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Kitchen-Cabinet
Patent for a new design and construction of kitchen cabinets.
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in plows, having for its object the provision of simple and highly-efficient means for adjusting the position of the outer drag-bars and shovels and for regulating the depth of penetration of the central shovel" (lines 10-16).
Date:
September 4, 1888
Creator:
Foster, Joseph H. & Kimbro, Jeremiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Distributer for Harbors, &c.
Patent for a new and improved oil-distributor. This design consists "in a device for distributing oil upon the waves in the vicinity of piers and harbors, the combination, with the main tank upon the shore, of a main pipe extending from it into the water, auxiliary tanks along the main line, and perforated auxiliary lines connected with the auxiliary tanks" (lines 23-30).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Lyle, John Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Rest.
Patent for a new and improved hand rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standard, the lever supported thereby and provided with a guide wire or rail, and the hand support comprising a roller mounted on said rail, an elastic strap depending from the roller, and a finger-receiver secured to the lower end of the strap" (lines 62-68).
Date:
September 4, 1888
Creator:
Brown, Martin Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved harness saddle. This design "consist[s] of the central arched portion, having the central perforation and side notches, the hook having the screw and nut and lugs, and the jockeys, the latter hinged to the arch . . . and the pads" (lines 65-70).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Vogtsberger, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direct-Acting Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements in the construction of direct-acting steam-engines.
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Winn, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History