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Cotton-Cupper
Patent for improvements in the type of equipment known as cotton cupers.
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Wilder, Theodore C. & Wilder, Atwood, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Valve.
Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "the valve-seat of [the] slide-valve, the entrances of whose steam passages form seats for auxiliary valves pivoted to [the] yoke on a rod, whose stud occupies said slot in upper portion of [the] arm pivoted to [the] pendant from [the] main valve-rod and terminating in [the] tappet, the same being combined with the adjustable stops" (lines 55-63).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Moore, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable and Adjustable Roller.
Patent for a new and improved hand-truck. This design consists in "the combination, with the sections . . . arranged parallel to each other and adapted to have a combined longitudinal and lateral motion with reference to each other . . . rollers located upon the under side of said sections, and the spurs on the upper faces at each end, of the braces . . . located, respectively, upon the lower and upper faces of the device and diagonally across the same, and pivoted at each end to said sections . . . the openings provided on said sections, and the dowels on said sections" (lines 68-80).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "a central post, the latch-posts arranged at equal distances on opposite sides of the central post and provided with suitable catches, the latches pivoted at their inner ends to the center post and adapted to engage the said catches, the operating-bar affixed at its center to the upper end of the center post and at right angles to the gate, the loop connected at its free ends, respectively, to the latches, and the operating-cords running over guide-pulleys . . . and connected at their ends to the closed upper end of the loop" (lines 1-13).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Controlling the Flow of Navigable Rivers or Other Waters.
Patent for a new means of controlling the waters. This design "is to remove or prevent the formation of sand-bars at the mouths of harbors elsewhere, calculated to obstruct navigation; also, to prevent the overflow of navigable rivers and the breaking of levees or destruction of jetties. [The] invention consists in a novel means of accomplishing these and other like ends by mechanical forces applied to increase the natural current or outflow of the navigable water toward its outlet or the ocean through the instrumentality of suitably located and anchored vessels provided with propelling devices" (lines 8-21).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Coult, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to that class of walking-cultivators or shovel-plows which are drawn by a single horse between two rows of plants, and which are frequently called 'double-shovel plows.' The leading object of the invention is to provide such a cultivator with two beams, each carrying a shovel, which beams are independently capable of vertical and lateral movements, whereby the operator can guide or lift the beams and shovels to avoid plants or obstacles" (lines 11-22).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Jones, Fred B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Door-Lock
Patent for "a continuous-recording lock suitable for bonded warehouses, factories, stores, public buildings, offices &c., and by a slight modification applicable, also, for private residences" (lines 7-11).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleigh-Runner.
Patent for a new adjustable sleigh runner designed to be easily applied and removed from wheeled vehicles, including illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for a steam engine, improving on the original design so as to "provide a steam-engine having few parts so as to avoid the use of eccentrics, slide-valve, valve-rod, piston and connecting rods, stuffing-boxes, and glands, thus increasing the actual power by decreasing the friction" (lines 26-31).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock.
Patent for improvement upon a combination-lock.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Bergman, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the base . . . of the slotted plate secured thereto, the strip on the rear side of the said plate, the blade having apertures and threaded bolts for adjusting the said blade" (lines 96-100). It further consists in "rear cutters or scrapers on the landside" (line 1).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Irwin, William H. & Hairgrove, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Putting Ties on Bales.
Patent for a new and improved machine for putting ties on bales. This design consists in a "frame-work which is to be placed across the bale . . . a shaft journaled in the frame and provided with a reel at each end, and pawls and ratchets with hooked ropes or chains . . . a double rope which is to be passed around the bale . . . and suitable U-shaped hooks . . . to provide a machine whereby cotton and other bales can be compressed at that point where the tie has come off, so as to allow another tie to be placed around the bale, and thus prevent the loss of material" (lines 16-33).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Dunbar, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn
Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Whiting, Louis Rossell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam, of the staple secured to the plow-beam, the curved shank provided at its upper front end with the triangular loop having notches on its lower edge, which engage with the said staple, the bolt pivoted in the said plow-beam and connected to the rear portion of the shank under the handles, and the blades secured to the lower front end of shank under the staple" (lines 72-81).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Nitschmann, Franz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved back-band buckle and hook. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the buckle formed with the central cross-bar having the teeth and having the side hooks and having the outwardly-projecting tongue formed with the transverse aperture at its lower end, of the hook-plate formed with the reduced upper ends and the hook at its lower end having the opposite slots, and the locking key" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Crockett, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Axle.
Patent for a new and improved axle. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with an axle having a seat at its outer end and a seat located in from said outer end, of the spindle having its shank provided with a threaded inner end, and nuts turned on said inner end on opposite sides of the inner seat, by which the spindle may be adjusted to and held in any desired position" (lines 79-85).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Blevens, Nathan W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate having a cross-bar, and mechanism . . . for operating the cross-bar and moving it vertically, the weighted levers, and the standards supporting the levers, of the latch-levers pivoted between their ends to the weighted levers and having their front ends engaged by the cross-bar, and the stops for engaging the rear ends of the latch-levers and holding the gate closed" (lines 15-24).
Date:
November 1, 1887
Creator:
Terry, Hiram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Packer.
Patent for a new and improved cotton packer. This design consists in "the combination of a reciprocating plunger having an upright frame formed with a cross-piece at its top, a drum having means for revolving it in opposite directions, a chain attached to the plunger and to the drum winding upon the same, a spring secured at its middle to the cross-piece of the plunger-frame, and chains secured to the ends of the spring and to the drum winding upon the same in opposite direction to the chain from the plunger" (lines 93-103).
Date:
March 1, 1887
Creator:
Dulaney, John Thornton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Double-Shovel Corn And Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new machine for planting corn or cotton that can be "adapted for use as a plow or cultivator" (lines 60-61), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 1, 1887
Creator:
Draper, Richard Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flood-Fence.
Patent for a flood fence dedicated in cases of high water, preventing the fence from destruction. This fence is cheap to manufacture and requires a simple construction.
Date:
March 1, 1887
Creator:
Sims, Abner Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for thills. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the clip having the ears provided with the openings of the draft-iron having the eye at its inner end adapted to be inserted between the ears of the clip and having the transverse central opening" (lines 94-98). Further, it has "the coupling-bolt having the inclined shoulder and the nut provided with the [other] inclined shoulder and the sleeves having the inclined inner ends adapted to enter the inclines of the draft-iron and provided at their outer ends with the inclined recesses" (lines 1-7).
Date:
March 1, 1887
Creator:
Findley, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a cotton cultivator and chopper, of the usual frame, a pair of guiding-handles pivoted thereto, a chopping-knife hinged to said frame, and links forming a loose connection between said blade and handles, whereby the blade is raised and lowered" (lines 26-31).
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
Schaumleffel, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine.
Patent for improvement to hay pitching and stacking machines "to provide a device for pitching and stacking hay, the parts of which can be easily and quickly taken apart or adjusted, and which may be employed in making stacks of hay or straw" (lines 18-22).
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
Donald, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam, of the plow-standard hinged to a crank-rod journaled in the plow-beam, the tension-spring connected to the plow-standard and provided with the adjustable plate, and the key or rod for securing the adjusting-plate in place" (lines 83-88).
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
Ross, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History