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Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for improvements in churn-power by using a combination of “a vertical support [piece], an operating-lever pivoted thereto, a dasher-shaft, a horizontal bar connected to the said lever, and a cord secured at its ends to the said bar and wrapped between its ends around the dasher-shaft. All these parts combined to enable the churn to operate as described.” (Lines 55-61) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Reese, Roswell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling Cotton. (open access)

Device for Handling Cotton.

Patent for for a device that moves cotton from a receptacle and into a gin by way of a fan-blown duct. Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Williams, James L. & Bennett, Levi W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Jointing and Setting Saws. (open access)

Device for Jointing and Setting Saws.

Patent for improvements in saw jointing and setting machines in “which [it] will serve to hold the saw-blade securely in place, will serve as a guide for the file, and by the simple movement of a conveniently-arranged lever the saw-teeth may be quickly and accurately set. Mechanism is provided whereby the movements of the file-blade may be readily adjusted and whereby the set of the saw may be changed, as desired.” (Lines 19-27) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Magee, Richard Needham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hanging Bed. (open access)

Hanging Bed.

Patent for improvements in hanging or hidden beds by having “hangers pivoted at their upper ends to fixed supports and having upwardly-opening angular hooks at their lower ends, of a bed-frame, legs pivoted to the ends of the end bars thereof, pitman-rods extending inwardly from said legs, a piece to whose ends said rods are connected, an outward projection between the ends of said piece detachably engaging and closely fitting one of said hooks, and a pivot passing through the projection and piece and into the end bar, as and for the purpose herein before set forth.” (Page 2, lines 26-36) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Buell, Will M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook. (open access)

Snap-Hook.

Patent for improvements in snap-hooks in which it “formed of a single blank of wire and consisting of the strap-receiving loop having the long and the short terminal, the latter at its end bent or coiled about the former and the former extended to form an eye and the former extended to form an eye and rear-wardly disposed and terminating in rear of the point of connection between the terminals and opposite said point provided with the inward bend 6, forming a passage narrower than the width of the ring.” (Lines 67-77) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Whitby, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Protector. (open access)

Bank-Protector.

Patent for a bank-protector that consists of vertically moving shields arranged just within the cashier's and teller's windows and the outer door of the bank, and a mechanism that allows the cashier to drop the shields and sound an alarm. Illustrations included.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Saxon, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for improvements for machines that separate seeds and other material from cotton. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Cunningham, James F., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame. (open access)

Hame.

Patent for a hame of simple and inexpensive construction, including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Lee; Broad, Thomas & Martin, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a new kind of fastener for draft animal harnesses that is inexpensive and has no springs or buckles. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Cutter. (open access)

Meat-Cutter.

Patent for a meat-cutter designed for making meat tender by "running it back and forth under the knives and cutting the meat both ways," (lines 30-31) including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Ricks, Tillmon Perry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a new and improved metallic railroad tie that purports to prevent the spreading of rails or the bending of tension-rods. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Saunders, Ellison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Working Implement. (open access)

Wire-Working Implement.

Patent for an invention that stretches fencing wire that is being nailed or stapled into a post. The implement is also used for twisted two wires together.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Murphy, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in baling-presses, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Rowe, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a device by which cotton can be easily, quickly and accurately chopped, "leaving cotton stands the distance apart for future cultivation and to insure the most rapid and satisfactory growth," (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Henderson, Neely Trimmier & Smith, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker. (open access)

Cotton Picker.

Patent for machine for picking cotton that is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Hyde, Thomas Burke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Spacer. (open access)

Cotton-Spacer.

Patent for a device that efficiently and quickly travels over cotton-drills, spacing the stands uniformly apart and covers up any grass or weeds around the stands, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Totty, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Car-Brake. (open access)

Electric Car-Brake.

Patent for improvements in electrically controlled car-brakes with the various purposes of coupling and uncoupling, putting on and taking off brakes, signaling from car to car or train to car, lighting trains, and other purposes to which it may be adapted, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Car-Coupling. (open access)

Electric Car-Coupling.

Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to various purposes of coupling and uncoupling, putting on and taking off brakes; signaling from car to car, train to car, or vice versa; lighting trains; and other purposes to which it can be adapted, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Connection and Signal for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Electrical Connection and Signal for Railway-Cars.

Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to suitable electrically-operated devices throughout a train, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oat-Cutter. (open access)

Oat-Cutter.

Patent for a type of straw and hay cutter designed especially for cutting sheaf oats that is easily operated, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Laws, John Aderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Odorless Dry Outhouse and Refuse-Burner. (open access)

Odorless Dry Outhouse and Refuse-Burner.

Patent for a combined odorless dry outhouse and refuse burner for a cellar or vault in which night-soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time with low expense, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a car-coupling "which will afford means to automatically connect cars and release them in a safe manner from the roof or side of a car" (lines 9-11) and to adapt the improved coupling for connection with one of the ordinary type, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for a method of compressing and baling cotton in which cotton is condensed into sheets and is then compressed and delivered to a lapping mechanism which builds up a bale from the compressed sheets, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Ladder. (open access)

Extension-Ladder.

Patent for improvements in extension ladder by using two sliding ladder sections, "these two sections can be secured by a windlass and a hook detachably bolted to the upper rung of the upper section." (Lines 38-40, p.3) Illustration is included.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Crews, Dayton H.
System: The Portal to Texas History