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Cotton-Baling Press. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Press.

Patent for "an improved construction of hydraulic baling-presses, whereby it is designed to provide simple and more durable and reliable presses of this kind than any now in use" (lines 8-12).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for improvements to windmills.
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Witherspoon, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Board Gage. (open access)

Weather Board Gage.

Patent for a new and improved weather-board gauge. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the flat bar having its upper end bent at a right angle, and having the outer end of the said bent end bent upward, and provided with a screw-threaded perforation in its lower portion, the sliding block having a slot near one end, an upwardly-projecting tapering plate at its other end, and having a set-screw entering the slot, and the screw turning in the perforation in the lower portion of the bar, and having its inner end reduced and pointed" (lines 67-77).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Stacey, Edward D. & Vance, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power. (open access)

Mechanical Power.

Patent for a machine that "has relation to mechanical powers designed for stump-pulling, hoisting heavy weights, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 21-24).
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Gray, William Smith
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongs. (open access)

Tongs.

Patent for new and improved tongs. This design "relates to certain devices for preventing the legs of tongs from twisting, overlapping, or becoming cross-legged. This is a common fault in almost all tongs when the joint wears a little loose, and is entirely overcome and prevented by [this] invention" (lines 19-24).
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Wood, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Call Box. (open access)

Telephone Call Box.

Patent for reduction of movements in an improved telephone call box with illustrations.
Date: January 29, 1884
Creator: Oram, John M.; Sutton, Henry M. & Garrett, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Heated Evaporator. (open access)

Steam Heated Evaporator.

Patent for a new and improved steam-heated evaporator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the receptacle, the chest inclosing the receptacle, the coil surrounding the chest, the vat containing the chest and coil, the pipe having branches communicating, respectively, with chest and coil, and cocks, for controlling the passage of steam to the chest and coil, and the pipe for condensing the vapor from the receptacle" (lines 60-68).
Date: January 29, 1884
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists "[i]n a washing-machine, the combination of the suds-box with an open-bottomed perforated inner casing, smaller in dimensions than the suds-box, and having supports to raise it above the bottom of the suds-box, and a perforated rubber, the upper wash-board or rubber provided with flanges fitting over the inner casing, the intermediate frame and operating lever" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Lee, Joseph Green
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Tooth. (open access)

Saw Tooth.

Patent for a new and improved saw tooth. This design "relates to saws having attachable and detachable teeth held to their places by locking plates or keys inserted, like the teeth, within recesses in the saw-plate; and it consists in a novel construction of the parts, also in combining with the same a spring-bolt, whereby each tooth and its locking key are securely held in position, with facility for detachment when required, and whereby, also, any drawing action, in cutting of the wood on the tooth, tightens the attachment of the tooth" (lines 8-18).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Conover, Philip V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Converting Motion. (open access)

Device for Converting Motion.

Patent for device that converts "motion of the piston-rod in steam engines into a rotary motion" (lines 10-11).
Date: January 29, 1884
Creator: Catlin, Eli
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for an improved car coupling that is automatic and safer than regular couplings.
Date: June 29, 1884
Creator: Myers, Newton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History