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Mechanical Attachment for Pianos and Organs
Patent for a "mechanical attachment for pianos and organs whereby and musical composition executed upon the instrument shall be automatically recorded upon a travelling strip or band or, if preferred, on the cylindrical surface of a revolving drum" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Harriman, John Emery, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for improvements to a harness back band buckle and chain carrier, so that "strain is taken off from the center of the buckle, where the ordinary buckles often break" (lines 71-73), including illustrations.
Date:
January 31, 1893
Creator:
Nichols, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a strong, durable, and adjustable plow that has an improved sweep stock. The plow has an "implement for holding sweeps, half shovels, bull tongues, &c., all of which are needed in the proper cultivation of corn, cotton and the like; and a further object of the invention is to do so construct a sweep stock as to prevent it from choking by weeds" (lines 10-16).
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Symmank, Herman & Matthijez, Ernst
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Press.
Patent for a printing, ruling, and cutting press of a simple and durable construction. The printing press can print both sides of a sheet of paper and has adjustable guards so that the operator can print any size paper. The machine also provides a "means for regulating the feed of the machine for adapting it to print short or long sections or a newspaper as well as a small tract" (lines 20-22). The machine has two plates opposite each other, the weight of one counterbalances the other so double printing is possible. Any amount of ink can be supplied to the rollers, and adjustable scrapers remove extra ink from the ink drums. The uncut paper can be wound around a device if necessary. A drying-cylinder provides that the printed material has no blurs.
Date:
March 31, 1896
Creator:
Hallenbeck, Matthew L. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for improvements in tire tighteners by using wedges with longitudinal ridges, longitudinal tapering ridges or webs, together “with a wheel-rim, clamps arranged in pairs upon each side of the felly-joint, the clamps consisting of plates have a fluted or corrugated inner surface …., the extension of the registering plates being connected by transverse bolts.” (lines 37-45) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Reeves, Alexander Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller.
Patent for a simple and effective stump puller that pulls stumps entirely from the ground using a large amount of force. The machine uses a series of pulleys, hooks, levers, and cranks.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Rupe, Salathiel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Rail-Joint.
Patent for a suspended rail-joint that improves on the anglebar railjoint. The improved design has the minimum amount of bolts, does not use railbolts, has a newly designed fastener, allowance for the rails to expand and contract, and adjustable guards against creeping.
Date:
July 31, 1894
Creator:
Lang, Otto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for nut locks that "as for its object to provide simple means for locking the nut against accidental displacement, at the same time allowing it to be removed by the proper application of force, and, furthermore, to permit the permanent locking of the nut at a pre-determined point." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Millen, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoodwink.
Patent for hoodwinks or goggles that are adjustable and that are connected with elastic to be more comfortable for the wearer. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Seffer, Hubert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe.
Patent for a new and useful hoe, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Willian, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for invention of certain new and useful Improvements in Gates. Relates to the improvements in automatic gates, Including annexed drawing which fully illustrate the invetion (5-10).
Date:
January 31, 1893
Creator:
Boyd, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspender Device.
Patent for a suspender device that is "a [rear] fastening device having a central loop, a coil, a keeper and a pin extending from the coil and engaging the keeper all formed from one piece of wire, in combination, with a slide having a linked portion surrounding and vertically movable on the central loop, and having a pair of ends or prongs projecting upward between the loop and the linked-portion of the slide to form tongues" (lines 81-90). The forward fastening devices attach to the ends of webbing.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
Krebs, Emil, L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Electric Car-Line.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in "elevated double-track electric car lines and car and electric-wire supports combined, including instructions and illustrations" (line 5 - 7).
Date:
May 31, 1898
Creator:
Cooley, Joe H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for a new and useful fertilizer distributer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Stell, Ira L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston for Pneumatic Pumps.
Patent for improvements in pistons for pneumatic pumps by using a combination of a tubular shell, a cylindrical valve, a conical aperture and a conical projection to fulfill the conditions required of a piston in pumps. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for an ice cream freezer that consists of a can with a joint bearing in the middle, a cover with openings in the center and a central vertical flange, a lid that fits over the central vertical flange, and a shaft with horizontal arms that rotates.
Date:
July 31, 1894
Creator:
Wallace, Lloyd & Wallace, Jeff Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straw Cutter
Patent for a rectangular box with attached heavy blade for cutting straw.
Date:
January 31, 1893
Creator:
Ross, George. W. & Winebrener, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Cotton-Gin.
Patent for "cotton-gins, and more particularly to pneumatic means for removing the lint from the gin-saws, [the] object being to provide a constructions by the use of which the cotton will be taken from the saw-teeth in the condition of down and not in a tufted or ropy state." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
Lumpkin, Robert B. & Ogden, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roll Box for Cotton Gins.
Patent for a new and improved roll-box for cotton gins. This design "is to provide for a cleaning of the seed-cotton at its first stage of ginning, and thus prepare the same for a more effectual cleaning at the second stage of the process after the same leaves the saws" (lines 24-28). It consists, "with the gin-ribs and the revolving saws working between said ribs, of an unyielding perforated breast-board arranged in front of said ribs and a supplemental perforated cleaning-board above said ribs opposite said breast-board, forming an inclosed seed-cotton chamber" (lines 73-79).
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Scott, Eugene C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wick Trimmer.
Patent for a new and improved wick trimmer. This design "is to provide a lamp-wick trimmer with adjustable guides that will afford means to retain the implement in correct position for use on lamp-wick tubes of different sizes, and furthermore to furnish the wick-trimmer with blades that will shear the wick from each side edge toward the center simultaneously" (lines 7-14).
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Andrews, Daniel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wiffletree-Hook.
Patent for a strong and durable wiffletree-hook that is spring-actuated and uses an eye-bolt to hold the trace securely. It consists of a socket with an eye-bolt, a seat with flanges on all four s ides, pivot-lugs extending from the seat, a hook pivoted between the lugs, and a bow spring on the flanged-seat.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
McBean, Robert Sinclair & McBurnett, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing machines that are "capable of thoroughly and rapidly washing clothes and other fabrics without wearing, tearing, or otherwise injuring them and at the expenditure of a minimum amount of labor." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Raley, Sylvester B. & Raley, Timothy M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Fish-Plates for Rails.
Patent for improvements in fasteners for fish-plates for rails by using a combination of fish-plates, washers placed in between the plates and rail, a slotted bolt, a wedge-shaped key with thin bendable portion and a washer on the bolt between the key and fish-plate to “firmly hold the plates in position but will serve to deaden the noise caused by the fractional contact of the parts,” (lines 18-20) includes illustration.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Gary, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish and Game Trap.
Patent for a design for improvements of fish and game traps, including illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1892
Creator:
Bolling, Allen G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History