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Bobbin Winder for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved bobbin winder. This design consists in "the combination, with the main driving-shaft carrying a disk and rotated by the driving-belt of the sewing-machine, of a second shaft in axial line with the said driving-shaft and having a longitudinal movement, a disk held on the said second shaft, a bobbin held by its flanges in said disks, and rollers pressing against the bobbin in the front and rear" (lines 50-58).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Lewis, Annie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling which may be uncoupled from the sides of the cars, and which will allow of a car on which it is provided being coupled to a car provided with the ordinary link-and-pin coupling" (lines 7-12).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Eddleman, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame, the seed-tube secured therein, the box secured around the upper end of the seed-tube and having the upper beveled edge, the hopper having its lower end resting on the said beveled edge, and the straps secured to the hopper and the box" (lines 52-58).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Womack, George Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "a car-coupler which will be automatic in its operation in coupling the cars as they come together on the track, and at the same time to provide a positive uncoupling device which may be operated on any part of any of the cars, as well as by an engineer, when it is desired to uncouple the cars or a car from the engine" (lines 14-21).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P. & Lee, Patrick H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electrical scale. This design "relates to improvements in electrical weighing-scales that may be tripped by electricity; and the main object of [the] invention is to so arrange the electric circuit that it may be closed for tripping the indicator by inserting within the machine a coin or like-shaped metallic piece" (lines 16-22).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Smith, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Banana-Case
Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Aiken, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved planter attachment. This design consists "of a suitable hopper which is to be attached to the side of the beam, a spring-actuated seed-slide, an extension or support which projects from one end of the hopper, a pivoted lever placed upon the extension and connected to the seed-slide at one end, a strap connected to the outer end of the lever, and the singletree to which the draft animal is secured . . . to convert any ordinary plow or cultivator into a corn-planter . . . which is operated by the pivoted motion of the singletree as the draft animal moves forward" (lines 14-29).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Dean, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bedsteads. This design has for its object "to provide an attachment for bedsteads whereby the side rails are prevented from springing outward or expanding from any cause, and thus allowing the slats to fall through" (lines 14-18).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Holmes, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined or Covertible Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a screw-driver, its blade having a hole and a lug, and its handle having in its end a socket with a slotted reversible tool, pointed at one end and formed for a screw-driver at the other end adjustably held against one side of the screw-driver by means of a screw and nut and the lug, and adapted to fit in the socket when out of use" (lines 63-71).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Barber, Edwin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer
Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for an improvements in the combination of devices and overall construction of cotton gins.
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Brady, Peter Lewis & Brady, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Loading Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Bernard, Alfred Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "a simple, light, and durable press, which may be conveniently manipulated in either a vertical or horizontal position and readily transported in a field from stack to stack of hay. . .wherein the hay may be expeditiously and effectively baled by two persons" (lines 9-16).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Freytag, Anton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Uncoupling Device.
Patent for a new and improved uncoupling device for railroad cars. This design consists in "a draw-head provided with a vertically-movable coupling-pin support and lifting frame, a spring holding the coupling-pin support in raised position, a catch for holding the pin-support in lowered position, and a lever mechanism for releasing the catch and effecting the uncoupling of a car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Mikich, Janko L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop.
Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "[i]n blind-stops, the rod, consisting of two parts connected by a thin piece of metal, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut" (lines 49-53).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Warren, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Dropper
Patent for corn or cotton dropper in which improvements are made on general efficiency, "simplicity, expensiveness, [and] durability" (lines 12-13).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Brown, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress
Patent for "a simple and efficient device and to secure economy in power and in construction" (lines 9-11).
Date:
January 8, 1889
Creator:
Taylor, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shaft Holder and Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved shaft-holder and wrench. This design "consist[s] of the arms having their lower ends tapered to form screw-drivers of different sizes, the heads on the upper ends of the arms, the jaws on the heads, and the threaded shaft attached to one of the arms and engaging a tapped aperture in the other arm" (lines 92-98).
Date:
January 8, 1889
Creator:
Nott, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine
Patent for improvements to the machine originally patented on August 10, 186 by Edward A. Franklin of Brenham, patent no. 347,268.
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artist's Easel and Attachable Rest.
Patent for a new and improved easel and rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rest . . . of the bar pivoted to [a] holder by bolt, the perforated bar pivoted to [another] bar by [another] bolt, and the easel united to the [first] bar by a suitable round bolt" (lines 97-101).
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Johnson, John Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard.
Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller and washboard. This design "consist[s] of the frame, the backing, the transverse rods secured to said backing upon one side thereof, the vertical strip upon the opposite side of said strip, and the transverse rods secured to the outer edge of said strip, the pivoted legs, and the bars" (lines 96-102). Said bars are pivoted to "side bars of the frame and at the other provided with elongated slots engaging pins on the legs" (lines 1-3).
Date:
January 29, 1889
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion & Reid, Oliver Phillip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter
Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History