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Boot Upper.
Patent for a new and improved boot upper. This design "relates to improvements in boots for use by lumbermen, laborers, miners, and others requiring a stout heavy boot capable of withstanding great strain, water-tight, and durable" (lines 7-11). It "consist[s] of a front and rear section, each of said sections being made in one piece and the edges of the rear section doubled over upon themselves and having their edges secured to the edges of the front section by edge stitches passing through said edges of the front section and said edges of the doubled edges of the rear section" (lines 74-81).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Baker, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Folding Beds.
Patent for a new and improved canopy for folding beds. This design "will automatically fold up within the bed when the same is closed, and will similarly open out with the opening of the bed without any other attention than the proper arrangement of the folds of the mosquito or fly netting" (lines 21-25). It consists in "an automatically raising and lowering canopy consisting of a raising-frame having vertical bars pivoted to the bed at the bottom and a horizontal connecting-bar at the top, a canopy-top frame pivoted to the bed-casing, having side bars and a horizontal connecting-bar, and couplings" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved car coupler, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 25, 1899
Creator:
Smith, Thomas Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Christie, James B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Multiple Weight And Pendulum Scale.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined multiple weight and pendulum scale and appliance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Lane, Jefferson D. & James, Will S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm for Stem-Boilers.
Patent for a new and useful automatic alarm for steam boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Prencel, Anthony M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Boiler-Feeder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic boiler feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Sharp, Joshua H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer.
Patent for improvements in atomizers or instruments for distributing powders or liquids in which it provided “provision for closing the exit-passage and preserve the strength of the medicated powders or fluid and permit of the carrying of the same within the body of the device without danger of spilling.” (Lines 17-21) The rubber bulb is detachable and is used as a powder-box or as a bottle for fluid. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 21, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive clothes pounder that has a conical casing, interior concentric partition, and equal draft and suction. The casing is divided into two compartments, but the divider has openings for air and suds.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Ware, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee - Pot.
Patent for a new and useful coffee pot, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 19, 1898
Creator:
Ingle, Jacob Odem
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corner-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in corn-planters and fertilizer-distributers is to combine the two into one machine by dividing the hopper into two compartments; one for fertilizing material and the other for corn-seeds. The bottom of these two compartments, each has its own opening design to dispense the seeds and fertilizers. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Davis, William Haywood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for improvements in clevises in which a clevis can be used upon plows or harrows. When it is used, it “will obviate the necessity of using links or open rings in connection with the clevis and the singletree, as well as enable the plowman to cause his plow to run in the soil any desired depth or to cut a narrow or wide furrow.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
Bruton, Alonzo D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Harrow and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined harrow and cultivator that can easily change between the two. It consists of a beam with front and back removable tooth-seats, handles, adjusting holes in the beam, a perforated plate on the top and bottom sides of the beam, pins, and a wedge-shaped key between the bar and a slot in a tooth.
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
West, Edward B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.
Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
Date:
July 10, 1894
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pessary and Womb-Battery.
Patent for a combined pessary and womb-battery. It is inserted into a woman's vagina and is used to deliver medication "and to stimulate the genitals to a healthy and normal action both mechanically and electrically" (lines 11-13). The device is worn without discomfort and can be worn while pregnant.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Keller, Martha Ellen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and useful colter attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 19, 1898
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book Type-Writer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in book type writers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Johnson, Jahu W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.
Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Green, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton-Weighing Scale.
Patent for an automatic cotton-weighing scale that is designed "to be used in connection with pneumatic conveyers, and it is of such construction that it will automatically weigh any amount that its scale may be set at, cut off the supply from the conveyer, empty itself, and immediately reset itself, the resetting of the machine opening the supply-valve from the conveyer, so that the weighing operation can be repeated" (lines 13-21).
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Schulze, Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History