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Boring Machine.
Patent for a new and improved boring machine. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a circularly-adjustable rod carrying a pressure screw, an adjustable arm arranged on said rod and having its end or head concave on its underside and provided with bearing indentations or punctures, and a brace having a bearing end corresponding in form to said bearing indentations or punctures" (lines 16-24).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
Forniraseo, Domaneco
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cough-Medicine.
Patent for "a new and improved cough-medicine" (lines 7-8).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
King, Julia Ann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede.
Patent for a device related to "velocipedes or wagons propelled by hand-power" (lines 20-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Overstreet, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved sulky-plow. This design represents an improvement in sulky plows due to its novel combination and arrangement of crank-axle, tongue, angular guide-braces, diagonal brace, and adjustable collars (lines 85-87). This novel arrangement results in a plow that is simple, durable, and inexpensive.
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
McCormick, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Reel.
Patent for the placement of a "covering of canvas, cloth, or other suitable material" (lines 16-17) around a harvester-reel for various improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Moore, Joseph Martial
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Screw.
Patent for a new and improved wood screw. This design "consists of a screw-head having on the underside . . . cutting-edges alternating with flat and deep interspaces or notches, said notches completely filling the circuit of the screw-head and the notches gradually increasing in width and depth from the screw-shank to the crown of the head, thus enabling the cutters to clear themselves" (lines 12-20).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
Eckford, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.
Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Rossetti, John Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for a device related to plows, with a corn-planter and a cotton-planter attachments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Chapman, William Arnol
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Ejector for Presses.
Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale presses or compressors; and it has for its object to provide a means whereby the bale, after being properly compressed, will be automatically ejected from the press, as more fully hereinafter specified.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History