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Band-Cutter and Feeder for Thrashing-Machines
Patent for an attachment for thrashing-machines "for cutting the bands on the sheaves of wheat, rice, or other grain, to spread the loosened bundles out uniformly, and to then feed them thus spread out into the thrashing-machine, whereby the strain on the machine can be made more uniform" (lines 15-20) and the capacity and efficiency can be increased.
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Hill, Frank R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Measure and Funnel.
Patent for a combined measure and funnel that can be used to fill small-mouthed vessels. It can support itself and is adjustable in order to fit different sized vessels and has "a means for stopping the flow of liquid from the measure whenever so desired and to allow it to flow at will" (lines 26-28).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Holt, Dudley T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for a crate build specifically for shipping bananas "which will be of light weight, and which can be manufactured at slight cost" (lines 16-17).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Jeanes, Elisha A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell-Ringer.
Patent for a bell ringer for use in locomotives, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1891
Creator:
Baker, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Aging Whisky.
Patent for a barrel for heating and aging whiskey, which accelerates aging time. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1891
Creator:
Halligan, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Couch, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the washing machine "which shall enable the washing of clothes or garments to be effected with but little exertion to the operator and with but comparatively little wear to the garments themselves." (Lines 19-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1891
Creator:
Smith, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for fan attachment for sewing machines: "adapted to be readily applied to a machine and capable of family an operator effectively without interfering with the work of the machine" (lines 12-15).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Miller, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy for Folding Bed
Patent for an improvement "to provide a folding bed of any variety with a canopy-frame for suspending a netting which will both fold up when the bed is closed and open when the bed is opened automatically" (lines 9-13).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refuse-Carrier Frame.
Patent for a support frame for devices that carry refuse from the saw mill to the burning pile, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1891
Creator:
Zimmerman, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock.
Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design "has for its object to provide an implement of peculiar novel construction, whereby the different forms of plowshares, shovels, or other cultivating implements or combinations of different cultivating instrumentalities may be varied, interchanged, and adjusted at will to suit the character of the soil, the nature of the crop, or the requirements of the occasion" (lines 8-16).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Brooks, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History