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Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a cooking utensil that is used to cook cereal and similar food articles "that are boiled, steamed, or heated by the agency of boiling water, the objects being to provide a sauce-pan or other suitable vessel, with novel interior parts, that will facilitate the cooking of oatmeal, mush, grits, rice, or other cereals, without danger of their burning, dispensing with need of constant attention, and effecting the operation in a speedy, thorough manner" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Nicholls, George Habberton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder.
Patent for a copy-holder that is "especially designed for type-writing machines, of any of the prevalent forms, and it has for its object to facilitate the holding of the copy; also to aid the reader or operator to readily retain his "place," in reading the copy line by line, in the usual way, to insure accuracy in copying the same; also to provide for its adaptation to the machine, irrespective of the size of the latter" (lines 16-24).
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Bramlette, William A. & Evans, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved car coupling that consists of a hollow drawhead with a pivoting knuckle, a hook on one side of the knuckle, a catch on the other side of the knuckle, a latch pivoted in the drawhead that engages the catch, a spring that presses the latch against the knuckle, a rod attached to the latch, a double crank attached to the rod, hand rods and cranks on either side of the car, and a buffer above the drawbar.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas & Roosevelt, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that operates automatically and without causing danger to the railway employees. It operates by a lever on the side or top of the car.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Burglin, Bernhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator.
Patent for an axle lubricator that continuously lubricates an axle through a hollow nut in the end of the hub bushing, and the oil cup can be refilled easily and without removing the wheel.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Miller, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle meant for use with harnesses and "wherein the ordinary movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid stud or pointed projection is used in reversed positions at opposite ends of connecting loops" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Odom, Plesant W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway.
Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
de Voe, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Telephone-Exchange System.
Patent for "a simple system and arrangement which is especially adapted for a telephone exchange, which enables the instruments to be connected by a single wire, which dispenses with the use of an operator at the central station, which has automatic means for registering the messages sent by each subscriber, and which is provided with an automatic switching device by means of which one subscriber may connect with any other" (lines 10-19).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Serdinko, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press that holds the material in the press while it is being formed into a bale. It consists of a frame with notches in the back, a resistance bar that pivots across the back of the frame, a latch that holds the bar in place, and a pin to pin the bar to the latch.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Mealer, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for a car brake that has independent brake shoes and brake pressure is equally applied to all the wheels of the truck. The invention is meant to "obtain in a car brake of this class a central transmission of the applied brake power to the different groups of brake mechanism whereby the brake power is distributed equally to each wheel and the brakes are not only rendered more stable and certain in their operation, but are better adapted for the application of either hand or air brake or pressure" (lines 22-31). The brake shoes are operated by a lever that is suspended from the truck body and pivots.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
McGee, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Desk and Copy-Holder.
Patent for a desk with an attached paper-holder that allows for easier transcription.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin Franklin & Willson, Frederick William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Copy-Holder and Tablet.
Patent for a combined copy-holder and tablet meant for record keeping. The invention's purposes are to "produce a convenient device designed to be employed ether upon the lap of the operator or upon a counter or other convenient support, and to maintain in position for writing a web of paper, thus requiring no holding of the same by the operator; to provide means for conveniently paying out said web of paper as the same is used or consumed; to provide for conveniently tearing the paper from the web into lengths convenient to the operator; to provide for a simple retention and support in a removable manner of the roll upon which the web is mounted; and finally for a support of the device in an inclined position convenient for transcribing notes therefrom" (lines 13-28).
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Nanny, Amos William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a combined stalk cutter and cultivating machine comprising a rotary stalk cutter and a gang of plows and it consists in the features of construction and novel combination of devices in a machine adapted for the various kinds of agricultural work" (lines 9-15).
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Snodgrass, George Melvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt-Tightener
Patent for an improvement in belt fasteners, "especially adapted for use in connection with the running belts of planning, sizing, matching, molding and like machines" (lines 10-12) so that belts may be adjusted to tighten or loosen easily.
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Noble, John B. & Hensley, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for car coupling in which the coupling is improved upon so that it is "positive and certain in operation, simple in construction, interchangeable in parts, durable in use, cheap in manufacture, and not liable to become deranged or inoperative by rough usage or by the exterior influences of weather and other conditions" (lines 10-15).
Date:
January 10, 1893
Creator:
Huguley, Job C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car coupling that improves their construction by "providing a link which may be readily directed to the draw-head of a car to be coupled without necessitating going between cars" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 10, 1893
Creator:
McDade, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener
Patent for a box fastener that works to fasten the lid automatically when the lid is placed on the box.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Rope Fastener
Patent for improvements in design for wire rope fasteners, includes Illustrations.
Date:
January 31, 1893
Creator:
Widmer, Louis John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling.
Patent for the connection between two railway cars.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Smith, Jacob C.; Golfin, John H.; Hardeman, Eammanuel J.; McNeal, Thomas. & Love, W.G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Removing Grease, &c.
Patent for a compound that is meant to remove grease, oil, paint, and similar things from delicate cloth. It is composed of gasoline, chloroform, sulfuric ether, alcohol, spirits of ammonia, powdered borax, powdered carbonate of soda, and saltpeter in lumps.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Ehman, Benedickt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Steamer.
Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus.
Patent for "devices for conducting exhaust steam, gases and cinders to the fire place of a boiler and is primarily intended for use in locomotive boilers, and its object is to increase the efficiency of such apparatus" (lines 11-16).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Little, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack.
Patent for an improvement in a device to hold brooms and items with handles by simplifying the design and making it more resistant to strain.
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Jones, Wesley C. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History