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Grain-Sourer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grain scourers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1899
Creator:
McLellan, Frederick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe-Sharpener.
Patent for a new and useful hoe sharpener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Foster, James T. & Miller, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Pen.
Patent for a hog pen and feed trough that can hold and feed a variety of variety of animals. It consists of an inclosure with an opening, ways extending into and out of the opening, a sliding trough mounted in the pen, rollers that slide into and out of the pen, pulleys in the trough, a shaft journaled in the front of the trough, ropes that go around the pulleys, and a turning mechanism for the shaft.
Date:
July 4, 1893
Creator:
Wilkinson, Benjmon M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive hitching device that can be easily applied to the driver, can connect a weight to the draft animal's bit, and can be easily adjusted.
Date:
October 3, 1893
Creator:
Crowley, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hook and Eye.
Patent for a hook and eye especially designed for clothing and keeps the area where the invention is being used is perfectly aligned and does not accidentally unhook.
Date:
July 3, 1894
Creator:
Wall, Frederic Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills.
Patent for gearing for windmills that "is more particularly designed to provide an improved construction of gearing by which the movement of the wind wheel is transmitted to the pump rod, whereby [the inventor] secures superior advantages with respect to efficiency in use" (lines 14-19).
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Keys, Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Index and Alphabetical Record.
Patent for a general index and alphabetical record that organizes records in an index instead of a book.It is a chest of shallow drawers, each having a letter of the alphabet printed on its front. Attached to each drawer is a blank book.
Date:
July 28, 1896
Creator:
Ward, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for "improvements in presses for compressing and baling hay or other fibrous material" (lines 9-10), with illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1895
Creator:
Young, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guitar.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stringed musical instruments, such as harp guitars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Ward, George Cooper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook
Patent for a snap hook in order to "provide a hook of simple construction that shall be securely locked when in use" (p. 2)
Date:
December 30, 1890
Creator:
Adams, Don B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate.
Patent for an improved grate that is adapted "for use in stoves as well as in fire paces, and which, being composed of separate bars, may be repaired by inserting new bars, thus saving that portion of the grate which remains intact, as cannot be done with grates formed of a single casting" (lines 18-23).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Chollar, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for a strong, durable, and simple thill coupling that does not need a spring connection in order to maintain a flexible connection between the thill and axle.
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
Cobb, Woodson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for suspenders that have the minimum number of straps, buckles, and buttons. The suspenders can be easily attached and the wearer can move freely and be comfortable while wearing them.
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Post, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Alarm and Annunciator
Patent for "a combined call and annunciator system by which any number of signals can be sent automatically or manually and various signals received through the annunciator, the apparatus serving to send signals to or from any number of distant points on the circuit at any time" (lines 17-23).
Date:
April 4, 1890
Creator:
Suren, Nathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Heating and Purifying Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in feed-water heating and purifying apparatus by “utilizing the heat of exhaust-steam from locomotive-cylinders, and the waste heat from the products of combustion in the combustion-chamber; or smoke-arch for heating and purifying the feed-water in transit to the locomotive-boiler.” (Lines 11-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 22, 1892
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope.
Patent for an improved, simple, and durable envelope that can hold many letters, documents, and similar materials. "The invention consists of two overlapping end flaps connected with each other by a band and forming, with the front, an expansible pocket for the accommodation of the documents, a top flap and a bottom flap adapted to be folded one above the other, and both over the end flaps, and a band for holding the top and bottom flaps closed" (lines 12-19).
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Scougale, Malcolm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for an electric time-signaling apparatus meant for use in hotels or other places where employees need to be alerted. The invention rings a bell and turns on a light when the signals goes off. "If the current of an incandescent electric-light system was electrically connected with a time-circuit, it would destroy the whole mechanism of the time-circuit" (lines 26-29).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Todd, James T. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freight And Grain Car
Patent for "freight-car which shall be simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and which shall, by virtue of its attachments, be capable of instant transformation from a car for transporting grain, cereals, and similar loose substances in bulk toa car for transporting miscellaneous dead freight" (lines 17-24).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Butz, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Hook.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive ice-hook that has an improved design for holding, carrying, and lifting ice, and can be easily operated by one hand.
Date:
August 7, 1894
Creator:
Wesson, Miley B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for improvement in sash-fasteners by using a ratchet-lock combined with a ratchet-bar. It “can be readily adapted to any ordinary sash and window-frame and it will securely support the sash at any desired elevation and prevent either the upward or downward movement until the lock is released.” (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Looping Tool.
Patent for improvements in wires tightening tool by using a frame in the shape of a lyre and a hollow screw-shaft mounted on the frame. A twister-rod arranged within the shaft which having a hook at one end and a polygonal head at the other. A hand-lever is adapted to operate the shaft and rod in order to twist a wire. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for an improvement in whiffletrees, made out of steel. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for improvements in rotary engines by proving “a reversible rotary steam-engine in which friction shall be reduced to as small an extent as consistent with suitable packing of the joints, the pressure on the piston-wings be practically balanced, and compensation made for wear” (lines 11-16). Illustration is included.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Bretherton, Montague James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Minnow-Net.
Patent for "improvements in fishing-nets, and particularly to frames for nets which can be set up in the water in various places where other nets cannot be used and which can be folded up into a small package for convenient carrying." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Breeding, Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History