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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton-chopper meant to be the most simply constructed. The hoes are attached to a rotating cylinder in the center of the frame, and the hoes rotating is what chops the cotton.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Hopkins, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bevel.
Patent for "bevel-squares adapted to be converted into a try-square through the medium of a pivoted and adjustable blade." (Lines 13-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Morris, Thomas R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopping wheel which can be attached to any style of plow or cultivator. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Rusk, William Thomas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Bolt Clamp.
Patent for a clamp "to hold the folds of a bolt of cloth in position and to prevent the same form being unwound except when desired." (Lines 23-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
Leveritt, Nicholas T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an improvement to machinery to wind fibrous materials (e.g., cotton) into cylindrical bales that does not use a core or fixed horizontal rollers.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
Ross, William Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretching and Tying Device.
Patent for a "device capable of enabling the wires of a fence after the latter has been erected or during the construction thereof to be readily tightening to the desired tension without necessitating the removal of staples or other devices for fastening the fence-wires to the posts." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Kirby, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Ash-Pan.
Patent for "locomotive ash-pans which are cleared of ashes and cinders without necessitating the stopping of the engine or requiring the fireman or other person going beneath the engine to relieve the ash-pan of its contents, thereby saving expense in labor and obviating loss of time in long runs." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Cummings, Summer Field
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drive-Wheel.
Patent for "driving-wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Wheel.
Patent for a perfectly balanced wheel for locomotives. It is meant to "materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel" (lines 15-18).
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for "driving wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving-wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotion due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Show-Case.
Patent for a showcase that may be easily taken apart for transportation or storage. It is also easy to replace broken panes of glass, and the parts "mutually brace and support each other" (lines 20-21).
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Mistrot, Felix E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a "pump for effectively pumping oil or quicksand from wells troubled with quicksand." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
Wintz, James Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub.
Patent for a wheel hub that "provides for preventing circumferential movement of the inner ends of the spokes, for bracing the spoke-engaging spider, and for locking the spoke-tightening device for preventing the accidental loosening thereof." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Millen, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for improved tire-tighteners "capable of ready adjustment to contract and expand a tire, to permit the tire to be tightened when a wheel becomes loose in dry weather, and to expand in wet weather to prevent the same from becoming dished." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for "a stirrup having an improved turntable spring-support which will permit the stirrup to turn readily, so that the foot can assume any desired angle toward or from the horse and so that the stirrup will be yieldingly upheld, whereby certain advantages are attained in mounting, particularly when employed in connection with a wild or unmanageable animal." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1897
Creator:
Vann, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a tire tightener that allows anyone, not just a mechanic to expand and contract the felly depending on the weather.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Dobrowolski, William & Wise, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holdback for Vehicle-Thills.
Patent for a "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" (lines 12-13) thill. A portion of the harness usually required is not necessary with this thill, and the horse cannot kick an occupant of the vehicle.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Mays, Livingston M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Stock-Guard.
Patent for railroad stock guard "which when stopped upon will rise up from the center in front of the stock, scare them off, and prevent them from passing over it." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Wiggs, Zeph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shot-Carrying Shell.
Patent for "a cartridge-shell which shall clean the barrel of the gun each time one is discharged, thereby preventing the gun becoming foul or clogged," and "which can be employed for shooting shot at long or short range." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
Williams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tension Device for Band-Saw Mills.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in tension devices for band-saw mills; and it consists, generally stated, in mounting the upper wheel in standards which are vertically movable in suitable guideways, said standards being secured to the plunger or cylinder of a direct-acting medium, such as compressed air." (Lines 24-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas A. & Coleman, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Cultivator.
Patent for cultivators "which can be readily expanded or contracted to adapt the device to the distance apart of the rows to be cultivated or to cover a tract or greater or less breadth." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Moore, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generating Machine.
Patent for "...an improved method of and means for generating hydrocarbon vapors for heating and lighting purposes; and it consists in the novel manner in which the process is carried out and in the novel construction and combination of parts comprising the generating apparatus..." (lines 18-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Mitchell, Francis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle.
Patent for a hose nozzle with increased capacity and efficiency. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1897
Creator:
Adams, Don B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher.
Patent for a horse-detacher "which can be readily applied to any buggy, and one which will be adapted for quick and easy manipulation to effect detachment of the shafts from the buggy." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Turner, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History