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Apparatus for Distilling Wood.
Patent for improvements in wood distillers "wherein the liquids of the woods are extracted by subjection in a closed heated chamber or retort and carried by vaporization through the process of distillation to condensation" (lines 18-22).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Spangler, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam or Girder.
Patent for a new and improved girder. This design is "composed of a vertical web and a flange or flanges, a mass of the metal in a flange or flanges projecting from the web at and near one-half the distance between the axis and the neutral line" (lines 48-53).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Cousins, Robert Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "a single structure in which the airbrake pipes and steam-heating pipes will be coupled together when the cars are coupled, and in which the several parts will be very compactly arranged. A further object is to provide means whereby the cars may be uncoupled by the use of compressed air" (lines 12-19).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a frame, a suction-pipe having one end bent downward to receive the seed cotton and the other end terminating in an upwardly-extending dust flue, and a suction-fan having its suction and discharge at the periphery, of a perforated screening-cylinder, an endless belt which co-acts with the cylinder to deflect the cotton into the discharge pipe, and a blowing-fan in the latter for forcing the seed-cotton to the gins" (lines 48-58).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Swinnerton, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Fixture.
Patent for a new and improved curtain fixture. This design "consist[s] of the brackets secured to the window-frame, and a frame consisting of a single continuous integral U-shaped bar having its arms bent outward from its shoulders . . . and having the end of one of its arms pivoted to the adjacent bracket and the end of the other arm bent laterally and journaled in the other bracket, the curtain-roller being journaled in and extending between the arms" (lines 60-69).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Bomar, Mattie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Distributing Insect Powder.
Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "the combination of the body of the bellows and the perforate wall or sieve arranged longitudinally therein, dividing the bellows into two compartments, with a nozzle or an air-outlet communicating with one compartment, whereby material placed in the other compartment on the opposite side of the sieve is agitated by the operation of the bellows and delivered to the air-blast in a comminuted state" (lines 25-35).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Hogarth, William H. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Mold-Board Plow
Patent for "a plow of simple and durable construction,capable of easy manipulation, and wherein the point may be expeditiously removed or replaced when necessary. A further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the plow-beam maybe raised or lowered at will" (lines 10-16).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Weber, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging-Machine
Patent for "a dredger which shall in an improved manner co-operate with and utilize the current in removing accumulations from the bed of channels" (lines 13-17).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Fletcher, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger-Operating Means of Hay-Presses
Patent for "new and improved horse-power, which will operate four or less hay-presses by the movement of one operating-lever, and which can be used for a great variety of other purposes" (lines 8-12).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Mayo, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists in "the combination, with a receptacle having a flange on one end, of a pump, a collar surrounding the said pump and carrying claws which engage and a cam which bears upon the said flange, a perforated tray resting upon the bottom of the receptacle, and perforated pipes connected with the said pump, the said pump and pipes being contained in the said receptacle" (lines 4-12).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Stamping Envelopes
Patent for "a means whereby with one motion a stamp will be supplied from the'apparatus, moistened, and placed in position upon a letter, wrapper, or parcel adapted to receive it, and wherein a number of stamps may be consecutively placed when and as desired" (lines 10-15).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "of the base-plate, the casing made in two trough-shaped sections . . . one of which is hinged to the base-plate the bifurcated uprights, the operating-levers on each side hinged to the uprights, the compressing-beam extending across the baling-chamber and through the uprights, and connections between the compressing-beam and the levers" (lines 92-100).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Hillman, William & Ripple, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine
Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated" (lines 11-14).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Piland, David Winfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check
Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Scarborough, William Daily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Making Implement.
Patent for a new and improved fence-making tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the hooks, the bars between the same, the plate connecting the ends of the hooks and provided with the claw, the lever pivoted between the hooks and having the offset and carrying a supplemental lever, and a lever having one end adapted to be inserted between the hooks, and provided on one edge with a stud" (lines 84-92).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Fisher, Conrad H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Bin and Sifter.
Patent for a new and improved flour bin and sifter. This design consists in "[a] bin having sleeves secured thereto at opposite sides and removable screening and sifting mechanism provided with similar sleeves, and two-prong pins engaging said sleeves for connecting the sifting and screening mechanism to the bin, the said pins being arranged with their heads in opposite directions" (lines 20-27).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
McClellan, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge
Patent for a more easily constructible "bridge the pillar or roadway of which is adjustable to different heights, and to meet certain contingencies and while adjustable as a whole is also adjustable at any point whatsoever, whereby the roadway may be maintained level regardless of the yielding of certain portions of the structure" (lines 11-17).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Greer, William Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consist[s] of a draw-head having a spring-actuated sliding piece projecting into the draw-head, with a shouldered end therein, and a hole adapted to register with the coupling-holes in the draw-head, a coupling-link having yielding slotted pieces pivoted at its ends above slots in the ends of the link, and a coupling-pin with reacting spring mounted in a frame having a winding-drum, and a rope connected with the coupling-pin, the latter projecting through and engaging the sliding piece and link" (lines 76-87).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Griffith, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Tonic
Patent for use the liquid preparation is applied to the head once a day why the scalp is thoroughly irrigated, and the after once or twice a week. By its use the hair will be prevented from falling out as often occurs after fevers, and when the foilices are not dead a new growth of hair will be formed on bald heads.[20]
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Wallace, William, T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved sulky cultivator. This design consists in "the beam having the cross-bar at its rear end, and the rearward-diverging brace-arms connecting the beam to the ends of the cross-bar, the links hinged to the rear ends of the brace-arms and pivoted to the sulky-frame, the hand lever fulcrumed on the frame, and the rod connecting the hand-lever to the front end of the beam" (lines 40-48).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hazlewood, James Allan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed Elevator
Patent for a wagon-bed elevator that "is to provide an elevator for wagon-beds by means of which a single person can raise the bed from the wagon to any desired height and leave it suspended in position where it can be readily lowered upon the wagon again at any time" (p. 2).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal wind-wheel, the semi-cylindrical case partly inclosing the same and independently revoluble, the case having the notches in its upper side, the vane having the shaft or port whose lower end forms the upper pivot for the said case, and the lever having its inner end fast to the vane shaft or port, and adapted to engage the said notches, and thereby cause the case to expose any desired area of the wheel to the wind" (lines 89-99).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hamm, Jordan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a crank-armed, lever operated gate.
Date:
April 24, 1888
Creator:
Spencer, Hiram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammock or Swing.
Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design consists in "the combination of a suspended canopy, consisting of a hoop provided with screw-eyes and having a textile covering and a mosquito-netting secured thereto and depending therefrom, with a basket consisting of a hoop, a suitably-constructed bottom, a cushion, and a guard . . . and supporting-ropes secured at their lower portions to the basket and to the guard, and having snap-hooks at their upper ends adapted to engage the screw-eyes in the hoop of the canopy" (lines 5-15).
Date:
April 24, 1888
Creator:
Broderick, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History