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Cotton-Baling Apparatus
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which "the condensing and bat-forming devices will condense and press the lint-cotton so close that the spring of the cotton is broken, thereby avoiding the necessity of providing additional compressing-rollers intermediate the condenser and the press-box. A further object of my invention is to arrange a condenser in such a manner as to save room in the gin-house and to provide means for carrying off the dust and air made by the gin and condenser to the outside of the building" (lines 12-24).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Stone Block.
Patent for a new and improved artificial-stone block. This design "consists in the particular formation of the protuberances by which interlocking joints or seams of the building-blocks are attained, the object of which is to so form the prolific protuberances of said blocks as to permit joining them in close proximity on all the sides or faces of the seam, to reduce the binding material for the same and increase the strength of the same" (lines 14-22).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Graham, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke.
Patent for a new and improved animal poke. This design "is to construct a device which may be secured to horses, cattle, and other animals, and which will effectually prevent fence-jumping, while at the same time allow the animal free use of [its] head and limbs, doing away with any tendency to cramp the wearer" (lines 17-23). It consists, "with bar and a means for suspending it beneath the animal's body and the bar, which is secured at its outer end to the animal's head, of a hinge to the opposite side of which the adjacent ends of the said bars are pivoted" (lines 78-83).
Date:
May 17, 1892
Creator:
Stracener, Upton W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for car-coupling. The object of this invention is to provide an improved automatic car-coupling of simple, durable, and effective construction that will permit the necessary longitudinal and lateral play of the coupling-link to correspond with inequalities of the track, facilitate the turning of curves, and enable the coupling to accommodate itself to draw-heads of unequal height.
Date:
January 19, 1892
Creator:
Lemon, Eli Jeremiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Friction Sucker-Rod Coupling.
Patent for an anti-frictioin sucker-rod coupling. This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sectional sucker-rods for artesian, oil, and other wells, and has for its object to provide an improved construction of coupling-joint for connecting the sections of the rods together.
Date:
January 26, 1892
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Baling Cotton.
Patent for improvements to an apparatus that softens and compresses cotton, and prevents clogging and breakage. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 5, 1890
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Motive-Power Machines
Patent for an attachment for motors "designed to prevent the loss of leverage and power which ordinarily obtains in such motors and in all machinery where the power is taken from cranks, and also to overcome what is known as the dead-center, and thus to greatly increase the power of the machine to which the attachment is applied" (lines 12-18).
Date:
June 21, 1892
Creator:
Weaver, John L. & Brenke, Henry, Jr.
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
Wrecking-Frog.
Patent for "an improved frog for use in placing derailed cars or locomotives upon the rails, exceedingly simple and durable in construction, and formed substantially in one piece - that is, not in sections - and having improved means to lock the frog to the rail." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1891
Creator:
Wilmore, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
The patent is for a wire stretcher used to repair fencing.
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Dean, G. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher and fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a bar constructed of metal and provided at one end with a claw and having its other end bent at right angles to form an arm provided with a slot or bifurcation forming prongs, one of the prongs being longer than the other, the stud secured to the bar on the side opposite the arm and arranged adjacent to the same and forming a hammer-head, and a handle arranged on the same side of the stud and located adjacent to the claw" (lines 55-65).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Chamberlain, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hub.
Patent for improvements to vehicle wheel hubs, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1892
Creator:
Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Wheeled Delivery-Vehicle.
Patent for "a light and convenient vehicle for the use of mail-collectors in cities, and for the transportation and delivery of parcels, milk, or other articles," (lines 8-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 12, 1891
Creator:
Boone, Manly Breaker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keel.
Patent for an improved type of keel construction, "of which the distance between the keel and covering-boards is equalized throughout the length of the vessel and a vessel of exceptional strength and advantageous construction is afforded." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1891
Creator:
Grothgar, John & Garfield, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap. This design is "for catching such insects as are attracted by light, more especially cotton-flies, potato-bugs, and the like" (lines 11-13). It consists "of a frame having a bottom provided with an approximately star-shaped opening, the transparent walls mounted in the frame and forming re-entrant angles and providing entrance-openings and being adjustable to vary the size of the entrance openings, a receptacle arranged beneath the opening in the bottom of the frame, and a lamp arranged within the frame" (lines 72-80).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Edwards, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine
Patent for improvements to typewriting machines with the aim of providing "a machine of simple and durable construction, capable of use for the ordinary purposes to which type-writers are applied, but especially adapted and designed for typewriting upon blank books, thereby facilitating the making of official records and producing records that are more legible and compact than it is possible to obtain by handwriting" (lines 11-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Borden, William J. & Johnson, Jahu W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turping Implement.
Patent for a new and improved turfing implement. This design "is to produce a . . . handle . . . together with improved means for threading the needle (lines 10-12). It consists "with a tubular needle having a longitudinal slit, the outer end of the needle being open and its upper side being formed into a tongue near its inner end, which is bent upwardly and whose extremity projects into the needle, of a handle into which the needle is passed and a presser-foot adjustably connected at its inner end to the handle and having its outer end turned up and provided with an opening" (lines 85-93).
Date:
June 21, 1892
Creator:
Robinson, Laurence Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Step.
Patent for a foldaway step that can be mounted on the side of a vehicle.
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Walton, Sam H. & Smith, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board.
Patent for a new and improved ironing-board. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge of a table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjusted vertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or other support" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[a]n ironing-table comprising an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallel slots . . . the ribs secured to the lower face of the ironing-board and forming grooves or ways, a prop or leg composed of parallel bars adapted to fold in said grooves or ways" (lines 68-73).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Chapin, Frederick N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Seat
Patent for "a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied" (lines 14-24).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Padgitt, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Joseph John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type.
Patent for a new and improved type. This design "relates to printing, and more especially to the type used therein; and the object of the same is to provide a substitute for the large wood type now extensively used on poster and other large work. To this end the invention consists in a type-face and a type-base each of metal" (lines 7-13).
Date:
September 20, 1892
Creator:
Coleman, Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Distributor.
Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a base, a bellows mounted thereon, a receptacle arranged in advance of the bellows and adapted to contain poison to be distributed, a forwardly-projecting discharge-tube, laterally-extending discharge-tubes comprising inner rigid sections, outer rigid sections having series of discharge-nozzles, and flexible couplings connecting the rigid sections, and the braces having their inner ends pivoted to the base and their outer ends pivoted to the outer sections and supporting the same" (lines 75-86).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Talley, Reuben J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for improvements on washing machines in order "to simplify and improve the construction of washing-machines and to provide one which will remove the dirt from fabrics without inj uring the latter and which may be conveniently operated with a minimum amount of exertion on the part of the operator" (lines 10-16).
Date:
October 4, 1892
Creator:
Elkins, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History