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Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved tie for bales. This design calls for one long, flat piece of scrap metal to be folded over on itself twice so that there are four layers of metal as well as a loop (or "rib") on either end. Then, a hole should be cut through all four layers with a tapered opening through the edge; this design is cheaper and more durable than previous bale ties.
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter
New and useful improvements in Wagon-Body lifters. Furnish a wagon-body lifter simple in structure, efficient in its operation and durable.
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Morris, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket.
Patent for a new and improved well bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a body having a valve-seat facing downward in its bottom, a valve having a conical guide upon its upper surface, a flange at its lower end bearing against the seat with a washer and formed with an upwardly-projecting eye or link at its top, and a rod for the attachment of the hoisting-rope passing out at the top of the bucket and having an eye at its lower end connected to the eye of the link" (lines 40-49).
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Fellrath, Charles John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Steam Engine
Patent for a Portable Seam Engine
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Kriebel, Hosea K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a new and improved tongue-support for vehicles. This design "is to provide a spring for bearing downwardly upon the rear end of the tongue, and thereby raising and supporting the front end thereof, to relieve the horses' necks of the weight of the tongue, and thereby enable them to draw the wagon more readily, and with less exertion" (lines 23-29).
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Ham, Zachariah Melton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, of a clock-work mechanism, of the spring-shaft, the screw geared thereto, whereby the said screw will be rotated simultaneously with the spring-shaft, the friction-drum, and the brake-bar bearing on the said drum and engaging the screw" (lines 90-95).
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Roberts, Robert Edward Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tamping Machine
Patent for the invention of a new and useful improvement in Tamping-Machines. Includes full, clear, and exact description and illustration. Invention relates to an improvement in machines for tamping, intended for tamping dirt under railway-ties (20).
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Carley, John, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone.
Patent for a new and improved telephone. This design "consists, first, in a set of U-shaped elastic magnets adapted to be supported by the head of the person sending and receiving messages, the end of said magnet or magnets connecting the receivers . . . second, in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the transmitter attached after the manner of a swinging bail to the receivers . . . third, providing supports for the telephone when not in use" (lines 32-43).
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
McDermott, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "entirely do[es] away with the use of belts in the operation of the two dropping-cylinders, so that there will be no slipping of the belts upon the pulleys, and thus caus[ing] the seed[s] to be planted at different distances apart" (lines 22-27).
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Ward, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for an improved fertilizer distributor to be attached to the farm wagon. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Hurley, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History