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Automatic Railroad or Farm Gate.
Patent for an improved automatic railroad or farm gate that uses the "weight of the car or wagon upon an operating-board and automatically close[s] after the train has passed, and which can also be opened by hand when it is desired to let a single person pass through, either upon foot or horseback" (lines 20-25).
Date:
October 4, 1892
Creator:
Benson, Joseph Robinson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved anti-friction clasp. This design "is to provide means whereby the wear due to the rubbing of inclosed rods or ropes against an inclosing casing may be reduced to a minimum and whereby the central alignment of the rods or ropes with respect to the inclosing casing may be accurately preserved" (lines 11-17). It consists in "a series of friction balls or rollers mounted therein and projecting from the periphery thereof and being divided into sections adapted to be clamped at any point around the rod or rope" (lines 97-101).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Cotton-Seed Hulls
Patent for "a simple and durable plant capable of use in carrying out a dry process of reducing the hulls to a finely-divided condition" (lines 8-13).
Date:
October 21, 1890
Creator:
Bohn, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for improvements in wire fences: "the invention residing particularly in the mechanism for tightening the linewires of the fence and in an improved stay for preventing the sagging of said linewires" (lines 12-15)
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Bohner, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller for Churns
Patent for propellers for churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Bolding, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Slide.
Patent for a new and improved plow slide. This design consists in "[a] combination tool for use with plows, consisting of a suitable bar having one end turned upward, provided with a beveled edge at the other end, a suitable cross-strap, and having openings at the sides, and bent ends adapted to the nuts used in a plow" (lines 70-75).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Bowers, Thomas Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress.
Patent for a new and useful cotton compress, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Brady, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for improvements in pumps especially adapted for deep wells by using different approaches to construct and arrange the strainer, the working barrel, the conical valve seat and other parts to pump the water upward. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Branham, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Cultivator.
Patent for a disk cultivator that can be used without supporting wheels, and cuts stalks or tracks while cultivating. It is also adjustable in both height and width.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Brock, Andrew L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for simple, inexpensive, and fast-acting a washing-machine for clothes and dishes. It does not take much work to use. It has two bodies that are secured together.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism For Gins.
Patent for a new and improved driving mechanism for gins, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Brown, Colber W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Plow-Handle.
Design patent for a plow-handle with upper and lower edges that are substantially parallel.
Date:
October 3, 1899
Creator:
Brown, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.
Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter that is especially adapted for cutting cotton-stalks or cornstalks, although it may be used for cutting any variety of stalks.
Date:
April 8, 1891
Creator:
Brownlee, Robert N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Signal.
Patent for a new and improved railway signal, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 11, 1898
Creator:
Bundy, Jehu D. & Jackson, Arthur L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a tool that is comprised of a hammer, wrench, staple puller, wire cutter, and a claw. Includes illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Burkhalter, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lanterns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Cadwallader, Aldes H. & Carolan, Eugene P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve.
Patent for an improved safety valve for boilers that consists of a valve chamber with a socket at its bottom, a valve seat with a steam outlet, a valve in the socket, a steam inlet tube that passes through and below the valve, a piston mounted in a guide chamber, a spring that holds the piston, a guide chamber with a valve seat, and a steam cylinder.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Cameron, Charles Hoyle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in disk plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 18, 1898
Creator:
Campbell, Singleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a very simple and economically-constructed alarm mechanically connected with windows and doors of a house or a room and adapted to be sounded by a raising or opening of the same, and at the same time to strike a light or illuminate the surroundings (lines 10-15).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Canterbury, Crawford R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet.
Patent for a cabinet meant to contain "screws, bolts, rivets, and similar articles, and has for its object to provide a case for the storage of such articles by means of which the different articles are kept separate one from another, while at the same time ready access may be had to any one of the storage-compartments" (lines 9-15). It is circular and has a wheeled base.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Caplinger, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for an economic and durable refrigerating apparatus that cools food by "reducing the temperature of the air in a partially closed chamber by the evaporation of water brought about through the medium of capillary attraction, and likewise to provide for automatically maintaining a predetermined level of water in the water chamber of the apparatus, and a thorough ventilation of the refrigerating chamber thereof" (lines 16-24).
Date:
October 23, 1894
Creator:
Carleton, Ernest William & Odell, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Nut-Lock Washer.
Design patent for a nut-lock washer that consists of an annular disk having a depression on the margin of its inner opening and with an incision cut in from the periphery, forming a tongue.
Date:
October 24, 1899
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pianos or Organs.
Patent for an attachment for pianos or organs that allows for the convenient movement of the instruments that does not damage the instrument or the building.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Carter, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History