support for an automatic fan, which said stand shall be portable, so as to be conveniently set up wherever desired, and which shall contain various hooks, brackets, shelves, and other conveniences" (lines 17-22).
Date:
November 28, 1882
Creator:
McKeehan, Charles Houston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History