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Burglar Alarm.
Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the casing, the shaft having the winding-drum, the rope connected to the latter passing over a pulley and having a weight attached thereto, a ratchet-wheel at one end of the shaft, a pitman connecting said ratchet-wheel with the alarm-sounding mechanism, a spring-latch engaging the ratchet-wheel and having a cam-lever pivoted in a notch at its front end, the lamp having a scratch-plate attached to its burner, and the lamp-chimney having a vertical slot in its lower end" (lines 39-50).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Carter, Elmira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin.
Patent for a new and improved clothespin. This design consists in "[a] wire clothes-pin composed of a pair of spring-coils connected by a loop, the free ends of the wire forming said spring-coils being extended in the direction of said loop and connected by a ring or link which affords a bearing for the said loop when the latter is inserted between the free ends of the wire" (lines 79-85).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Stewart, John Adkerson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bucket Bail and Lid Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved bucket-bail and lid-fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the bucket and the ears, of the wires pivotally connected to said ears, the links pivotally connected to said wires, the cross-wire connecting the said links, and the bail loosely connected with the ends of the said wire" (lines 92-97).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion & Reid, Oliver Phillip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for "a machine of this class which chall be simple, inexpensive, and efficient in operation" (lines 9-11).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Chambers, Abram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt.
Patent for an electric belt producing "an exceedingly gentle and moderate [current], so as to insure the precise remedial results desired" (lines 91-93) including illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Everett, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide.
Patent for a compound to kill insects, formula and instruction on how to mix the ingredients are included. No illustration.
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Smith, Byrd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved lamp attachment. This design "is to provide sewing-machine tables with lamp attachments applied in such manner as that the lamp will cast its light upon the presser-foot and needle from the back and will not obstruct the table or interfere with the work, and when not in use may be swung underneath the table out of the way" (lines 7-14).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Walker, Catharine S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a new and improved lock. This design is "to provide a padlock having a two-part locking-bolt, each member thereof having separate and independent action and being operated by different means, each unlocking device being guided by a scale . . . [Also,] to so construct and organize the parts of a key padlock that the combination upon which it is operated may be readily and quickly changed, and to provide the key with a simple movable index which may be shifted to . . . indicate the proper point to which the key must be turned in order to successfully operate the lock" (lines 13-29).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Richards, Augustus, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press
Patent for a press that is related to "letter or book presses" and it has "a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, and which shall at the same time be effective and strong and convenient for use" (p. 2).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Kay, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter and Mower.
Patent for a new and improved stalk-cutter and mower. This design consists, "with the shaft, having pulley and means . . . to rotate the same, of the pivoted links, the reel having its shaft journaled in said links and provided with the longitudinal cutters and with the pulley, the endless belt connecting the said pulleys . . . and the lever connected to the reel to raise and lower the same" (lines 9-17).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Knox, Washington Irvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Loading Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Bernard, Alfred Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for an improvements in the combination of devices and overall construction of cotton gins.
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Brady, Peter Lewis & Brady, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Rail Fastening.
Patent for a new and improved rail fastening. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the tie having upwardly-inclined ends, the chairs having the recesses on their under sides to receive the ends of the tie, said recesses having their outer ends inclined to correspond with the inclination of the ends of the tie, and the clamping devices connecting the chairs together, and thereby securing them firmly on the ends of the tie" (lines 90-97).
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
McRae, Daniel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Hatchet.
Patent for a new and improved carpenter's hatchet. This design, "by curving or convexing the back of the hatchet downward from the eye to the rear end of the blade [it] greatly facilitates the ease and efficiency with which the hatchet can be used in driving nails in angles and corners—an improvement which will be at once appreciated by all carpenters—while by forming the back of the blade with the opposite recesses, leaving the thin wall between them, the hatchet can be used as a screw-driver, and the carpenter can thus dispense with the use of a separate screw-driver" (lines 67-79).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Stopple, John Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "consist[s] of the front plate formed with the integral strap loop or slot at its upper end, the teeth at its lower end, and the opening above said teeth, the rear plate formed with integral teeth at its lower end, side ears at its upper end, and the lugs below said ears and projecting beyond the outer face of the plate, the spindle passing through the ears and provided with a spring throwing the plates apart, and the locking-plate pivoted at its upper end to the lugs and having a [different] lug projecting inward from said upper end" (lines 83-96).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Lewis, Annie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape
Patent for Fire Escape. "may be folded up out of the way when not in use, and which can be lowered to the ground and secured in position for use in an emergency in the shortest possible space of time and with the least expense of physical force." (lines 15-20) With illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Hornby, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved grain adjuster. This design "consists in the combination, with the platform-frame, of a wire or rod, which is preferably corrugated or bent, and which is fastened to the outer end of the frame and extends inward over the carrier in the rear of the cutter . . . The object of [the] invention is to apply to the frame of binding-machines a corrugated rod or wire, upon which the heads of the grain will catch, and thus prevent the heads of the cut grain from being moved toward the elevator faster than their butts, whereby the grain is presented evenly and regularly" (lines 14-27).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
French, Horatio Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Shingle.
Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design consists in "a roof made up of a series of metallic shingles bent and doubled at the ends . . . and the joint at the sides of the shingle, the doubled ends being bent at the sides to correspond with the joint at the sides of the shingle, whereby a double thickness is provided at the sides of the end joints and notching is obviated" (lines 11-18).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Harry, Hugh Walker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener
Patent for Sash-Fastener. "My invention relates to sash-fasteners for holding and locking a window-sash either in an open or closed position." (lines7-9). With illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Williams, Harry I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Addressing-Machine.
Patent for an improved addressing machine, which will "paste, cut, and attach the slip simultaneously, or with one operation" (lines 26-27), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Truck.
Patent for a new barrel truck or wheeled dolly design for moving barrels or boxes more easily, including illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Wilson, William W. & Newton, Jeremiah L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead attachment. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails and head and foot boards, of the plates having angular projections provided with wedge-shaped grooves and small inclined recesses at their upper parts, and the plates having the tapering wedge-shaped projections provided with the lugs integrally formed with their upper portions and adapted to engage the recesses, whereby when the projecting engaging portions of the plates . . . wear and become loose they are prevented from disjointure by the engagement of the lugs" (lines 83-94).
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
McCormick, Henry Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of cotton-choppers.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Ladder.
Patent for a new and improved folding ladder. This design consists in "the combination, with main supporting-strips, of recessed auxiliary strips connected thereto, rounds formed with bows, sections which pass through the recesses of the auxiliary strips, and stops which bear against the main supporting strips, and strengthening strips, through which the bows of the rounds pass" (lines 77-84).
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Ethridge, William Spencer
System:
The Portal to Texas History