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Baling-Press.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in baling-presses." (Lines 5-6) Illustrations are included.
Date:
April 3, 1888
Creator:
Archer, Roger W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top.
Patent for a new and improved carriage top. This design consists in "the combination, with a vehicle-seat, a series of top-supporting bows pivoted thereto, and a jointed brace having its lower end pivoted to the seat and its upper end to one of the bows, of a rigid operating-lever having its upper end pivoted to said jointed brace and its lower end adjustably connected with the seat, whereby the position of the lower end of said lever may be varied and the brace and top secured in any desired position" (lines 51-60).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Goelet, Edward Buncombe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shearing and Punching Machine.
Patent for punches and shears combined to cut metal longitudinally.
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Echols, Christaphor Columbus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bent for Suspension-Bridges.
Patent for improvements in bents for suspension-bridges by securing the columns with wire braces, cross-bar and anchor-pins. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bird-Cage
Patent for "bird-cages of the circular kind, wherein the main-frame wires have a band at their lower ends and a single tie-wire arranged diametrically across the band. . .to utilize the single diametrical tie-wire as a support for an inverted interiorly screw-threaded connecting-cap, and to combine with such a device a pan" (lines 10-12 and 17-23).
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
Coffield, Charles Hunter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "is to make a fastener for pieces of leather by which bridles and other parts of harness may be made with less stitching and riveting, thereby lessening the labor and cost of manufacture" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "two plates, [one] having key-hole slots with beveled side walls, and the [other] carrying studs undercut . . . and provided with top pin, in combination with the spring-plate perforated . . . to receive [the] pin to form the leather clasp or fastening described" (lines 77-83).
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Waters, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design "comprise[s] a frame and case having aligned baling-chambers at opposite ends, a follower having two head-blocks working one in each of the baling-chambers, a shaft journaled between the baling-chambers, and two ropes connected at one end to the shaft and at their other ends to the opposite head-blocks" (lines 46-53).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Green, William Robert & Green, Newton Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bath Tub.
Patent for a new and improved bath tub. This design consists in "a removable bottom provided with perforations or openings, and with supports to sustain it above the permanent bottom of the tub, a single opening in said tub below the level of the removable bottom for inlet and outlet purposes, a valve for closing said opening, and a rod within reach of the head of the tub for operating the valve and the cover" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Watson, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Brick.
Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
January 3, 1888
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster and Insect Guard Combined.
Patent for a new and improved combined caster and insect guard for furniture. This design consists "[i]n a combined caster and insect guard, the combination, with a suitable spindle, of a segmented cup or vessel having a central upwardly-extending bearing for such spindle, and provided on its under side with a recess the edges of which are provided with bearings for a wheel or caster" (lines 95-101).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Michalson, Lewis Abraham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bird-Cage.
Patent for improvements in bird cages by "having a woven-wire casing the meshes of which cannot be penetrated by ordinary insects, such as flies,&c., will be lured into the cage to be devoured by the bird" (lines 16-21).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Flato, Fridrich W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Square.
Patent for a new and improved carpenter's square. This design calls for ribs or ridges running lengthwise along the blades and a thicker, more durable square between the blades. In this way, only the ribs or ridges suffer wear, and the square lasts longer.
Date:
October 3, 1882
Creator:
Callihan, Willie Hoyle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Rest for Writing Desks and Tables.
Patent for an improved book-rest for writing desks and tables used to support record-books upon desks or tables in such positions that they can be conveniently used.
Date:
October 3, 1882
Creator:
Terrill, Reuben W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot and Shoe Indicator.
Patent for a new and improved boot and shoe display. This design "is to provide an indicator for the use of retail dealers in boots and shoes, or other merchandise and wares, by which apparatus the stock can be kept with great accuracy and facility. To that end . . . an indicating-plate with slides [is included], which is to be attached upon the boxes, shelves, drawers, or other receptacles for the goods, as an indicator for showing what goods are contained in the receptacle" (lines 8-17).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Woodlief, George T. & Dunn, George Roe.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design utilizes two separate tongues that run freely along a middle bar, which lengthens the life of the strap by distributing pressure and allowing for broken out, frayed, or otherwise worn holes to be circumvented for new ones.
Date:
May 3, 1881
Creator:
Burket, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead-fastener. This design "relates to the construction of a fastener for bedsteads, the object of the invention being to provide a fastener by which the parts are firmly held together and prevented from springing; and to these ends the invention consists of certain details of construction and combination of parts" (lines 8-14).
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Dickey, John S. & McKinney, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Fastening.
Patent for a new and improved mail-bag fastener. This design "is to provide a fastening for mail-bags, which may be quickly manipulated to fasten or unfasten the bag. To this end the invention consists, essentially, of a slide formed with key-hole slots and carried by an overlapping flap, the said slide being adapted to engaged headed studs that are secured to one side of the main portion of the pouch and passed through apertures formed in the other side of the pouch" (lines 7-16).
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
Roosevelt, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter Tie.
Patent for a new and improved clasp for letters. This design calls for wire or sheet metal to be shaped into a suitable size and shape for letters, including tabs on the ends to snap together to fasten the letters. This eliminates the need for twine or string, which reduces the flammability of the packages.
Date:
May 3, 1881
Creator:
Price, James N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking Stool for Children.
Patent for a new and improved walker for children. This design "is to facilitate placing the child, and to avoid any risk of injury, and, further, to make the stool easy for the body and arms of the child" (lines 13-16). This end is achieved with a hinged section of the walking ring, which may be opened to allow in the child.
Date:
October 3, 1882
Creator:
Peterson, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet.
Patent for a new and improved cabinet. This design "consist[s] of the body having a top . . . adapted to support a bread-board, the elevated casing provided with drawers, and an intermediate receptacle, the shelf thereof forming a recess . . . said recess adapted to receive the back edge of the bread-board . . . the hinged cover provided with a hinged shelf, the inclined abutments for said cover, and the cleat secured to one end of this cover at such an angle to the inclination of said abutments that when the cover bears against them the hinged shelf will be supported in a horizontal position by said cleat" (lines 22-37).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Lane, Fernando G. & Acheson, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Tevis, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water-elevator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with endless chains having links provided with staples, of the buckets having apertured side flanges through which the staples pass, and fastenings passing through the staple in front of the apertured side flanges to hold the buckets in place" (lines 90-96).
Date:
November 3, 1885
Creator:
Porter, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting off the Soiled Butts of Grain Stalks.
Patent for a new and improved cutting machine for grain stalks. This design consists in a "table slotted in its middle part and slotted and recessed at or near one edge, the parallel endless bundle-carrying chains working in said slots and having arms, the chain-wheels, the shafts thereof and their supports, the circular saw in the recess at the edge of the table, the mandrel and the gage-plate" (lines 98-105).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Becker, Lothar
System:
The Portal to Texas History