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Fencing - Machine
Patent for a new and useful Wire-Fence Machine, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Alarm
Patent for a new and useful automatic fire-alarm to "provide an improved alarm of this character especially designed for use in hotels and other large buildings having a large number of rooms" (line 8 -13).
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Staples, John & Spake, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retaining Wall, Bulkhead, &c.
Patent for certain new and improved invention for protecting the banker or face of the ground from erosion.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Judson, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Support.
Patent for improvements in harnesses through the accommodation of "varying positions of the animal with respect to the shafts or thills, so as to remove all strain from and upon the shafts and the saddle, while at the same time effectively supporting the shafts and preventing the slipping of the same up and down upon the sides of the animal."
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas Gardner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Scraper.
Patent for a scraper to be mounted on a vehicle for the purpose of removing mud from a wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Gray, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beehive.
Patent for improvements in beehives: "invention is to improve the construction of beehives and to provide a simple and efficient one, which will permit food to be readily supplied to the bees when desired and enable the apiarian to have him to cut bee entrances to the same." (lines 9-15).
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Tucker, John Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a tool that is comprised of a hammer, wrench, staple puller, wire cutter, and a claw. Includes illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Burkhalter, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a new and improved Cotton Chopper, which explains what it is used for and what the new improvements are.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Hyland, Robert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Match and Cigar Safe.
Design patent for a match and cigar safe that looks like a house.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Weiss, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Rein Holder
Design for a rein holder that has a longitudinally-curved base piece that ends with opposite duplicate substantially U-shaped bends.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Saunders, David R. & Lee, Jacob M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flower-Pot.
Patent for a new flower pot with metal siding and a removable bottom, including illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Simpson, McDuff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a mechanism to sharpen the blades of a gin saw. Includes illustrations of the device.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Beavers, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle.
Patent for improvements in in bottles: "it consists, essentially, of a hexagonal or analogous polygonal shaped body having dip cups arranged adjacent to one and thereof at such angles as to regulate the flow by turning the body and bringing it to bear on different bases." (lines 12-17).
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alexander C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Unicycle Road and Racing Sulky.
Patent for a one-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, with illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas Gardner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Blast-Generator.
Patent for "a new and improved automatic blast-generator designed for the use of jewelers, dentists, and other persons, and arranged to produce a steady and uniform blast and to permit of increasing or decreasing the force of the blast as required, according to the nature of the work on hand." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Sidwell, Aaron M., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Machine.
Patent to for a machine to make and count bale-ties, "...to manufacture at small cost machines which will be compact, not taking up much space, and which will e simple in construction and durable" (lines 10-13). It includes an extensive explanation and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for "improved means for detachably connecting blinds to bridles, whereby the bridle may be used with or without the blinds," and also "to provide a combined double box-loop and blind." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Mayes, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for "a simple and effective tool designed especially for wire-fence working and combining in a single implement a hatchet, nail-claw, staple-puller, wire kinker or twister, and wire-cutter." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Ponkney, August C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool that is "adapted without changing any of its parts to operate as a nut and pipe wrench, pliers, hammer, screw-driver, and nail-extractor." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment.
Patent for an automatic fan that attaches to a rocking chair or cradle and rotates as the chair or cradle rocks. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Bailey, Israel S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for improvements in wire fences: "the invention residing particularly in the mechanism for tightening the linewires of the fence and in an improved stay for preventing the sagging of said linewires" (lines 12-15)
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Bohner, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter "especially designed for planting seed and preparing the ground in advance of the opener, so as to remove weeds, trash, and other foreign matter from the path of the shovel preparing the furrow to receive the seed." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Tinning, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Alarm-Circuit.
Patent for a circuit to be connected to a security alarm so that when the circuit is broken, the alarm will sound. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Barriclow, Irvin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for a support for quilting frames that can be attached to a sewing machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Obuch, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History