Resource Type
Country
Cotton-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction of steam cotton presses using a change in the frame and use of hydraulic-pressure pumps to operate the press. The pumps are driven by steam
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Turnpaugh, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with the side bars of the main frame, the plow-standard connecting the front ends thereof, and the covering board connecting the rear ends of the side bars, of the handles secured to the side bars near the front end of the machine, the rectangularly-bent brace-bar secured to the side bars and to the handles, and the centrally-bent brace-bar secured to the side bars and the brace-bar" (lines 86-95).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Secrest, Louis Evin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "the post having projecting pins or studs combined with the gate having the hinges composed of a pair of plates bolted together, the said plates being swelled outward to provide collars, which are provided with cams" (lines 66-71).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Friday, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post-hole auger. This design consists in "the shank forked and continued in the arms, the latter having elbows at their lower ends, in combination with the ring-shaped band having a sharp lower edge and bolts passing through said bands and arms and through said elbows and arms" (lines 91-97).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
McCall, Dugald Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Set.
Patent for a new and improved saw-set. This design "is to set saw-teeth in a new and efficient manner without the use of a lever" (lines 14-16). To this end, it "consist[s] of the frame having the arms, blade-bearings, setting-recess, and the three screws" (lines 48-50).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Peter, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design "is to obviate the . . . great difficulty . . . experienced in the construction of wheels in putting the axle-box in the hub and getting it true. . . . and [to] improve and strengthen the construction of wheels, and especially the manner of securing the spokes in the hubs" (lines 9-17).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
Holland, William Johnson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Impregnating Liquids with Gases.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for impregnating liquids with gases. This design "relates to apparatus for impregnating water or other suitable liquid with the fumes emanating from the consumption of a combustible composition of matter, such as sulphur, which when ignited emits a gas containing suitable medicinal qualities" (lines 14-19). It consists in "the closed reservoir for containing the liquid, having windows upon opposite walls thereof, of the transverse beam having its ends supported in said windows, the sulphur-containing vessel . . . the man-hole, the air-hole, and cocks" (lines 4-10).
Date:
October 8, 1889
Creator:
Radam, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton or Corn Planter
Patent for novel improvements in the construction or production of cotton or corn planters.
Date:
October 8, 1889
Creator:
Hardison, Dock C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cupper
Patent for improvements in the type of equipment known as cotton cupers.
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Wilder, Theodore C. & Wilder, Atwood, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Valve.
Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "the valve-seat of [the] slide-valve, the entrances of whose steam passages form seats for auxiliary valves pivoted to [the] yoke on a rod, whose stud occupies said slot in upper portion of [the] arm pivoted to [the] pendant from [the] main valve-rod and terminating in [the] tappet, the same being combined with the adjustable stops" (lines 55-63).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Moore, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable and Adjustable Roller.
Patent for a new and improved hand-truck. This design consists in "the combination, with the sections . . . arranged parallel to each other and adapted to have a combined longitudinal and lateral motion with reference to each other . . . rollers located upon the under side of said sections, and the spurs on the upper faces at each end, of the braces . . . located, respectively, upon the lower and upper faces of the device and diagonally across the same, and pivoted at each end to said sections . . . the openings provided on said sections, and the dowels on said sections" (lines 68-80).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "a central post, the latch-posts arranged at equal distances on opposite sides of the central post and provided with suitable catches, the latches pivoted at their inner ends to the center post and adapted to engage the said catches, the operating-bar affixed at its center to the upper end of the center post and at right angles to the gate, the loop connected at its free ends, respectively, to the latches, and the operating-cords running over guide-pulleys . . . and connected at their ends to the closed upper end of the loop" (lines 1-13).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Controlling the Flow of Navigable Rivers or Other Waters.
Patent for a new means of controlling the waters. This design "is to remove or prevent the formation of sand-bars at the mouths of harbors elsewhere, calculated to obstruct navigation; also, to prevent the overflow of navigable rivers and the breaking of levees or destruction of jetties. [The] invention consists in a novel means of accomplishing these and other like ends by mechanical forces applied to increase the natural current or outflow of the navigable water toward its outlet or the ocean through the instrumentality of suitably located and anchored vessels provided with propelling devices" (lines 8-21).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Coult, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Stamping Envelopes
Patent for "a means whereby with one motion a stamp will be supplied from the'apparatus, moistened, and placed in position upon a letter, wrapper, or parcel adapted to receive it, and wherein a number of stamps may be consecutively placed when and as desired" (lines 10-15).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "of the base-plate, the casing made in two trough-shaped sections . . . one of which is hinged to the base-plate the bifurcated uprights, the operating-levers on each side hinged to the uprights, the compressing-beam extending across the baling-chamber and through the uprights, and connections between the compressing-beam and the levers" (lines 92-100).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Hillman, William & Ripple, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine
Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated" (lines 11-14).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Piland, David Winfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check
Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Scarborough, William Daily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Making Implement.
Patent for a new and improved fence-making tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the hooks, the bars between the same, the plate connecting the ends of the hooks and provided with the claw, the lever pivoted between the hooks and having the offset and carrying a supplemental lever, and a lever having one end adapted to be inserted between the hooks, and provided on one edge with a stud" (lines 84-92).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Fisher, Conrad H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Bin and Sifter.
Patent for a new and improved flour bin and sifter. This design consists in "[a] bin having sleeves secured thereto at opposite sides and removable screening and sifting mechanism provided with similar sleeves, and two-prong pins engaging said sleeves for connecting the sifting and screening mechanism to the bin, the said pins being arranged with their heads in opposite directions" (lines 20-27).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
McClellan, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge
Patent for a more easily constructible "bridge the pillar or roadway of which is adjustable to different heights, and to meet certain contingencies and while adjustable as a whole is also adjustable at any point whatsoever, whereby the roadway may be maintained level regardless of the yielding of certain portions of the structure" (lines 11-17).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Greer, William Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to that type of plows in which a double share is employed, one of which turns the sod or furrow in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, said plow being capable of being brought alternately into action, each to turn a furrow in the same direction in right or left turn plowing. . . . whereby the duplex plows may be alternately raised and lowered, and held in either the non-acting or operative positions. . . . and simple means for locking the plows in position for operation and for operating the locking devices" (lines 8-24).
Date:
September 17, 1889
Creator:
Leas, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shot-Canister
Patent for "to provide a revolving case having a series of annularly or otherwise located compartments formed of transparent material and adapted for the reception of shot of dierent grades; to provide means for delivering the shot from the compartments and also for gaging the same before and after delivery" (lines 13-20).
Date:
September 17, 1889
Creator:
Harigel, Amil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved axle-box. This design "relates to that class of axle-boxes in which anti-friction devices are employed for enabling the wheel to revolve on the axle with as little friction and wear as possible. [The] invention consists in providing anti-friction rods or rollers arranged between the axle and the vehicle-hub, and held in place in an improved manner" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 10, 1889
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Removing Broken Screws, &c.
Patent for a new and improved device for removing broken screws. This design "is to provide a . . . bit specially designed for extracting screws, taps, screw-bolts, &c., from iron, marble, or other hard substances in case one of the said articles is broken off in the material into which it is screwed. The invention consists of a bit provided with an internal spiral cutting-thread and external cutters" (lines 7-15).
Date:
September 10, 1889
Creator:
Cahn, Maurice
System:
The Portal to Texas History