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Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder. (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combined whip socket and rein holder. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip-socket, its serrated eccentric face and bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Bellah, William Newton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baggage Check and Clasp. (open access)

Baggage Check and Clasp.

Patent for a new and improved baggage check and clasp. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a check, a direction-plate, and a clasp for securing said parts to an article of baggage" (lines 18-21).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: McLeary, James Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder (open access)

Sash-Holder

Patent for an improved window-sash lock.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Carson, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Power. (open access)

Horse Power.

Patent for a new and improved "horse power" (engine). This design "convert[s] the force expended by the horse—in pushing as well as in pulling—into power by the use of a solid shaft turned by the revolving platform and working inside of a sleeve-shaft, which is turned by the lever. . . . by means of which all the force expended by the horse is utilized" (lines 11-18).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Machine. (open access)

Plaiting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved plaiting machine. This design "is to make the plaits with less labor and in less time than could be done by the plaiting-machines heretofore known or used" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Shane, Oscar G.
System: The Portal to Texas History