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Clevis. (open access)

Clevis.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clevises, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: Taylor, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine. (open access)

Compound Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in compound engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Johnson, Willie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus. (open access)

Burial Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "a burial device adapted particularly for use as a cemetery hearse and also for depositing the casket in the grave" (line 12 - 15).
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Thorne, Richard Hamilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Attachment. (open access)

Buggy-Top Attachment.

Patent for a new and useful buggy top attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Peikert, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction. (open access)

Bridge Construction.

Patent for a new and useful bridge construction, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: Davidson, James Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters. (open access)

Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Sergeant, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp or Fastener for Wire Fences. (open access)

Clamp or Fastener for Wire Fences.

Patent for a new and improved clamp for wire fences. This design "is to make a device by which the horizontal rails of a wire fence may be conveniently fastened to the vertical stay-wires" (lines 12-15). It "consist[s] of the metallic disk or plate with the curved cross-groove and prongs to hold the horizontal rail and the perpendicular stay-wire, and the key" (lines 69-73).
Date: June 7, 1892
Creator: Rogers, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet-Bed (open access)

Cabinet-Bed

Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Hayton, John. W. & Swift, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blank Book. (open access)

Blank Book.

Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Burris, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-press. (open access)

Baling-press.

Patent for a baling press intended to work with hay, cotton and similar material, and form bales of many different sizes.
Date: June 18, 1897
Creator: Murphy, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Opener. (open access)

Bale-Tie Opener.

Patent for "a simple and durable device by means of which the buckles or securing devices on cotton-bale ties or bands may be readily opened and the band removed from the bale without destroying the buckle or the band, so that they may be again used." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1897
Creator: Gaskill, Clinton R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Fastener. (open access)

Blind-Slat Fastener.

Patent for blind-salt fastener, with description and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1897
Creator: Wright, John Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Brace with Right-Angled V-Guide Frame. (open access)

Bit-Brace with Right-Angled V-Guide Frame.

Patent for a bit-brace with right-angled V-guide frame, with description and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: McClellan, Stephen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced-Valve Testing and Locking Device. (open access)

Balanced-Valve Testing and Locking Device.

Patent for "a simple testing and locking device for balanced valves of locomotives, the testing device being so placed with relation to the valve that it may be accurately determined whether the valve on one or the other side of the engine is leaking without removing the outer plates form the valve-casing or removing the covers from the steam-chest." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Sadler, James Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for an "apparatus for protecting or guarding electric circuits; and it has for its object to protect or guard electric circuits, such as burglar-alarm circuits, from interference by unauthorized or mischievous agencies." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1897
Creator: Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat. (open access)

Car-Seat.

Patent for improvements to the "Scarritt-Forney" seat so that the seat body and frame are detachable from each other. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1897
Creator: Meier, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bicycles. (open access)

Attachment for Bicycles.

Patent for a package-carrying device that attaches to the frame of a bicycle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Saunders, David Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Brace. (open access)

Bit-Brace.

Patent for "an improved form of brace having a V-guide which is substantially right-angled and mechanism mounted therein for driving a bit so arranged that the crank-arm of the handle may turn in a corner without striking the wall or without striking the wall or without striking a plane support should the guide rest thereon when boring a hole." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: McClellan, Stephen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake. (open access)

Car-Brake.

Patent for an improvement "in the application of power to car brakes, whereby the slack is quickly and automatically absorbed, and a powerful leverage is secured, and a perfect equalization of the leverage at each end of the car is obtained, and the convenient and safe adjustment of the brakes in regard to the wheels is effected, and any particular alignment of the brake cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder may be placed across the car body or at any angle desired to secure convenience of application" (lines 8-20).
Date: June 20, 1893
Creator: Ferguson, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling-press for cotton and uses a compression chamber and a head or compressor block to compress the cotton. The invention is more effective and more expeditious than other baling-presses.
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Alva E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for "sliding doors for freight cars, stock cars, &c., in which the car door is suspended at its upper end by means of suitable hangers engaging a track or guide rail extended above and to one side of the door-way in such manner that the door, when unfastened, may be made to slide sidewise to give access to the interior of the car." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Mooney, Patrick T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broadcast Seeder. (open access)

Broadcast Seeder.

Patent for a broadcast seeder designed to "cultivate, plant, and subsequently roll or cover the seed, the elements for accomplishing the same being combined in a single device simply constructed" (lines 10-13).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Callaway, Johnathan Asa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Ball Game. (open access)

Base Ball Game.

Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack. (open access)

Broom Rack.

Patent for a new and improved broom rack. This design "compris[es] the lower ring provided in its outer edge with a series of notches adapted to receive the head of the brooms, the upper ring arranged to fit within the opening of the lower ring when not in use and provided with a series of perforations to receive the handles of the brooms, the chains or other suitable means for connecting the rings, and the chains . . . secured to the upper rings" (lines 79-88).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Neely, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History