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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers and thinners by using a combination of “a rectangular frame having the transverse arch, the axle having the ground-wheels and the drive-gears mounted on the axle, a stirrups shafts, cogs, rotary cutters, and a bifureated cam” (p. 2, lines 85-92) to construct the chopper. This new construction will “provide means for easily adjusting the knives or cutters, and for regulating the distance between the stands of cotton.” (Page 1, lines 12-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
McCaul, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for an improved fumigator that's primary purpose is to kill insects within corn storage units without damaging either the corn or the building. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Bozarth, Stephen P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for a new type of ant trap that captures ants by having them crawl up a wooden central chamber and then fall into a sheer metal pit. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1891
Creator:
Walker, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Cotton-Plow.
Patent for a combination cotton plow that makes hoeing more efficient and profitable. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1891
Creator:
Williams, Charley Mabry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for improvements in car doors. These improvements make the doors fire and water proof and allow the door to be locked. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1891
Creator:
Moore, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for improvements in bait-trigger traps for catching small animals, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1891
Creator:
Edwards, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for improved construction and variability of cotton chopping and cultivating devices. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1891
Creator:
Rains, Columbus R. & Lanier, Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Bottom and Brace.
Patent for an invention to "simplify and improve the construction of bedsteads and provide efficient and durable means for securing the slats to the bedstead and for securing the parts of the bedstead together," (lines 11-15) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1891
Creator:
Lightfoot, Walter Hamond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher
Patent for a stretcher that connects wires in fence construction and repair. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Wright, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in a device that is "adapted to take up slack in barbed and other wire fences," (lines 11-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 12, 1891
Creator:
Wilson, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for a device "whereby a trunk-strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Webb, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Tower.
Patent for "skeleton towers of a character more especially adapted to support a wind-wheel" (lines 8-10) and that allow the wheel to be lowered.Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1891
Creator:
Walton, Jacob Gipson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Blowers.
Patent for the improvement and simplification of the construction of blowers and to enable a forge-blower to be readily operated by the foot, to leave the hands of the operator free. Includes illustration.
Date:
December 8, 1891
Creator:
Murphy, Thomas A.; Murphy, John H. & Carroll, J. Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for improvements in gate latches, which "may be adjusted toward or from a gate on a post to be engaged by the latch proper and enable compensation to be made for spreading of the posts upon which the gate is supported and to which it is secured by the latching device." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie
Patent for a railway tie that can be "firmly secured in the road-bed and which will hold single or double rails" (lines 10-11) so that they cannot be accidentally displaced, including illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a more simple and affordable way to make seed planters "in which there is used some sort of opener to make a furrow into which the seed are dropped, and some sort of devices which follow after and cover over the seed," (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Chair.
Patent for improvements in swinging chairs for children, "which will render the chair automatic in operation or require but little exertion from the child occupying it, there being little or no danger of the child falling out while the chair is swinging," (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 3, 1891
Creator:
Eller, Julius M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Show-Globe.
Patent for "a globe adapted to serve simply for the purpose of illumination and furnishing a pure white bright light for general purposes, or to serve as an illuminated show-globe for druggists," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Berger, Otto & Eldridge, Hilliary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for the improvement of shovel plows "to so construct and arrange the several parts of the device that they may be easily and quickly adjusted to adapt the implement to different kinds of work," (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Kersh, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaving and Sawdust Conveyer.
Patent for improvements that increase the efficiency and safety of conveyers that move sawdust shavings from the saw mills to the furnace or storage rooms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1891
Creator:
Ross, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for improvements in car brakes, "wherein the ordinary brake-beams are dispensed with and wherein the several brake-shoe-carrying levers will be self-adjusting." (lines 8 - 11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1891
Creator:
Braun, Henry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors.
Patent for a device "which, in addition to excluding wind and rain from beneath the bottom of the door, shall also serve to bind or hold the door open to any position to which it may be brought," (lines 29-32) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Brown, Josiah T. & Garret, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History