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Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thread-Cabinet.
Patent "...relates to cabinets for spooladapted to contain spools of thread of different sizes and from which the spools may be easily extracted one at a time" (lines 7-11) including illustrations and descriptions.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Armstrong, John, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing.
Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Support.
Patent for a book-support made to hold large, heavy books used in commercial and government offices. The platforms can be moved up and down by a crank on the side of the support.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Barnes, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compress.
Patent for "surgical instruments which are used for stopping the flow of blood during an amputation or other similar operation." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Burton, Edwin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a simply constructed puzzle with a difficult solution, "but may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation of the device" (lines 15-18). It is a rectangular box with eight balls, four of which fit into holes in the corners of the box. There are segmented walls surrounding the holes.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Collis, Michael Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for a refrigerator that cools things "with the minimum expense for refrigerants; also, for affording ready access to the refrigerated substances" (lines 19-21). The cabinet has an outer layer, an inner layer, and a cooling layer. Ice is used to achieve lower temperatures.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Cooley, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Easel
Patent for an easel that has a sliding picture-rest, which is has a "clutch mechanism for holding the sliding rest at any desired elevation" (lines 11-14). It also has a "auxiliary folding rest for holding a model or study while the artist is engaged at work" (lines 20-22), which can be folded up when finished.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Cooper, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chopping-Ax.
Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Crabtree, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Slat Fastener.
Patent for an improved construction of a bed-slat fastener, one "adapted to support a bed-slat firmly in position and to prevent the side rails of a bedstead from springing outward" (lines 14-16). There are also "no recesses or crevices for the accumulation of vermin" (lines 19-20) in this design.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Fielding, Charles S. & Grogan, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that can be used as a pipe-wrench or a monkey-wrench. It has a movable jaw, for easy adjusting, and is "of simple and strong construction" (line 9).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Flye, Murat K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for "devices for tightening the tires on new wheels, as well as wheels that have been in use, and upon which the tires have become loosened, and the object of the invention is to provide a tightener which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic, and wherein the tightener may be expeditiously and conveniently applied without altering the shape of the felly and at the same time maintain a true circular shape for the tire." (Lines 7-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Garrett, Robert N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that does not have a vane and can receive wind from any direction. It can also be "readily thrown out of and into operation when desired" (lines 15-16). It is a horizontal wind-wheel supported by a vertical shaft.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Gassett, Thomas Boyle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a float-valve used in water-troughs for cattle and other liquid containers. It closes "when the surface of the water reaches the desired point and [opens] when the surface of the water falls below said point" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Halley, Hillary H. & McCulley, Robert I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for a sectional moldboard plow that is "capable of being easily taken apart and put together when it is desired to replace the points or shares" (lines 18-20). It also has "a socket which is removably held to the bar of the cultivator and which is provided to hold the removable boards" (lines 22-25). The bar can fit double-cut or sweep plows.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Hayslip, De Witt Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Keck, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway.
Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Lomb, George W. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for "a construction of seed-planter providing a positive and efficient means for planting any desired number of rows at one time, while at the same time having means for opening the furrow, dropping the seed, and covering up the furrow in one operation." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Mannewitz, Maximilian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive.
Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
Date:
January 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antirefilling Bottle.
Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History