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Hydraulic Compresor.
Patent for a hydraulic compressor meant to press cotton using the minimum amount of weight and the maximum amount of strength.
Date:
September 24, 1895
Creator:
Reisel, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Operating Railway-Switches.
Patent for a device "for automatically operating the switches of steam, electric, and street railways by the movement of a locomotive or car, thereby obviating the necessity of a brakeman, driver, motorman, or other person alighting from the car or train for such purpose" (lines 12-18).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Moore, Albert R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Slag and Furnace Therefor.
Patent for a process of treating slag and furnace therefore. It has an improved method for separates melted metals produced during smelting and extracting the precious metals from slag. The richer matte and base-bullion run off separately and into separate taps.
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
van Cleve, Charles M. & Rhodes, Robert D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials.
Patent for a mode of and means for baling fibrous materials, especially materials that can be made into a lap or web. The invention doesn't have the issues that other balers have and uses a core, supported by the base, to wind the material around. The bale it forms is square so it can be easily shipped and the risk of fire is decreased. Caps for the bale are secured before the bale leaves the compress.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Bruner, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller-Wheel.
Patent for a propeller-wheel for steam and other vessels. This invention is meant "to provide a propeller by which a maximum speed may be obtained without a proportionate increase in toe motive power employed" (lines 15-18). It doesn't have a lateral resistance of water and does not diffuse water in all directions.
Date:
December 17, 1895
Creator:
Parker, Elisha J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Machine.
Patent for "a self-feeding and self-delivering printing machine which prints sheets and not webs." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1895
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press-Box for Horizontal Oil-Presses.
Patent for a press-box for horizontal oil-presses that produces "a cake of even thickness and density, and without strain on any part of the box" (lines 11-13) that has "a box fitted with a strainer that will be more lasting, which can be cleaned without removing it form the box, or the box from the press, and to which the cake will not adhere; [and] to provide a box fitted with effective and economical means of raising the cake out of the box after it is pressed" (lines 13-20). This box is made out of metal.
Date:
May 7, 1895
Creator:
Lelardoux, Pierre
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Strainer.
Patent for a pump-strainer that cleans and separates water or other liquid that is drawn from wells or reservoirs.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Durant, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Vegetable Oils.
Patent for a process of purifying vegetable oils, specifically cottonseed oil, using a little or no soap-stock and without losing oil. It also improves the purifying process. This process is meant for crude oil, but can be used to further refine already refined oil.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Latting, Richard G., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound.
Patent for "a fire and water-proof coating material adapted for application to wood and metallic roofing, boats, &c., to preserve the material from corrosion and render the same impervious to water." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Rook, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a surgical instrument meant to help examine and treat the urethra and similar internal canals and passages. It can easily be cleaned and taken apart.
Date:
January 15, 1895
Creator:
Johnson, Emmet E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Muzzle.
Patent for a muzzle for horses that can be easily applied. It prevents the animal from eating while its head is upright, and opens while the horse lowers its head to graze. This prevents the horse from damaging orchards.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Lipscomb, Cicero D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tag.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple tag to label bolts of cloth that is "a convenient means for fastening the [tag] in such position upon a bolt of goods as to prevent it from becoming twisted or turned, and so that the tag will always be held or supported so as to exhibit the markings thereon" (lines 12-16).
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Winkler, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone.
Patent for "a single and effectual magneto telephone bot in receiving and transmitting and improving on [the inventor's] Patent No. 529,203" (lines 14-17).
Date:
April 2, 1895
Creator:
Serdinko, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Holder.
Patent for an adjustable, simple, inexpensive, and light music-holder that does not let the music slip and does not damage the music. The clamps will not get in the way of the music, and holds a book as easily as a sheet of music. Springs are not used, the staff is telescopic, and should be made from aluminum.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Gross, Frederick D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tablet-Holder.
Patent for "tablet-holders for stenographers, clerks, copyists, &c.; and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device for supporting a tablet while taking notes or while copying therefrom; and to provide improved means for securing the tablet to the supporting plate or board of the holder." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1895
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient improved nut-lock that "securely lock[s] a nut against accidental rotation, and adapted to be readily applied to single nuts having either right or left hand threads" (lines 12-15). The invention also is easily screwed and unscrewed without being damaged.
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Comminge, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Finder.
Patent for a simple, durable, and easily constructed trolley guide that can be easily attached to an above or below ground trolley that is already in use.
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Holding Attachment for Hammers.
Patent for a durable and simple nail-holding attachment for hammers that can be used with any hammer. It holds the nail in place to drive it home.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Lewis, Harry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Frame for Agricultural Implements.
Patent for "a new and improved sulky-frame adapted for the attachment of several agricultural implements and provided with means for elevating or lowering the frame and the implement thereto attached, whereby the latter is brought in contact with the soil or elevated above such contact." (Lines 16-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Carson, John Richard & Denman, Jackson Harvey, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History