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Annunciator. (open access)

Annunciator.

Patent for improvement in annunciator by “providing a circuit-closing attachment for annunciators by means of which an electric lamp will be lit when the annunciator-drop falls.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Fouts, Lambert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton by “conveying cotton through a pneumatic tube and for automatically delivering therefrom to each of a series of gins an amount of cleaned cotton graduated at all times to the need of each gin. The flow of the main current in the tube is not interrupted by the several subtractions.” (Lines 17-23) Illustration is included.
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator: Elam, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Thomas, Robert S.; Hardwick, Saunie W. & Elam, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Track Sweeping and Oiling Attachment for Street-Cars. (open access)

Automatic Track Sweeping and Oiling Attachment for Street-Cars.

Patent for improvements in automatic track sweeping and oiling attachments to street cars by having a transverse shaft carries a hub which has a series of brushes. When “the street car moves forward, the brushes on the transverse shaft are revolved, which sweep the rails and keep them clean.” (Lines 90-93) Illustration is included.
Date: May 12, 1891
Creator: Nesmith, Robert Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baby-Walker. (open access)

Baby-Walker.

Patent for improvements in baby-walkers by using the combination of a circular base, standards, a rim connecting the tops of the standards, a rotating plate having runners on its lower side engaged with the rim, a guide-flange, a rigid central shaft having a ratchet-wheel, and a pawl for engaging the ratchet. Illustration is included.
Date: April 28, 1891
Creator: Lawson, Henry William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement in car-couplings by using many separate parts to work together to connect cars; and it can be operated without the operator going between the cars. Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Goss, Wilson Lumpkin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Conveying and Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton Conveying and Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in cotton conveying and cleaning apparatus by using the combination of “a rearwardly-open feeder and a conveyer in position to receive cotton discharge at the rear of the feeder” (lines 103-105), as a result when a conveyer bring “cotton to the feeder, it would provide a branch in position to take up the cotton delivered by the conveyer” (lines 106-108) thus preventing undue accumulation of excess cotton and continuous movement of the cotton in all the parts. Illustration is included.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Elam, William E.; Thomas, Robert S. & Hardwick, Saunie W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1288: Bank, Edward (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1288: Bank, Edward (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bank, Edward (died July 6, 1891) and Henry Struck (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-07-01/1892-05-07
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1292: Williford, Wm. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1292: Williford, Wm. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Williford, Wm. (died December 11, 1891) and E. Williford (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-10-22/1895-10-17
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1293: Brahl, L.E. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1293: Brahl, L.E. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Brahl, L.E. (died February 17, 1892) and M. Brahl (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-12-12/1892-05-07
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1298: Dietzel, Oscar (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1298: Dietzel, Oscar (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Dietzel, Oscar (died January 11, 1891) and Augusta Deitzel (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-01-10/1891-08-11
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1301: Quint, A.P. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1301: Quint, A.P. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Quint, A.P. (died January 10, 1891) and J.W. Straus (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-01-10/1891-03-16
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1302: Vaughan, Josephene M. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1302: Vaughan, Josephene M. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Vaughan, Josephene M. (died December 4, 1891) and W.L. Vaughan (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-05-26/1992-03-04
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1304: Ernst, Edward (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1304: Ernst, Edward (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ernst, Edward (died May 17, 1891) and M.W. Holt (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-05-16/1891-07-02
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1305: Mayer, Chas. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1305: Mayer, Chas. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Mayer, Chas. (died January 30, 1891) and C.F. Alterman (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-01-30/1891-06-15
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1307: Hannum, C.E. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1307: Hannum, C.E. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Hannum, C.E. (died September 1, 1891) and J.F. Hannum (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-09-01/1891-09-16
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1308: Turpin, Wm. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1308: Turpin, Wm. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Turpin, Wm. (died February 10, 1891) and Wade H. Bennett (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-02-10/1891-05-05
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1311: Wilson, Ann (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1311: Wilson, Ann (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Wilson, Ann (died March 9, 1891) and J.W. Webb (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-03-09/1891-04-08
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1312: Merrill, Lucy E. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1312: Merrill, Lucy E. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Merrill, Lucy E. (Deceased) and J.S. Merrill (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-01-31/1891-03-31
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1352: Webb, J.W. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1352: Webb, J.W. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Webb, J.W. (died September 19, 1891) and T.J. Oliver (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-09-19/1892-06-17
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1371: Lewis, Eva (Minor) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1371: Lewis, Eva (Minor)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Lewis, Eva (Minor) and W.H. Alfrey (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-01-01/1893-02-06
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1376: Antwine, J.H. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1376: Antwine, J.H. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Antwine, J.H. (Deceased) and J.W. Spoke (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-04-16/1894-06-26
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1394: Bank, Edward (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1394: Bank, Edward (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bank, Edward (July 6, 1891) and Henry Struck (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-07-06/1891-07-10
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1395: Bauer, Andreas (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1395: Bauer, Andreas (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Bauer, Andreas (died April 11, 1891) and Adolph Schroeder (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1891-04-11/1891-09-17
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History