Resource Type
States
Well Bucket Fixture.
Patent for a new and improved well-bucket fixture. This design "is to provide for the ready opening of the valve for entrance into the bucket of water or other fluid, and the closing of the same when the same bucket has been sufficiently supplied; also securely to hold the parts together as against loosening in consequence of frequent usage; and it consists in the detailed construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts" (lines 11-19).
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T. & Steele, Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wash Boiler.
Patent for a new and improved laundry boiler. This design consists in "a partition at its lower end slightly above the bottom formed with a screw-threaded neck at its center, a perforated tube fitting with its lower end upon the neck and having its upper end closed, and a number of perforated triangular tubes upon the side of the boiler provided with stoppers at their upper ends and extending from the partition in the lower end of the boiler, and a rack consisting of rings connected at their upper edges by cross-pieces" (lines 76-86).
Date:
October 5, 1886
Creator:
Fountain, Henry Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk and Weed Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter for plows. This design "consist[s] of the beam having rearwardly, downwardly, and forwardly curved standard, the arrow-point, having the stem or shank formed entire or open at its bottom, rear side, and top to receive the said standard, and the diamond-shaped cutter consisting of two wings inclined upwardly from their front to rear edges, and curved inwardly at their outer ends from their cutting-edges to their back edges" (lines 72-82).
Date:
January 5, 1886
Creator:
Faires, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor.
Patent for a hydraulic motor designed for water intake through top ring.
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Cooper, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements to be made upon steam engines, with description of parts and use and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Cross, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine, in which the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized," (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Rush, Peter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub
Patent for improvements for Hubs which consists the addition of a wheel with spokes that can be tighten. Included
Date:
September 7, 1886
Creator:
Nolen, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub.
Patent for a new and improved hub. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a hub having a seat on its periphery, the adjustable sections fitted on the seat of the hub and adapted to receive the spokes, the threaded studs affixed to the hub, and the adjustable nuts fitted on the studs and bearing against the adjustable sections" (lines 57-62).
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser.
Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, Geoorge W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Machine for the Use of Compressed Air as a Motive Power
Patent for "a new and useful Process of Operating Locomotives by Compressed Air," (lines 6-8) including illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1886
Creator:
Tull, Francis Shales; Kuehn, Herman & Beers, William Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Oil Cake.
Patent for a new and improved process for manufacturing oil-cake. This design "involves but a very slight change in the process ordinarily practiced in the manufacture of oil-cake by compressing it to remove the oil and form the residue into a compact shapely mass; and it consists in providing a paper envelope in which to press the seed, instead of the cloth envelope or bag commonly provided for the purpose, whereby [the design] obtain[s] greatly improved results in the manufacture, and a new article of manufacture possessing improved qualities" (lines 9-18).
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Kay, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls
Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern. This design "has relation to that class of lamp in which the reflector is secured to the lamp, having an aperture in its upper portion for the passage of the chimney of the lamp, and in which the reflector may be adjusted to throw the light from the lamp in different directions without moving the lamp; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same" (lines 23-31).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Williams, Robert E. & Trammell, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamp Canceler.
Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design "is to provide a . . . stamp-canceler, which is so constructed that it punctures or perforates the stamp and inks it at the same time, but does not mutilate the letter or other contents of the envelope" (lines 7-12).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Luzenberg, Edward A. & Sachs, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medicine Case.
Patent for a new and improved medicine case. This design is "to provide a series of receptacles for the medicine to be taken or administered, said receptacles being of different colors, to avoid mistakes or errors in the distributions of the medicines; to provide means for accurately indicating the medicine to be taken; to indicate the time which said medicine shall be taken; to provide means for holding a spoon or other article within the cases for taking the medicine when in a liquid or powder form" (lines 15-25).
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Dentistry.
Patent for new and improved mechanical dentistry. This design consists in "[a] dental plate provided with a series of holes or perforations and a continuous groove upon the upper surface of the plate communicating with the holes or perforations therein" (lines 62-65).
Date:
May 18, 1886
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved measuring-wheel. This design "relates to the construction of an instrument whereby lineal measurements may be taken and automatically registered where the distance is greater than the circumference of the measuring-wheel. The invention consists of a graduated wheel in the slot of a bifurcated handle, and of an automatic registering attachment" (lines 7-14).
Date:
June 29, 1886
Creator:
McCaleb, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold-Board For Plows
Patent for an improvement for the mold boards for plows, adapted for cultivation of sandy soil to disarrange and break the furrow slice on and over the mold board. Included are detail illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Kelly, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a new and improved tongue-support for vehicles. This design "is to provide a spring for bearing downwardly upon the rear end of the tongue, and thereby raising and supporting the front end thereof, to relieve the horses' necks of the weight of the tongue, and thereby enable them to draw the wagon more readily, and with less exertion" (lines 23-29).
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Ham, Zachariah Melton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "is to provide an engine or apparatus . . . in pumps of that class known as "force-pumps" . . . which is simple and durable in construction, and which is of large working capacity. . . . [The design] attain[s] the purposes of [the] invention by . . . the pump-buckets or caging and that part of the delivering-pipe containing the . . . valves in the plungers . . . [and] the ball-valves" (lines 9-28).
Date:
October 19, 1886
Creator:
Sparks, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine Torpedo Service.
Patent for a new and improved torpedo system. This design is "to so place and connect the torpedoes that they may be drawn out of the way of friendly vessels, so that they will automatically resume positions that will interfere with the passage of [unfriendly] vessels . . . [and] the invention consists of a series or system of torpedoes that are connected to guide-lines that pass under anchored sheaves and lead to a point where the lines are all connected to a single manipulating-line . . . which common manipulating-line leads to the shore or to a position from which it can be operated from the shore" (lines 11-25).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Aylesworth, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark-arrester. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an inverted-U-shaped pipe joined to the smoke-stack of an engine, a suitable damper located at the junction, a water receptacle suspended from the free end of said pipe, and a water-pipe leading into said end from the boiler of the engine" (lines 85-90).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Ledbetter, William Hughes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for an improvement to spark-arresters, which deflect sparks and cinders released by locomotive engines. Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1886
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of two side-bars, the rear portion of each of which is folded back upon itself, forming a standard, a shorter standard, a handle the front end of which and the end of the double portion are secured to the said bar by means of a single bolt, and the downturned end of one-half of the adjusting device and a brace for said handle being secured by a single bolt at another place" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Putman, John Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History