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Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c. (open access)

Compound for Making Brick, Tile, &c.

Patent for creating brick, tile and other material using hydraulic cement and magnesian lime-stone.
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Hunt, Henrey Hardon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster. (open access)

Caster.

Patent for a new and improved insect-killing furniture-caster. This design "consists in a cup shaped shell having a bowl or liquid-receptacle at its lower edge and a filling orifice or passage extending through the shell and leading to the bottom of the liquid-receptacle. A socket or inwardly-projecting tube at the top of the shell encircles the shank of the caster and rests upon a shoulder on said shank, which serves to hold the insect guard in position" (lines 17-25).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Planter, Cultivator, and Double-Shovel, Single-Shovel, Turning Plow. (open access)

Combined Cotton-Planter, Cultivator, and Double-Shovel, Single-Shovel, Turning Plow.

Patent for the novel design for combination plow-beams or shovel-stocks which allows parts to be attached and detached.
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yielding and Buoyant Pile Breakwater. (open access)

Yielding and Buoyant Pile Breakwater.

Patent for a new and improved breakwater. This design is "of a cheap, durable, and efficient breakwater for localities exposed to the destructive action of the waves; and it consists mainly in a line of single-column buoyant piles, arranged side-by-side, and grouped together in sections . . . and anchored to their water-bed, and also in certain constructions and combination of parts" (lines 28-35).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Attachment to Hearths. (open access)

Ventilating Attachment to Hearths.

Patent for a new and improved ventilating attachment for hearths. This design "consists in extending the ventilating box or casing . . . sufficiently below the floor of the room to the hearth to which it is applied to allow it to project into the room below" (lines 19-23).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Howard, Joshua Eaffrom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for the Construction of Concrete Abutments, Bridge Piers, &c. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for the Construction of Concrete Abutments, Bridge Piers, &c.

Patent for a new and improved method of making béton concrete. This design "consists of a method of building piers and abutments in a monolithic character of cement, sand, and broken stone or gravel, called 'béton concrete,' by laying the same in sectional molds contrived to add successive sections to the molds as the height of the structure increases, the molds being supported against the lateral pressure upon the sides by rods passing through the structure, and being removable when the material solidifies" (lines 8-18).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Burns, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pile for Use in the Construction of Wharves and Other Structures. (open access)

Pile for Use in the Construction of Wharves and Other Structures.

Patent for a new and improved pile. This design "relates to that class of piles which have a portion of their length most exposed to decay and destruction from worms constructed of metal, and that portion of their lengths above the water and beneath the water-bed constructed of wood" (lines 25-30).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History