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Attachment for Ginning-Machines.
Patent for improvements in attachment for ginning machines: "provide mechanical means for conveying the cotton and seed that is delivered from the gins through pneumatic tubes to the baling room and see house" (lines 15-19).
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Coursey, Netter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle.
Patent for "a bottle and stopper whereby the bottle can be filled in the ordinary manner, but after being sealed by the stopper of novel construction it cannot be refilled after once being emptied without breaking or fracturing the bottle." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, George V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake and Coasting Sprocket-Wheel for Velocipedes.
Patent for "a combined coasting and driving wheel with brake attachments for stopping velocipedes, whether coasting or whether the velocipede is being propelled by some kind of motive power, by which a person can coast by simply stopping the motion of the pedals and holding the pedals still with the feet." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Wallerich, Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for "an automatic clothes washer and soaper whereby the clothes are soaped and cleansed by one and the same operation." (Lines 18-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Rylander, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Closing Punctures in Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for "a liquid compound for closing punctures in inflated wheel-tires." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1897
Creator:
Lynman, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Tack or Nail.
Design patent for a tack or nail that is both useful and ornamental.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Bogar, Fred A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Covering and Protecting Contents of Drawers.
Patent for an improved device designed to cover and protect the contents of drawers, this result being attained through a flexible cover wound upon a suitable roller, the latter being operated to wind or unwind the cover by opening or closing the drawer." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Burt, Horace Roscoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.
Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Ross, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Screen.
Patent for a portable, ornamental fire screen. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Havecotte, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step.
Patent for "a supplemental folding step which may be lowered into position for use when passengers are boarding or leaving a [railway] car and which may be folded back out of the way when the train is about to leave the station." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Hamilton, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate.
Patent for a crate that is "readily folded into a small compass when not in use and easily unfolded and adjusted, so as to serve the purpose of an ordinary crate, and when so adjusted it will be as rigid as though of ordinary construction." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Hausmann, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c.
Patent for frames for trunks, boxes, vehicle-bodies, etc., which requires no bolts and can be cast in a single piece of metal. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing For Bicycles.
Patent relating to "a new and useful improvement in gearing for bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct and arrange a device of this description as to avoid sudden shocks or jars which are occasioned by unevenness in the road-bed over which the machine is traveling, and also to enable the rider to exert a sudden force upon the pedals without straining the framework or wheels of the machine" (lines 9-18).
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Godfray, Ernest H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Feed for Roller-Compresses.
Patent for a machine that carries cotton from the cotton gin to the the cotton compressor, and that cleans and forms the cotton for compression. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Bessonette, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for an improvement to hay press designs resulting in a "simple, durable, and effective press" (line 13). Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
August 10, 1897
Creator:
Couch, John Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge.
Patent for a two-way roller hinge for gates, doors, shutters, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoodwink.
Patent for hoodwinks or goggles that are adjustable and that are connected with elastic to be more comfortable for the wearer. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Seffer, Hubert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack for Turning Fly-Wheels of Engines, &c.
Patent for jacks for turning fly-wheels of engines, pulleys, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Roberts, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector.
Patent for leg protectors that have "a pad or reinforcement on the knees thereof, such as will afford a sufficient protection against injury by stones or other hard substances or irregularities on the surface of the ground or other place upon which the wearer is obliged to kneel." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Herbelin, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricated Bullet.
Patent for lubricated lead bullets to prevent the deterioration and rusting of the inner barrel of rifled firearms, so as to maintain their accuracy. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Stewardson, Samuel Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Opening or Closing Elevator-Doors.
Patent for a device which is mounted upon the traveling car and automatically opens and closes elevator doors. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for nut locks that "as for its object to provide simple means for locking the nut against accidental displacement, at the same time allowing it to be removed by the proper application of force, and, furthermore, to permit the permanent locking of the nut at a pre-determined point." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Millen, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore Concentrator
Patent for a "machine for separating ores of precious metals, and particularly to that class of machines known as 'dry concentrators or separators,' used for separating fold ore by means of an air-blast over dry sand, gravel, quartz, etc." (lines 10-15). Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Waer, Luis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for the operating gear in planters. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History