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Listing-Plow
Patent for a new listing plow that is "cheap and simple construction and readily adjustable to form wide or narrow beds and to be used in bedding of cotton or corn" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Leatherwood, Calvin Nathaniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for a "cheap, simple, and durable nut-lock which will be efficient to prevent a nut from working loose on a bolt, to prevent the bolt from turning in its socket, and to also permit the bolt to work or play slightlyin its socket to yield to the movement of the rails when a train is passing" (lines 20-26).
Date:
September 20, 1892
Creator:
Nelms, Alexander P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate
Patent for an addition to self-closing swinging farm gates where a latch locks the gate with the force of the weight of the gate along with a modification to the attachment of the gate wherein the gate is made stronger and more efficient for it.
Date:
November 15, 1892
Creator:
Miller, Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for an adapter to be added to corn and cotton planters to convert them from one to the other while still being fully functional.
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Knight, Thaddeus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust Fan.
Patent for a new exhaust fan. Patent for "a new and improved exhaust fan design that can be adapted for exhausting in any capacity and for creating a suction and discharging the air from any devices in connection." (lines 8-13) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new exhaust fan design with operating construction, including illustrations.
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Hyde, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for a bed brace that consists of end-loops that are held by engage hooks at the ends of the bedstead, fixed draw-wires that connect the outer and inner sides of the end-loops, a tension-loop that is connected to the side rails, tightening link with duplicate rings that slide onto the tension loop, and a transverse twisting-bar.
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Pool, David Preston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Railroads.
Patent for an improved railroad construction that consists of "an all metallic railroad which will not be very expensive, will be so strong that an accident is practically impossible, and which may be very rapidly laid" (lines 11-14).
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for invented a new and useful Nut-Lock. Invention relates to improvements in nut locks of the class known as "spring and ratchet," for the purpose of proving a simple, cheap and easily operated nut lock without injury to any parts, and in which the locking means are concealed and protected while in the operative positions (10-15)
Date:
March 14, 1893
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor.
Patent for a simple cupsidor that attaches to the floor of railway cars and other places and can be easily cleaned. They are designed to be installed in a line and connected so they can be opened and cleaned at the same time. A valve and a tube hold and empty the contents of the cupsidor.
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Simmons, David Pitman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Grate Attachment.
Patent for an adjustable grate attachment that is meant to be used with open grates. It prevents "the falling of heated coals therefrom; also to provide for extension of the grate vertically to facilitate making of a larger fire; and further, to provide an attachment which may be used in regulating the draft to the grate proper" (lines 15-20).
Date:
May 23, 1893
Creator:
Hutton, Milton Calhoun
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press for hay that is meant "to provide a press and suitable power for operating the same, and to so construct said press as to double the capacity of the ordinary pres, that is to form two bales at one time, the press being operated by the same power; and, furthermore, to provide means for conveniently transporting the same when desired" (lines 10-17).
Date:
August 29, 1893
Creator:
Harrington, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for a milk cooler meant to keep milk cool while it sets for cream raising. "The objects in view are to utilize the currents of air, cooling the same to the proper temperature by passing them over a body of water, bringing said currents in contact with the milk and in connection with it and the surrounding water cooling the milk" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Blanton, Tillius B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Invalid-Bed.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive bedstead meant for use by disabled people. "The hinged head section of the bed may be adjusted to any desired angle of elevation" (lines 14-16). The bed can be adjusted with little exertion. The parts can be easily removed and replaced.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Ottinger, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle.
Patent for a bicycle that can be operated by the operator's hands or feet or both, and the motion used to operate the bicycle is that of rowing. "the rider must assume a position upon the machine corresponding to that assumed by an oarsman in a boat, and as the rider can work with both hands and feet all the energy and strength he is capable of exerting can be brought to bear upon the propelling mechanism in a most effective manner, and the seat can be rendered much more comfortable than at present and in no wise interfere with the rider's movements" (lines 18-27).
Date:
April 3, 1894
Creator:
Hyde, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Plow.
Patent for a simple, durable, and inexpensive submarine plow that has an adjustable beam with a plow on its lower end. The invention is meant to have a beam that is "capable of easier and more effectual adjustment to suit the conditions of the operation being performed" (lines 16-18).
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Halton, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Releasing Device for Brakes of Locomotive Drive-Wheels.
Patent for a simple and durable improved releasing device for brakes of locomotive drive-wheels that prevents "the drive wheels from being locked and sliding on the track rails, to obviate the uneven wear on the wheel tire" (lines 15-18). The invention has an auxiliary piston connected to the triple valve piston and is controlled by back pressure in the steam chest.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Pelham, Walter O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hasp.
Patent for a hasp that "may be adjusted longitudinally to compensate for expansion or contraction of the parts to which it is applied, or which it is designed to connect, the means for adjustment being such that they may be manipulated without displacing or altering the relative positions of any of the parts of the device, and furthermore, to provide means whereby the hasp is capable of universal movement, whereby it is operative irrespective of the planes in which the surfaces of the connected parts are arranged" (lines 10-21).
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Hutton, Milton Calhoun
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate "used to guard thoroughfares on farms, passages into fields and for like purposes, and belongs to a class wherein two similar gates are together employed, and are pivoted to rock on a frame, so as to open a passage through said fame, or close the gate opening as occasion may require" (lines 10-16). The invention is easily opened and closed, has newly designed latches, and has counterbalances.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Whittenberg, William B. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeder and Cultivator.
Patent for "an arrangement whereby the usual corn and cotton planters are supplied with a preceding or furrow-opening plow." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Hester, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that has "teeth bars or beams and teeth [that] may be readily cleared of rubbish and other obstacles which tend to clog the teeth and interfere with the efficient working of the harrow" (lines 16-20).
Date:
June 16, 1895
Creator:
Faris, John Wesly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger meant to dig post-holes. It has a lateral "cutting-edge and a continuous cutting-edge from its point to its top, said cutting-edge receding continuously and uniformly from the axis of rotation of the tool, whereby it cuts from the center outward and gradually widens or increases the diameter of the hole at any given point until this point is reached by the periphery of the ears or basin at the top of the bit, and, furthermore, to provide means for packing or smoothing the sides of the hole" (lines 13-23).
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Pederson, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators. It can fit to any cultivator with some modification. It is a wheel that rides "upon the row and presses down into the ground parts of the cotton in the row, leaving the other standing, and of the necessary mechanism for attaching and controlling said wheel" (lines 20-24).
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Ray, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for "washing-machines and seeks to provide, among other improvements, a novel construction of casing and gear framing or support, an improvement in the clothes-receptacle and the devices for securing a circulation of water and steam through the clothes." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
Walters, Loren B. & Cadwalader, Kinsey
System:
The Portal to Texas History