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Piston-Rod Packing
Patent for "provide a metallic packing for piston-rods that is self-adjusting; secondly, to provide a packing the parts of which are so arranged as to avoid any escape of steam through the gland of the stuffing-box; thirdly, to provide a packing that does not require a lubricator; fourthly, to provide a packing that relieves the piston of all friction, except when steam is admitted to stuffing-box end of cylinder" (lines 19-27).
Date:
May 9, 1890
Creator:
Carlson, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Table
Patent for "an improvement in center tables, seeking to provide a simple convenient construction of extension-table, Which can be easily extended or contracted, by which the objectionable center leg can be dispensed with, and in which the main or center portion Will be firmly supported at all times" (lines 7-13).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Smith, Lewis G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest.
Patent for a new and improved hen's nest. This design "relates to that type of hen-nest wherein a tilting platform is employed to protect the setting hen from intrusion while permitting her to freely pass to and from the nest. The objects of [the] invention are to improve the prior construction and to provide novel means whereby the hen setting or hatching chamber is separated from the passage containing the tilting platform by a division-wall having a rear doorway, in such manner that the eggs are isolated and in a measure hid and protected while the hen is seeking food" (lines 8-20).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Manlove, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in a plow-beam "having a downwardly-projecting extension or arm at its rear end and a plow-standard pivoted to the beam in front of said extension, of a plate connecting said standard and extension and adapted to slide vertically thereon and an adjusting screw for operating said plate" (lines 1-7).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Swiedom, Ernst J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Topical Remedy
Patent for a topical remedy for the local treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis and gout.
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Blume, John H. & Loving, Christopher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Wagon Bodies.
Patent for a new and improved wagon jack. This design consists "[i]n a wagon body raiser, the combination of vertical supports, a lever pivotally supported therefrom between its ends and having a roller in one end, a shaft adapted to be secured to one end of the body, a cord having one end connected with the same end of the body as the shaft and passing over the roller and its opposite end attached to the shaft, and a cord attached to the opposite end of the body and to the adjacent end of the lever" (lines 69-78).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Scott, Eugene Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator.
Patent for a new evaporator design used for evaporating cane-juice, including illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Johnson, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Wheel.
Patent for a design for "improvements in balance or fly wheels, and is adapted to be applied to many different classes of machinery" (lines 15-17). Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Cameron, Neill A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Job Printing Presses.
Patent for a new and improved gage. This design consists in "the gage-bar provided at both ends with spring-clasps for engaging the platen, combined with gage-pins doubled upon themselves at their inner ends and engaging the gage bar and adjustable laterally" (lines 83-88).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Jones, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Pulling Stumps.
Patent for a new and improved stump-puller. This design consists, "with the main beam, of the rigid crosstree arranged transversely of the same and provided at its end with loose casters, and a pivoted axle or tree terminating in axle-bearings and provided with wheels, and means for adjusting the pivoted crosstree with relation to the beam and rigid crosstree" (lines 11-18).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Perkins, Jesse Isaac
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Net Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito-net frame. This design "has for its object to provide a frame . . . capable of convenient attachment to or of detachment from any bedstead, and which when attached will be firmly braced and firmly held against lateral movement" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the standards having tenons at their upper ends, the rear and side bars having eyes receiving said tenons, and a front bar connecting the front ends of bars, of the horizontal angle-plates mounted at their rear ends on the ends of the bar" (lines 22-28).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Lottman, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted for steady and easy running, capable of combining therewith various styles of shovels or shears, and so constructing said plow as to be readily adjusted to form furrows of varying depths" (lines 9-14). This design consists, "with the beam and the loosely-depending standard provided at its lower end with a shovel, of the angular brace pivoted at its angle to the standard, adjustably connected at its upper end or branch to the beam, and having its lower end adapted to travel along the furrow in rear of the shovel" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Peterson, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design consists, "with the working-barrel, of a casing or shell secured to the lower end of said barrel, the said shell tapering downward and being provided with an annular shoulder on its inner surface, a valve-seat provided with an annular flange and downward elastic extensions constructed to close against said shell and rest on said shoulder, and a valve-cage connected with said seat and containing a valve" (lines 82-91).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Shelburn, Cephas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved wire-tightener. This design consists, "with a curved metallic bar having a central groove in its convex side, and aligned openings of different diameters in the sides of the groove, of the looping-pin having two tapering arms at an angle to each other and of different sizes" (lines 78-83).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Austin, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for improvements in gates “which can be readily opened away from the person by simply pulling down upon a lever or cord, and which will then automatically close without any further care or attention.” (Lines 24-28) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Benson, Joseph Robinson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Device.
Patent for "an apparatus for elevating and distributing cotton from wagons or other receptacles and feeding the same to cotton-gins or storage-bins." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1891
Creator:
Moffitt, William E.; Williams, James L. & Bennett, Levi W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator implement "that is adapted in the event of meeting any impassable obstruction in the soil to turn backward at its lower end and permit the cultivator implement to ride through the action of the draft-power and, with the assistance of the attendant, so as to pass over such immovable obstruction and thereafter perform its intended cultivating function." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder.
Patent for "an improvement in grain-binders... which can be so constructed as to receive the grain direct from the platform of the reaper without the assistance of elevating mechanism." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1889
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sign.
Patent for signs that are to be mounted to the roof of a car, and can be illuminated and read from any angle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Garner, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pianos or Organs
Patent for "an attachment that can be used on pianos or organs, whereby the manipulation of the keys is greatly facilitated and playing upon the instrument greatly simplified, and the attachment is especially designed for those who do not to any great extent understand music or beginners who find it difficult to make the several chords in any particular key, the device being capable of ready attachment to the keyboard of any piano or organ and removed when not required for use" (lines 27-37).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Stukes, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breakwater, &c.
Patent for an improved way of constructing piers, jetties, breakwaters, and similar structures. "It can be constructed from boats, barges, or from a trestle, or can be built continuously from a starting-point on shore to the objective point in the lake, bay, gulf, or other body of water" (lines 17-21). This invention is especially useful for places that don't have banks or ledges.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Shannon, Alexander M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and effective car coupling that is partially automatic, "and in case of accident or breakage the said device is adapted to be used after the manner of an ordinary car-coupling" (lines 17-19).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Felton, Tommas Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History