Resource Type
Collection
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
Refrigerator Shipping-Box.
Patent for a "new and useful Improvement in Shipping Boxes" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod-Coupling Device.
Patent for a rod-coupling device, "to provide a simple, convenient, and effective device for the pump plunger-rods of windmills and the like" (lines 12-15). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Ponkney, August C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.
Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Tightener
Patent for a bale-band tightener, for "baling-presses; and its object is to provide a new and improved bale-band tightener which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit the operator to conveniently place the bands in position and fasten the ends together after the bale is pressed." (Lines 7-13)
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Duval, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Separator.
Patent for improved grain separators or threshing machines "whereby vibrating straw-racks will be entirely dispensed with and the machine so simplified as to obviate the heavy jars and jerks of most grain-separators or threshing machines, while at the same time providing a construction of machine that will effectually separate the grain from the straw and will also keep the feeding end of the machine entirely free from dust, which is often a serious drawback to the operation of most machines of this character." (Lines 11-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
McCue, John Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller for Churns
Patent for propellers for churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Bolding, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing.
Patent for improvements in roller bearing for vehicles.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a tool that can be used for fence construction by stretching the wires to the desired tension, or for repairing fences by crimping the slack in the wires. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Gardner, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a fence-wire stretcher with an improved clamping device for holding the wire after it has already been drawn. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Sharpe, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for "improvements in cotton-gins, and more particularly to that class of saw-gins in which the brush-cylinder is dispensed with and a combined suction-fan and doffer employed to remove the lint from the gin-saws; and the object is to simplify the construction and at the same time increase the effectiveness of this class of gins." (Lines 11-18)
Date:
September 28, 1897
Creator:
Heffner, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for improvements in cotton hoes: "such as are employed in thinning cotton and other plants" ( lines 16-17).
Date:
September 26, 1897
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-coupling.
Patent for a new and improved car coupling of the Janney type that increases "efficiency in service and enable[s] an operator at the side of the train to readily and with safety set the improved car-coupling to disconnect it from another of the same style" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Smith, Thomas Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for automatic car-couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Yarnell, Leon, J. & Schmidt, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Kitchen Cabinet
Design patent for a kitchen cabinet that is useful and ornamental. Leading feature includes rectangular upright position that has a framework of strips provided with a longitudinal beading or ribs.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Ferguson, John F. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock which includes "certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-13) as well as illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Peterson, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Muzzle for Stock.
Patent for "weaning and grazing muzzles for stock, the object in view being to provide a muzzle adapted when the head of the animal is elevated to remain closed and when the head of the animal is lowered to open, and thereby permit grazing." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1897
Creator:
Wingrove, Franklin R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Stretching Fence-Wires.
Patent for a portable manually operated apparatus that is designed to stretch wire-fence strands at right angles to tighten the full length of the strand without "kinking or twisting the fence-strand or driving staples or analagous fastenings into the fence-post" (lines 16-21) while the fence strand is tight. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Pyeatt, Jessie Newton.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus.
Patent for the "improvements in cotton-baling apparatus or compresses of that type in which the cotton is received directly from the gin or gins" (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Melcher, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Horseshoe.
Design patent for horseshoe with the flat lips projecting upwardly from the outer edge of the shoe and inwardly toward the center.
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Cooper, William M. & Cates, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking Tag
Patent for marking tags (price tags) for garments and/or fabrics for sale. The design is meant to reduce missing, torn, or frayed marking tags. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Winkler, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle.
Patent for improvements in needles: "is to provide a ready means for cutting to the twine, thread, or cord carried by a needle" (lines 15-17).
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Posey, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History