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Back Band for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved back-band for harnesses. This design "relates to back-bands for that class of harnesses wherein chains are used for traces; and [the] invention consists, principally, in providing the back-band at its ends with metal loops through which the traces pass to protect the leather of the back-band from wear. The invention also consists in connecting snap-hoops to the metal end-pieces by means of metal loops" (lines 7-15).
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Johnson, Ike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with a frame, a hopper, and a wheel provided with pins projecting from its sides, of the slide provided with the pins, the [other] slide provided with the inclined slots, the levers pivoted to the frame, the links connected to the said slides and levers, the stirrer-shaft provided with crank-arms, and the [other] link" (lines 21-29).
Date:
January 4, 1887
Creator:
Hasty, James P. & Hise, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Fan.
Patent for a new and improved power fan. This design consists in "the combination of the slowly-revolving spring-barrel and the toothed gearing, the pitman-rod operated from the revolving gearing by a crank, the fan-lever connected to the pitman-rod, a weight sliding upon the fan-lever, and a ratchet mechanism for automatically raising the sliding weight" (lines 78-84).
Date:
January 10, 1888
Creator:
Mason, James Alexander; Mulkey, Elijah F. & Houston, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair
Patent for "a simple and convenient chair which may be folded to render it portable, so that it may be carried from place to place by the dentist when his practice is away from his office" (lines 9-13).
Date:
January 29, 1889
Creator:
Moorman, Zach B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History