Vehicle Air-Brake. (open access)

Vehicle Air-Brake.

Patent for an air braking system that can be used on bicycles, tricycles or other vehicles. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1900
Creator: Donaldson, William John, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sawing-Machine. (open access)

Sawing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful sawing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1899
Creator: Krenek, Ignatz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Railroad-Tie And Means For Securing Rails Thereto. (open access)

Composition Railroad-Tie And Means For Securing Rails Thereto.

Patent for new and useful improvements in composition railroad ties and means for securing rails thereto, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Baca, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Apparatus.

Patent for the "improvements in cotton-baling apparatus or compresses of that type in which the cotton is received directly from the gin or gins" (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Melcher, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Plate Machine. (open access)

Tie-Plate Machine.

Patent for "a machine for properly positioning and securing metal plates to the cross-ties in the construction of railways, and which will obviate the coupling, buckling, or warping of the said plates when applying them to the wooden ties." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1896
Creator: Greenshield, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Topical Remedy (open access)

Topical Remedy

Patent for a topical remedy for the local treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis and gout.
Date: September 9, 1890
Creator: Blume, John H. & Loving, Christopher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "of the base-plate, the casing made in two trough-shaped sections . . . one of which is hinged to the base-plate the bifurcated uprights, the operating-levers on each side hinged to the uprights, the compressing-beam extending across the baling-chamber and through the uprights, and connections between the compressing-beam and the levers" (lines 92-100).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Hillman, William & Ripple, Joseph F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Packing Cotton Press. (open access)

Self Packing Cotton Press.

Patent for a new and improved self-packing cotton press. This design "consists in a cotton-press constructed with a pivoted double baling-box, a pair of rolls and their driving mechanism for packing the cotton into the baling-box automatically, and a screw-driven follow-block for compressing the cotton into bales" (lines 22-27).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: Rummel, Louis C. & Fielder, Emil J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Spray-Nozzles (open access)

Improvment in Spray-Nozzles

Patent for an improvement on spray nozzles for use with force pumps. These force pumps are used for spraying insecticide on cotton to protect the crop from cotton-worms and other insects.
Date: September 2, 1879
Creator: Yeager, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears. (open access)

Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears.

Patent for "an improved attachment that serves both as a guide and guard for preventing the cutting of the sheep in shearing, and by which even unskilled workmen can use the shears and cut the wool close to the skin without hurting the sheep, with by the point or edge of the blades." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1878
Creator: Helmecke, Friederich A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Washing-Machine. (open access)

Improved Washing-Machine.

Patent for a machine for washing and wringing clothes, which can be used with a furnace for heating the water but has legs for support when being used separately from a furnace. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1870
Creator: Moore, Alfred L. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in cultivators by making all the beams that had blades attached to them adjustable by a lever. A roller is designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the ground after the seeds are discharged by a slider which is operated by a crank-shaft near the end of the machine. A detachable revolving stalk-cutter can be used for cutting stalks on the ground by means of a suitable connector at the rear end of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: September 7, 1869
Creator: Baker, Job McNamee
System: The Portal to Texas History