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Stencil-Brush
Patent for a self-inking stencil-brush
Date:
December 30, 1880
Creator:
Lotherington, Thomas Turner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Tin Cans.
Patent for a new and improved method of canning seafood with tin cans. This design calls for perforated paper to line the cans, which prevents the discoloration of the seafood inside.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Bartlett, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Bow Socket.
Patent for new and improved wagon-bow sockets. This design "furnishes a firm support for the [wagon] bow at both top and bottom of the socket, by which it is evident it will be rigidly secured against all lateral motions" (lines 38-41). This eliminates the "unsightly appearance, leaking, and other defects of the uneven height of bows so often resulting from the use of ordinary staples" (lines 44-47).
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Williams, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water elevator. This design "is to provide each bucket with a weighted back; also, in the manner of connecting the chains thereto, so that the necessity of the employment of a weighted wheel is obviated" (lines 20-24). This means that individual buckets may be removed and replaced, and construction becomes more durable and simple.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Mayfield, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sheltering Animals.
Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp or Lantern.
Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design calls for transparent material (e.g., glass) to be installed on the top of the oil chamber, so one can better predict the fullness, which prevents overflowing. Additionally, a second opening to the side of the main opening allows the oil chamber to be safely refilled while already lit.
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Eason, Bolivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compond
Patent for “medical compound designed for the treatment of diseases of the throat and lungs” (lines 10-12).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Rippetoe, Amasa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Carriage.
Patent for new improvements on plow-carriages design including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
McNorton, John Tomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Seat for Vehicles.
Patent for a new and improved spring seat for vehicles. This design calls for, "[a]s a means of attaching seats to vehicles, two frames, one connected to the body, the other to the seat, the upper bar of one and the lower bar of the other being connected by draw spiral springs, and the side bars of one sliding in loops upon side bars of the other" (lines 47-53).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Open Link.
Patent for a new and improved carabiner ("open link"). This design adds a lip to the hinge to enable easier intentional opening and to discourage unintentional opening from striking against a foreign body.
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Sanders, John Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Ironing Board.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design "consists [of] an ironing-board provided with hinged detachable leaves and with devices for holding said leaves open, which board is hinged or pivoted to the end piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms a box to receive that part of the article that hangs down, while the rest is being ironed, thus protecting it from dust and dirt and keeping it moist" (lines 12-20).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Baldwin, Mary Hensley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Frame for Freight Cars.
Patent for new and improved springs for transportation. This design provides "vehicles for the transportation of merchandise . . . with an interior spring-padding, and in some cases with intermediate elastic floors or partitions, by which injury to the load, by jolting while in transit, shall be prevented, and which shall further conduce to the preservation of fruits and other merchandise of a like perishable nature" (lines 22-30).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Shirley, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Hub.
Patent for a new and improved wheel hub. This design consists "[i]n a sectional hub, each spoke-socket having a separate side opening closed by a plate [that] fit[s] into an annular groove . . . of the cylinder . . . and [is] held by bolts passing between the tenons of spokes, to allow each spoke to be separately reached and tightened by a wedge under the end of its tenon" (lines 59-65). This "obviate[s] the necessity of removing the wheel-tire for replacing a broken spoke with a new one" (lines 7-9).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Oualline, Edward Napoleon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Games.
Patent for a new and improved bowling game. This design calls for blocks or pins of different values, and rather than try to knock down these pins, the object of the game is to move them from their designated starting positions. Further, a pit or gutter behind the pins receives the ball after it is thrown, and it redirects it back down toward the players by way of a perpendicular gutter to which it is connected.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Chambers, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reel for Measuring Bagging, &c.
Patent for a new and improved cloth-measuring machine. This design "consists in the peculiar arrangement of a spool or roller from which the stock is taken, a wheel upon which it is wound from the roller, a cutting board or table, and a measuring-wheel, whereby . . . handling, measuring, and cutting bagging, matting, carpets, and other goods . . . may be effected in a simple and convenient method" (lines 11-19).
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sun-Shade Holder.
Patent for a sun shade holder that can be clamped or attached to vehicles or other items.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design calls for "the rear side of the cross-piece [to be] provided with a recess . . . to receive the back of the tongue-joint, so that the latter shall not be in the way when the strap is to be passed between the cross-pieces . . . after being adjusted upon the tongues or studs" (lines 35-41).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Bugbee, George Gooding
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design "provides a means whereby [one] can utilize the heretofore wasted heat ascending the stove-pipe to roast coffee and other similar articles, thereby securing for other purposes the large amount of space over or near the fire heretofore occupied by the coffee-roaster; and the invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-21).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engineer's Level-Rod
Patent for an engineer's level-rod which introduces a peculiar manner of marking the scale upon the face of the rod.
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Lynch, Michael L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Separating Machine.
Patent for a new and improved seed separator. This design "provide[s] a machine for [separating seeds] in which the grinding and separating actions will be performed continuously and in a more automatic manner, dispensing with the work of the hand, requiring a less amount of water, and at the same time performing the grinding and separating actions in a more rapid and perfect manner" (lines 29-36).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Blocker, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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