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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad-cars. This design "relates to car-couplings; and it has for its object to provide improved devices whereby the cars may be automatically coupled; and further, to provide improved devices for this purpose which shall be simple in construction and thoroughly effective in operation" (10-16).
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Reid, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power.
Patent for a new and improved churn-power. This design is "to provide a spring-power and suitable gearing for operating the dasher, with a view of rendering the same in a high degree effective, convenient, and especially adapted to the requirements of service; [and], to afford facilities for the proper adjustment of the device to the different sizes of churns, and to provide for the quick and convenient detaching of the churn from the driving mechanism" (lines 12-21).
Date:
September 30, 1884
Creator:
Lawrence, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Case for Eyeglasses.
Patent for a new and improved glasses case. This design "consists of a case for eyeglasses provided at the back with a pin or other device, for attaching the same to the vest or coat, said case being provided at the upper end with a retaining device that prevents the dropping of the eyeglasses from the case" (lines 11-17).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Hawkes, Albert K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Box.
Patent for a new and improved baling box. This design consists "[i]n a baling-box, the bottom board having cleats and end board and fixed standards that reach above the end board in combination with the hinged side boards and end board hinged to [another] board, [those] boards being provided with cleats that reach beyond the edges of the boards to receive the loops" (lines 87-94).
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Bulkeley, Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Raft.
Patent for boat state rooms that convert into life rafts.
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Adams, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "consists in the combination, of a vehicle-top, with upright rods having their upper ends bent to conform to the shape of the roof, the upper ends of the rods being secured to strips held on the under side of the roof of the top, and on which rods curtains are held to slide up and down" (lines 12-18).
Date:
September 30, 1884
Creator:
McCurdy, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Toilet Preparation.
Patent for scented 2 in 1 hair and body wash which includes ingredients and their measurements and instructions. “It is designed to remove dandruff, and to prevent the hair from falling out. It has great cleansing properties, and will be found excellent for washing fine jewelry, nursing-bottles, and in fact all articles upon which the action of free acids or alkalies is not desirable” (lines 30-38).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Bicksler, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede
Patent for a vehicle that is powered by foot and guided by hand by the occupants and is for the purpose of transporting one or more persons or articles over streets or smooth roads.
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, Robert Fuller & Norman, Cornelius Asbury
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine.
Patent for a new and improved steam-engine. This design "relates to certain improvements in compound steam-engines; and it has for its objects to lessen friction and provide for the effective working of such engines" (lines 8-11).
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Catlin, Eli
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for a new and improved projectile. This design consists "[i]n combination with the ellipsoidal projectile having a truncated base, a plano-concave sabot or driver whose plane face is contiguous to the base of the projectile, and whose periphery is grooved for the attachment of the charge-container" (lines 75-80).
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Hopson, Lucien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring for Riding Saddles.
Patent for a new and improved saddle spring. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a riding-saddle, of the series of transverse bridge-springs extending over the saddle-opening and having spiral ends bearing on the tree, and the longitudinal springs at the sides of said traverse springs" (lines 52-57).
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Reason, Thomas & Crenshaw, Marcus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "has for its object to provide a motor of the class . . . that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, cheapness, durability, and general efficiency; and to these ends [the] invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 17-23).
Date:
September 30, 1884
Creator:
Chilton, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a new construction of rotary seed planter, with illustrations and description and arrangement of parts.
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Daniel, Ellison A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fleece Binder.
Patent for a new and improved fleece-binder. This design "consists in a fleece-binder constructed with a box attached to a supporting-frame, and having inclined flanges upon its side edges, and provided with hinged press-boards and fingers operated by push-bars, a cord, and a treadle, whereby the fleece can be compressed and held while being tied. To the ends of the sides of the box is attached a knife, so that all the twines of the bundle can be cut at a time" (lines 20-29).
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Krueger, Theodore C. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Machine.
Patent for an improvement in fiber machines that is "adaptable to fibers of various plants; but it is especially designed for separating the fiber of plants found in Mexico--such as lechugilla, Spanish dagger, and similar plants" (lines 28-32). The machine is used to separate the usable fiber from the leaves, stalks, and other parts of the plants.
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Worthington, George & Parvin, Enoch, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber machine.
Patent for the improvement of fiber-machines, using rolls, bearings, wheels, brushes, racks and pinions.
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Worthington, George & Parvin, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle Threader for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine needle-threader. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slide-bearing of the needle-bar, of the slide, its stop and spring, and the pivoted funnel-guide having a squared bearing to engage the spring, and a face-groove in its small end to engage the needle" (lines 73-78).
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Bellah, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Can.
Patent for a new and improved fruit can. This design "consists in the combination of a can having its upper edge turned inward, so as to form a flange, an L-shaped collar which is secured inside of the mouth of the can, the cap which has its lower edge turned outward, so as to form a flange, and a holding device for keeping the cap in position" (lines 13-19).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Robinson, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved cotton press. This design "consists in the combination of a shaft which is journaled upon the top of the press-frame, and provided with a driving-pulley, a clutch which is feathered upon the shaft, and which is operated by a lever which projects in the line of travel of the beater, a drum provided with a ratchet, a spring-pawl, and the brake by which the descent of the beater is controlled" (lines 13-21).
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Voigt, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-press. This design "is to so construct a press that the force shall be applied solely by the pulling action of the screw, and so that the cotton can be put in at the top of the box and compressed without the usual tramping of the same therein by an operative preparatory to applying the force of the press, thereby doing away with a door or opening near the top of the box for inserting the cotton, and dispensing with the tramping operation" (lines 32-42).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Haiman, Elias & Winship, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History