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Gas Retort.
Patent for a new and improved gas-retort. This design "is to provide a new and improved retort for generating gas for illuminating or other purposes from stone coal, and being specially adapted to be used on cooking-stoves. The invention consists of a fire-pot fitting onto the eye of a stove, of a spherical retort held to turn on the said fire-pot and made of two parts, and of a gas outlet formed in one of the trunnions of the retort" (lines 7-16).
Date:
January 29, 1889
Creator:
Jones, Wesley Corry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Cooling Journal Box.
Patent for a new and improved journal-box. This design consists "[i]n a self-cooling journal-box, the combination of the walls having top and bottom supporting the lubricating packing, and the housing forming water-chamber below and at the sides of the chamber formed by the walls and bottom, and [another] water-chamber above the top" (lines 66-72).
Date:
January 29, 1889
Creator:
Storey, Julius W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for new and improved construction of the class of machine baling press.
Date:
October 29, 1889
Creator:
Forniraseo, Domaneco
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Machine
Patent for "a machine of this character which will effectively do its work,which will be of great capacity, easy to manipulate, and positive in its desired operation" (lines 11-14).
Date:
October 29, 1889
Creator:
Channell, Emmet W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamping or Dating Machine
Patent for new and useful improvements to printing or stamping machines.
Date:
October 29, 1889
Creator:
Spivey, Edward Franklin & Spivey, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of the draw-heads provided with projections, a coupling-link, an operating-rod loosely connected to each of its ends, and a suitable support or guide through which these rods move . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a car-coupling in which the two cars are coupled together by means of a link which is provided with an operating rod at each end, both of the rods and the link being attached to one of the cars only" (lines 14-26).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Campbell, Neil Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the crank arm depending from the end of the rock-shaft, [and] the pitman" (lines 88-99).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee and Head Block for Saw Mills.
Patent for a new and improved knee and head block. This design consists, "with a saw-mill carriage, of a head-block extending flush with the outer edges of the tracks of said carriage and provided with the usual groove or recess extending the entire length of said head-block, a knee sliding in said groove and provided on its front vertical edge with a recess, and a log-supporter fitting flush within said recess and provided at its lower end with a forwardly-extending lug or projection" (lines 39-48).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Willis, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved tire tightener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spokes, the felly, and the tire . . . of the plates, each provided with rearwardly-extending apertured portions, forwardly-projecting fingers, and semi-socketed portions on their lower faces, the upper face of the plate being straight, its lower face inclined, the upper face of the plate inclined, and the lower face thereof straight, whereby when said plates are fitted in place, they will wedge between the felly and the shoulder of the spoke, said socket portions adapted to fit over said shouldered portion of the spokes" (lines 8-21).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Mayo, William Archer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for improvements to cylinder washing machines.
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists in, first, a hopper having its rear side or board extended downward so as to form the standard or furrow-opener; second, the combination of two endwise adjustable castings provided with shoulders or offsets, and which are made adjustable in relation to each other, and by means of which the quantity dropped is regulated . . . [An object] of [the] invention [is] to extend the rear side of the seed-box downward, so as to form a furrow-opener or standard, to attach the combined seed-box and standard to the two iron beams" (lines 13-28).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Kennedy, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus
Patent for "a more simple, efficient, and convenient arrangement than has hitherto been known" for fire extinguishers (lines 16-17).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Stamps, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Separator
Patent for "a machine of this class by means of which by a single operation the flour may be separated from the middlings and the tine from the coarser grade of middling-s, thus performing at a single operation that which heretofore has required two separate operations to accomplish" (lines 10-16).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Sadravezt, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Bar Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito-bar frame. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the upright bars having their upper ends reduced . . . and provided with staples, the brackets, having loops at opposite ends and a pintle on its lower branch to enter the staples in the posts, the lateral rods carrying the loop brackets at opposite ends, and sockets . . . to receive the upper ends of the posts, the inner cross-bar arranged in the inner brackets of the lateral rods, the outer cross-bar arranged in the outer brackets of said rods, and the longitudinally-adjustable slide-bar carrying guide-eyes" lines 82-95).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Meyers, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paris Green Distributer.
Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a device for distributing insect-powder, of a blower suspended from the saddle in position to be operated by the foot of the rider, a tube leading from the bellows, and a hopper communicating with the tube" (lines 18-23).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Tucker, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pen Holder.
Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "is to provide a pen holder of simple construction that may be easily held between the fingers without cramping the same, that will hold the pen in such a position in relation to the eye as to enable the writer to write well, and that will be adapted to hands of various sizes. To this end [the] invention consists of a curved flat holder having a shank projecting from the end thereof, to which a pen may be attached, said shank being nearly parallel with the straight portion of the holder, and in line with the eye when held in position for writing" (lines 9-22).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Palmer, Joshua C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "a plow of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being readily and easily changed from an ordinary plow to a ditching-plow, and vice versa" (lines 10-14).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Lesueur, Sam C. & Holsey, Theodric M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sod Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved sod-cutter. This design consists, "with a sod-cutter comprising the frame, the horizontal blade, the beam, the handle-bars, and the brace-rod connecting the said beam with the outer handle-bar . . . of the upwardly and outwardly curved guide-rods secured to the rear of the said blades, the curved cutting-blades secured to said rods for dividing the cut sod into separate portions, and the fender provided with a forwardly-bent flange at its upper edge and secured to the said brace-rod diagonally of the machine and behind and above the said blades" (lines 76-88).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
White, Maston Timothy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stem Winding and Setting Watch.
Patent for a new and improved watch. This design "has relation particularly to an improvement in mechanism for winding and setting the watch, so that the 'movement' may be rendered interchangeable for application to a case, whether arranged for a hunting-case watch or an open-face watch. In watches as commonly constructed a different arrangement is made for the winding and setting mechanism for a hunting-case watch from that of one having an open face" (lines 12-21).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Heidbrink, Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Heater.
Patent for a new and improved tire heater. This design "consists in providing a rotary circular box revolving in a horizontal plane and carrying a rack, upon which is supported the tire, said box having a stationary bottom provided with openings to admit the flames of oil, gas, or vapor burners to immediate contact with a rotated tire. . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a tire-heater, which shall be simple and economical of construction, adapted to the use of gas, oil, or vapor fuel, but free of all connections for supplying and burning the same" (lines 18-29).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus for handling seed-cotton. This apparatus is designed to move seed-cotton to gin-feeders, then from the condenser to the press, and also for conveying seeds and motes to an area of deposit.
Date:
June 19, 1890
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Harrow.
Patent for improvements in cultivator-harrows in which an adjustable “harrow-frame is adapted to the ready attachment of cultivators, plows, sweeps, scrapers, and various forms of cultivating devices which are interchangeable with each other and can be used either with or without the harrow-teeth, according to the character of work to be done.” (Lines 80-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Wilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Delivery Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in mail and parcel delivery apparatus: "is designed particularly for use at suburban residences, or where the distance from the house to the street is considerable" (lines 11-14).
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Gieseke, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History