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Barrel Cover.
Patent for a new and improved cover for barrels. This design calls for downward-extending flanges with wings along the perimeter of the cover. These flanges hold the cover in place over the barrel opening, but they also allow for the cover to rest at an angle on the upper rim of the barrel so that one has access to the contents of the barrel without the cover touching the ground.
Date:
May 29, 1883
Creator:
Lane, Fernando Gustavous
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new implement "for planting cotton-seed, cultivating the soil, and covering the soil" (lines 14-15) and corn (line 61) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
McCall, Duncan Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tent and Bed.
Patent for improvements in the construction of a combined folding bed and tent.
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Perez, Mitchel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a short thin plate of metal having two tongues . . . fronting each other, said plate being pivoted at one end to the bale-hoop . . . the other end of the bale-hoop being passed under the tongues and drawn tightly around the bale, the expansion of the bale on the hoop causes the respective ends to pull on the respective ends of the tie-plate . . . so as to grip the edges of the end passed between the tongues and hold it firmly" (lines 7-19).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Arnold, Abbott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels.
Patent for a new and improved device for extracting liquids from sealed containers. This design utilizes a bellows apparatus, and "by simply compressing [it] air is forced into the space in the barrel or vessel above the liquid, when the pressure of this air will exhaust the liquid through the faucet at the bottom under pressure" (lines 65-70).
Date:
October 16, 1883
Creator:
Park, Hardy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton, Corn,and Pea Planter and Fertilizer Distributer
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Combined Mowers and Seed Planter"(lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 4, 1883
Creator:
Nelson, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Trimming Hooves of Animals.
Patent for a new and improved hoof trimmer. This design "consists in an upright standard or support having a concaved supporting-recess adapted to receive the animal's hoof, with parallel guide-ways arranged in rear thereof, a trimming implement moving in said guides, and so constructed as to operate upon the hoof without injury to the frog, and means for reciprocating the trimming device from either side of the animal" (lines 16-25).
Date:
December 11, 1883
Creator:
Mullins, Joshua C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for the manufacture of artificial stone.
Patent for "Compounds for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone...and it consists in composition formed by mixing certain materials in solution and treating them in further solutions" (lines 5-15).
Date:
January 2, 1883
Creator:
Greer, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Buncher.
Patent for a new and improved cotton buncher. This design utilizes a wheel that "is to press down the plants and weeds that are to be destroyed, so that the plows, whether used along with the wheel or afterward, will cover them up with fresh earth, and thus assist in destroying them, and at the same time cultivating the plants to be retained and facilitating the subsequent thinning process" (lines 62-68).
Date:
January 16, 1883
Creator:
Goodin, James Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rotary Harrow and Stalk Cutter or Roller.
Patent for a new and improved harrow combine. This design "provide[s] a rotary harrow, to be used in combination with a stalk-cutter or roller, for the purpose of harrowing ground and at the same time cutting off the stalks of the preceding crop, or for harrowing in and rolling seed. [The] invention consists in a [novel] combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Barker, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a new press for baling cotton and hay that is "simple, durable, and convenient," including illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1883
Creator:
McIver, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bale Binder.
Patent for a new and improved cotton bale binder. This design "consists of a simple contrivance for binding cotton and other bales together when loaded on flat cars to prevent the load from being shaken apart and separated by the shocks and jolts of the car, and also to prevent the bales from being pulled off by cotton thieves, the said contrivance consisting of two or more hooks having pulleys or eyes strung on a rope, the rope being fastened to one of the eyes or pulleys forming one end of the binder, the hooks being caught in the bands of the bales" (lines 7-18).
Date:
May 8, 1883
Creator:
Burr, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Harrow, Seed-Planter, and Cultivator
Patent for a combined harrow, seed-planter, and cultivator to increase the speed of planting and cultivating plants, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 22, 1883
Creator:
Ellis, Robert Fuller
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle for Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle for picking cotton. This design "consists in a three-wheeled vehicle provided with a seat, in combination with a suitable frame which is supported at one end upon two wheels, and which is loosely attached at its other end to the axle of the three-wheeled vehicle, and which is used for carrying the bag or basket which is to hold the cotton . . . thus enabl[ing] persons to pick cotton who have weak backs" (lines 15-28).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Reid, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design "consists in providing a steam-launch with a float on each side, secured by suitable strong braces thereto, and to provide said floats with a hand-rail, so that persons can hold onto said rails, and are prevented from being washed off" (lines 17-22).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laundry-Iron
Patent for improvements to heating and use of irons used for laundry.
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Pedder, James Nagel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Scale.
Patent for a new and improved kitchen scale. This design "introduces a pivoted stirrup into the yoke on the tray-rod, said stirrup being pivoted to and suspended from the beam. By this means, the stirrup and beam can vibrate in the yoke without disturbing the perpendicularity of the tray-rod" (lines 62-67).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Solomon, Thomas Durham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Spring.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle spring. This design consists in "front wheels [that] are set well under the wagon-bed, so as to facilitate turning; and . . . the spring-braces, while they greatly assist in strengthening the spring and supporting the load as it grows heavier, do not in any way interfere with the action of said springs. . . . By this improved construction a simple, strong, and durable vehicle is provided, in which heavy loads may be carried with ease" (lines 46-55).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Payne, Joseph Mott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Bunnell, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved horse carriage. This design calls for "the rider [to] press the treadles so as to hold the wheels in contact with the ground. When sufficient speed has been acquired the treadles are released, and the springs will then raise the wheels from contact with the ground, and the momentum will then be sufficient to keep the wheel erect. Should it be inclined to tilt, it may easily be righted by pressing either treadle so as to throw the wheel on the tilting side in contact with the ground" (lines 61-74).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Smith, James Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landside for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved plow landside. This design "consists in a landside for plows made with a slotted flange to rest upon the forward side of the plow-standard, and a flange to rest upon the bottom of the furrow, whereby the plow will be made stronger, more durable, and more effective, and will be made to run steadier . . . The object of this invention is to increase the strength and durability of plow-plates, and obtain the efficiency and steadiness of ordinary turn-plows without their weight" (lines 21-31).
Date:
August 21, 1883
Creator:
Wherry, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Medicine
Patent for the invention of screw-worm liniment, provide a description of the ingredients within liniment. Compound relates to that class of reme-wounds cause by screw-worms and all kind of parasites in or on stock and poultry (10).
Date:
October 30, 1883
Creator:
Miller, Thomas, L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Medicine.
Patent for "medical compounds for internal application in diseases of sheep and other animals, and it is especially designed to cure the sheep disease known among sheepmen as ‘lombriz’" (lines 8-12) which lists the ingredients, measurements, and instructions for making and use. According to http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=lombriz “lombriz” can be translated as intestinal worm. According to https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/as/as-573-w.pdf “By far the most deadly internal parasite to small ruminants in the Midwestern United States is the gastrointestinal roundworm Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber pole worm and a variety of other names.”
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Green, Furney Fold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer.
Patent for a new and improved pest trap. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable fire chamber provided with a cover at its top, a pipe which passes through its side to admit a blast of air, a removable bottom, which is supported inside of the bottom of the chamber upon suitable supports, and a removable pipe through which the products of combustion are forced . . . when these parts are destroyed they have only to be replaced by new ones" (lines 14-28).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Melcher, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History