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Bed-Slat Fastener.
Patent for a new and useful bed slat fastener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Sonntag, Edwin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Seed and Corn Planter
Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. The invention has "relation to improved means for adjusting the wheels laterally to provide for increasing or diminishing the width of the rows" (lines 13-16).
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Kile, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gearing.
Patent for "gearing for bicycles, and has for its object to furnish a train of gearing for the connection of the treadles with the rear wheel of a bicycle, whereby the usual sprocket-and-chain gearing may be dispensed with." (lines 7-12).
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Brown, Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for a new and useful bed brace, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Stoermer, Alexander Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design "is composed of two parts, the upper end forming what may be termed a 'buckle proper,' to secure the end of a strap, and the lower ends formed into curved portions which fit one within the other and constructed to interlock, so that the lower end is adapted to catch a chain, bit, or other device which it is desired to connect a strap to, the . . . parts forming a hinge, whereby they can be turned one upon the other and separated entirely, or at their upper ends to allow the adjustment of the strap secured thereto" (lines 18-30).
Date:
August 16, 1892
Creator:
Taylor, John Greene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Basket.
Patent for a metallic produce basket. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Wheel Lubricator.
Patent for a car-wheel lubricator that can be easily used while the wheels are moving or still, and does not waste lubrication. It attaches to two railway wheels.
Date:
October 16, 1894
Creator:
Reneau, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for a fumigator meant to exterminate prairie dogs, mice, rats, Texas red ants, and other pests. It burns fumes, and the container has a hose on the top that forces fumes into the pests' homes. There is an inlet pipe in the base of the container.
Date:
October 16, 1894
Creator:
Manahan, Thaddeus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "to provide a coupler . . . capable of being manipulated from the top or side of freight-cars and from the side or platform of passenger-cars" (lines 8-12). It consists, "with a draw-head provided with an upwardly-extending post, and a lever fulcrumed in said post, of a lock-link consisting of a horizontal body portion and a hook-extension at its rear end, and a lift-link provided with a nose at one extremity, the opposite extremity being pivoted to the lever and the nose pivotally connected with the forward end of the lock-link" (lines 55-64).
Date:
December 16, 1890
Creator:
Franks, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Thomas, Robert S.; Hardwick, Saunie W. & Elam, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Tread.
Patent for improvements in animal-treads when “animal is placed in the tread, the single or double tree being attached to the arm c’, and thus in addition to his weight he will have his strength to operate the tread. The function of the rope and weight is to keep the traces and tree from under the animal’s feet in case he should slack his speed, and thus prevent his tripping.” (Lines 59-66) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Bevil, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjusting Device for Compressing-Rolls.
Patent for adjusting devices for compressing rolls which “employed for compressing into a continuous thin sheet cotton fiber; and the objects in view are to provide a simple and convenient means for binding the rolls in contact, and when so bound to prevent any undesired yielding.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements in churns; specifically, improvements in the construction of the cylinder and the churn-dasher. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Sullins, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Removing Grease and Stains.
Patent for a compound to remove grease and stains from wood and fabric. Includes instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1891
Creator:
Cox, George S. & Lewis, Georgia M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c.
Patent for an apparatus for operating churns, ice cream freezers, or the like, and is meant "to produce an apparatus in which there is simultaneously given to the vessel a revolving motion and a revolving or vibrating motion to the agitator working in the vessel" (lines 14-18).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling meant to "provide in an automatic car-coupling improved means for holding and guiding the link into the draw-head" (lines 9-12).
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Rowell, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bootjack.
Patent for a new and improved boot-jack. This design is for an addition to existing boot-jacks that allows for wet or tight boots to be removed completely after the heel of the foot is loosened, all without the use of hands. This additional apparatus can be adjusted to different angles by way of eye-holes and screws.
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Ulferts, Ulfert Harms
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Cutter.
Patent for a bolt cutter made up of "a stationary cutter and two movable cutters operated by levers adapted to come in contact with the edge of the stationary cutter, with plates and bolts for securing the same together in proper position" (lines 12-16). The purpose of the invention is to cut the useless ends off bolts.
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Hagelstein, Christ
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a simple and efficient churn where "the process of churning is rendered easier, the resultant product firmer, and butter obtained in a shorter space of time than heretofore, while at the same time the milk is left in better condition and rendered free from water" (lines 12-17).
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Holt, Henry Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge.
Patent for "a simplified and cheapened construction of bridge whereby the weight and strain will be more equally divided and the braces so arranged that expansion and contraction laterally are avoided, while permitting of the necessary expansion and contraction longitudinally of the bridge." (Lines 13-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Mitchell, Hirtie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn. The patent is for a "means for adjustably securing a series of vertically-arranged breakers in a churn-body of any size, operating with a revolving dasher" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Haley, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines.
Design patent for a sprayer attachment for washing machines that includes a conical base-plate with a circular spout projection at its apex.
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for wire-stretching levers, with instructions and levers.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Richardson, Jerome Shipley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe-wrench that has a shank with a fixed jaw, a handle for the shank, a movable jaw with two loops for the shank to pass through and a movable upper loop, a ferrule attached to the handle with a long opening, an adjustable screw with a milled collar in the movable jaw, and a pin attached to the shank.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
McElroy, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History