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Improvement in Sheet-Metal Hames
Patent for improvement in hames by constructing them of sheet metal in order to prevent flatenning and wear on the hame. Explains how sheet metal hames are also flexibile in many attributes and because of this they are beneficial in many ways. Illustrations provided.
Date:
November 4, 1879
Creator:
Brown, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for a device for "Turning Leaves of Sheet-Musics, Music-Books and, other Books" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Becker, Francis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CANNING SHRIMPS AND OTHER FISH.
Patent for a method for "canning shrimps and/other like shellfish and has for its object the better preservation of the fish and greater expedition, and cheapness in canning" (lines 7-10)with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Pecor, Emmett C. & Bartlett, F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selkirk Candlestick
Patent for candlestick handle/dish with an extension that can be used traditionally for holding and carrying a candle as well as hanging on a nail in a wall with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Selkirk, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Box.
Patent for a mailing box with curves and grooves to fit the cover and securing string with illustrations and assembly instructions.
Date:
May 11, 1880
Creator:
Sabin, Chauncey Brewer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable Grater and Slicer.
Patent for an improvement on vegetable graters or slicers. The design allows for more efficient cutting of the vegetables and allows for gravity to feed the vegetables through the slicer and avoiding injury to the operator. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Weitzel, Jacob F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser
Patent for "the construction of surface-condensers for condensing steam, condensing cooling ammonia-gas, and other purposes" (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1880
Creator:
Lee, Charles Brogden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Ejector for Presses.
Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale presses or compressors; and it has for its object to provide a means whereby the bale, after being properly compressed, will be automatically ejected from the press, as more fully hereinafter specified.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved tie for bales. This design calls for one long, flat piece of scrap metal to be folded over on itself twice so that there are four layers of metal as well as a loop (or "rib") on either end. Then, a hole should be cut through all four layers with a tapered opening through the edge; this design is cheaper and more durable than previous bale ties.
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone.
Patent for a new and improved telephone. This design "consists, first, in a set of U-shaped elastic magnets adapted to be supported by the head of the person sending and receiving messages, the end of said magnet or magnets connecting the receivers . . . second, in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the transmitter attached after the manner of a swinging bail to the receivers . . . third, providing supports for the telephone when not in use" (lines 32-43).
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
McDermott, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Exercising Machine.
Patent for a finger-exercising machine that is meant to improve the finger strength and flexibility of musicians. "A cylinder provided with friction-rollers imparts motion to a set of keys upon which the fingers are placed; and the object of [the invention] is to impart flexibility to the fingers, and to overcome the otherwise difficult motion" (lines 11-16).
Date:
September 14, 1880
Creator:
Becker, Francis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Ejector for Presses.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ejectors for Presses
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design utilizes a removable eye and removable rings, so "when [they have] become worn [they] may be removed and [others] substituted, thus prolonging the usefulness of the single tree for years" (lines 48-51).
Date:
October 5, 1880
Creator:
Miller, Rudolph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Making Machine.
Patent for a new and improved mattress making machine. This design calls for a box with a hinged door and gauges that adjust the box to the desired width for mattress making. Additionally, slats at the bottom of the box and along the inside of the hinged lid have straps and pins that one uses to bind the mattress material after it fills the box.
Date:
October 19, 1880
Creator:
Howe, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Tin Cans.
Patent for a new and improved method of canning seafood with tin cans. This design calls for perforated paper to line the cans, which prevents the discoloration of the seafood inside.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Bartlett, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Latch.
Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Rand, Anders
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cable Stopper.
Patent for a new and improved cable or chain stopper. For this design, "the chain-links lie diagonally in opposite directions upon the recessed bottom of the clamping-box, and the clamping-block has a similarly recessed under face . . . and a forked lever is employed to press the clamping-block toward the bottom of the clamping-box, and thereby apply the required force to the chain to lessen its speed as it runs out" (lines 18-32).
Date:
October 18, 1881
Creator:
Lucas, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub Attaching Device.
Patent for a new and improved arrangement of axles and boxes for vehicles. This design calls for a solid axle formed with a shoulder and screw-threads, an axle-box closed at its outer and provided at the other end with an annular wall, a collar formed with internal screw-threads, annular flange, bearing surface, wrench-gripe surfaces, and a cap or ring (lines 16-22).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Warth, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Kindler.
Patent for a composition of matter to be used for kindling fires. Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Boyd, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame House.
Patent for a new and improved frame house. This design consists of "[t]he combination, in a roof, of T-shaped caps or battens having in their depending tongues the transverse dovetail grooves, the roof-boards arranged above the grooves and below the horizontal and lateral arms of the said battens, and the purlins adapted to enter the grooves and grooved longitudinally to engage the said tongues" (lines 23-31).
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Boyd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mosquito Bar Frame and Canopy.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting. This design "provide[s] a simple and substantial construction of frame for supporting the mosquito-bar that will admit of ready application to and removal from the bedstead, and also to provide a simple and effective arrangement of cords to the mosquito-bar, whereby it may be easily extended over the bed or folded out of the way by the occupant of the bed" (lines 12-20).
Date:
January 24, 1882
Creator:
Howe, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark arrester for train smokestacks. This design is of "a locomotive-engine, a pipe or pipes for conveying sparks from the smoke-stack, in combination of a diaphragm or cone placed in the stack and a steam or water chamber placed around the discharge of said pipe or pipes" (lines 88-93).
Date:
February 21, 1882
Creator:
Nichols, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Frame.
Patent for a new and improved window frame. This design "has for its objects to provide an improved means for holding the sash of a window in any position to which it may be elevated, and at the same time permit the sash to be readily moved up or down" (lines 11-15).
Date:
February 21, 1882
Creator:
Sturm, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Safe, &c.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "[has a] top projecting beyond its sides . . . in combination with the upright posts having liquid-cups, the rods, and sleeves for suspending the safe from contact with any object" (lines 79-83).
Date:
March 21, 1882
Creator:
Mason, Sanford
System:
The Portal to Texas History