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Cuff Button and Holder.
Patent for a new and improved cuff button and holder. This design consists in "[a] cuff button and holder having in combination a shank-plate, two buttons, one attached at each end of the shank-plate, and a clamp-bar, one end of which is for attachment to the shirt-sleeve, and the other end having a device to couple with said shank-plate" (lines 1-6).
Date:
August 11, 1885
Creator:
Stuart, John A. & Woodmansee, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of devices for raising and lowering the hoes and throwing them in and out of gear" (lines 8-11).
Date:
August 9, 1881
Creator:
Helmecke, Friederich A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for a car-replacer that has a stronger construction and is more efficient than other car-replacers. It has two skids, one on each side of the rail, the inside skid meant to deflect car-wheels to the rail, and the outside skid meant to slu "the truck in line with the track, and at the same time cause the wheels to be forced sideways on the rails" (lines 27-29).
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Ragan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Flour and Process of Making the Same.
Patent for cotton-seed flour and the process for producing it, including removal of the oils and hulls.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Baumgarten, Gustav Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Suspender-Buttons
Patent for an improved suspender button with a description and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Racer, Martin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Garden-Pumps.
Patent for improvements in garden-pumps: "a garden-pump with attachments for sprinkling liquid poison" (lines 13-15).
Date:
August 21, 1877
Creator:
Vogelsang, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
Patent for an improvement of insect-destroyers in the form of spraying poisonous liquid forced over plants, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Ruhmann, Julius Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace.
Patent for a portable coal burning furnace for use in cooking in pots that can be adjusted for different size pots.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Ruhmann, Gustav E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows so that it can be adjusted more easily while being overall easy to operate.
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Muesse, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Railway Signaling System
Patent for an electrical railway signaling system. Illustration included.
Date:
August 22, 1905
Creator:
Lyon, Leonidas N., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddletree-Bar and Steel Fork.
Patent for a saddle-tree and steel fork, which allow the rider to have a firmer grip and allows air flow under saddle seat.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Wroe, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History