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Bed Drier and Warmer.
Patent for a new and improved bed drier and warmer. This design "includes, primarily, a suitable frame of essentially elliptical form, whose ends allow of the said frame being readily slipped in between the bed and bedding or between two articles of bedding, and in connection with said frame a suitable fire-pot of portable construction" (lines 23-29).
Date:
May 14, 1889
Creator:
Fossati, Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "of the wheel having the series of arms, the V-shaped fenders secured thereto, the rim having offsets and tapering side edges, the hoe-bars having rollers, and overlapping hoes at their outer ends" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 14, 1889
Creator:
Woodbury, Amasa O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sprinkler.
Patent for a new and improved sprinkler. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the L-shaped nozzle having the longer arm and the shorter arm, the spring-board secured to the side of the [shorter] arm and projecting over the end thereof, and provided with a boss on its upper side, the L-shaped bracket secured to the side of the [shorter] arm and having one end projecting over the spring-valve and provided with a screw-threaded opening, and the thumb-screw inserted through and playing in said opening and having its end swiveled in the boss of the spring-valve" (lines 84-95).
Date:
May 14, 1889
Creator:
Kister, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for plows. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of the land-side of a turning plow, of an attachment for dirting the plants, consisting of a shank having a rearwardly and upwardly extending blade diagonally attached thereto, having a sharp curved lower edge and a curved upper edge, said edges forming a point on the outer end of the blade, said blade having a concaved upper face" (lines 7-15).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Tennison, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Hook.
Patent for a new and improved check-hook. This design is "composed of the U-shaped frame having a threaded stem projecting from its lower end, and having the lugs extending from its vertical branches, the spring, and the cross-bar pivoted at one end between the lugs, and having side depressions near its other end to receive the lugs, and having its end adapted to be engaged by the spring and provided with the thumb-piece or horse-head" (lines 90-100).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Matchette, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the beams having the arms provided with the openings, the beams having openings concentric with [the arms'] openings, the standards, the bolts pivoting the latter to the arms and extending through the openings, the plates having their lower ends secured on said pivotal bolts and adapted to engage the rear sides of the standards, the triggers, and the bolts to pivot the said triggers to the beams, said bolts being adapted to pass through either of the [beams'] openings" (lines 3-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Swearingen, Columbus Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "has relation to door-checks . . . for retaining a door or gate in any desired opened position; and it has for its objects to provide such a door-check in which the holding or clamping mechanism of the check is operated automatically from the latch or knob of the lock, to provide a strong brace for retaining the door in its adjusted position . . . a bolt casing slides upon a rail carried at the upper edge of the door and has a bolt operated from the lock of the door for engaging the said rail, and in which a brace or arm is pivoted to the door-frame" (lines 8-26).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Scarborough, William Daily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bridge
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of draw bridges.
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Briggs, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drier.
Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, another arch or arches alongside of the first with openings in its sides, and pendent deflecting-plates to arrest all sparks that may issue from a furnace also provided with deflecting walls or plates, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-23).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
McPherson, Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Table and Cabinet.
Patent for a combined table and cabinet for use in the kitchen, intended to aid "invalids or weak persons to accomplish considerable work without inconvenience or fatigue" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Brack, Mary S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Passenger Mileage-Recorder.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in mileage recorders for steam railway coaches and similar vehicles" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
West, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Use In Outhouses And Like Places
Patent for Receptacle For Use In Outhouses And Like Places. "This invention relates to an improvement in receptacles for use in outhouses and other like places, the object being to construct a simple and inexpensive receptacle which will not give out any offensive or unhealthy odors while being removed from the outhouse for the purpose of cleaning or for any other purpose." (lines 13-19)
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the bedstead having bolts at the corners, the hooks at the centers of the end rails, and the hooks at the centers of the side rails, of the two wires on each side having their ends secured to the bolts, engaging the hooks and passing to the side of the bed and engaging the hooks, the rings strung on and embracing the adjoining wires between the hooks . . . so as to cause the wires to be brought together, and the cord or strap connecting the said rings so as to slide the rings upon the wires" (lines 20-31).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Warfield, Dunbar Griffith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a simplified washing machine by constructing it with "double bottoms and sides, and in providing the said machines with means by which the washing-liquid is made to flow upward between the said sides and downward upon the article or articles to be washed; and it also consists in providing suitable means whereby said articles or articles may be drained" (lines 14-20).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a new improvement in baling presses that improves strength, durability and handling and is cheap to manufacture, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Mansfield, James Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Cotton Seed Press.
Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "a suitable frame-work, the follower, two sets of toggle-arms which are operated by a screw, and two sets of toggle-arms which extend at right angles to the two sets which are operated by the screw, and which second set are operated by a rope and tackle . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a very powerful press in which the follower is operated by four sets of toggle-joints, two of which are operated by a screw and the other two by a rope and tackle, so as to produce twice the amount of power usually exerted in toggle-joint presses" (lines 15-29).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Drew, John Melvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-chopper, the combination, with a bent axle, wheels on the same, a swiveled bearing on the said axle, a chopping-hoe having its standard fitted in said bearing, and a triangular frame secured to the axle, of a forked operating-lever pivoted to the triangular frame, a collar on the standard of the hoe, and links connecting the collar to the ends of the arms of the said operating-lever" (lines 15-23).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Sacks, Heinrich Wilhelm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists, "in combination with the plungers and their rack-stems, the cog, the brackets . . . curved as described, and having the flange, combined with the ways . . . and the anti-friction rolls, operating each on the rear of one of the rack-stems . . . [which are] combined with the brackets, detachably secured to the press, their forward ends constituting in connection with the rear plate of the press guide-ways for said stems" (lines 80-100).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Cope, Mason L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penman's Arm Rest.
Patent for a new and improved writer's armrest. This design "is to provide a sort of swivel-pivot to support the wrist in writing, whereby perfect freedom of movement is given to the hand, and the position of the hand may be changed instantaneously without effort in forming characters in writing. The invention consists of a flexible or pliable foundation-piece with an anti-friction or swivel roller or ball projecting from its surface and forming a pivot to support the wrist when writing, a strap or buckle, or other fastening, being used to attach the device to the wrist" (lines 11-22).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Graham, Tilghman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oils
Patent for a new and useful improvement "in a novel process and combination of devices or apparatus for extracting the oil from cotton seeds and other oil bearing seeds" (lines 8-12). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Baumgarten, Christian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat.
Patent for improvement in regular car-seating (not baby car-seat) by enabling the seat to recline “like an ordinary sleeping-coach without the necessity of the upper berths required in a sleeping-coach.” (Lines 45-48) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Goelet, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "consist[s] of posts, a barbed-wire line connecting the top portions of the posts, the horizontal slats, the vertical wires secured at their lower ends to the lower portions of the post, and looped around the slats and connected at their upper portions to the wire line, and thence extending upward and secured to the upper ends of the posts above said wire line, and wire loops passing around the ends of the lower slats and connected with the lower portions of the vertical wires" (lines 82-93).
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Gordon, Marion J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Place Blower.
Patent for a new and improved fire-place blower. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the jambs of a fireplace, of a frame consisting of front-pieces detachably fastened to the jambs, back pieces fastened to the respective front pieces and formed with steps, and a top board connecting the sides of the frame, together with sections resting on the steps and forming a fire-screen and blower" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Baker, Henry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History