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Curling-Iron Heater.
Patent for "an improved attachment for gas burners or lamps, which will be adapted to facilitate the heating of curling irons or other light articles" (lines 8-11).
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Fowler, Samuel O. & Taylor, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Cleaner.
Patent for a dish-cleaner that improves on previous patents for washing machines granted to the inventor (No. 377,765 and No. 427,601). The dish cleaner is especially adapted for use on plates, cups, dishes, and similar things, without an operator working to clean dishes.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker.
Patent for an inexpensive, efficient, and durable fruit-picker that picks small fruit and does not bruise them. The picker is easily operated.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Armstrong, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook.
Patent for a simple and durable latch hame-hook that holds trace links in place. It is two plates, one of which is slotted to hold the tongue of the other plate.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Dankworth, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Door.
Patent for an mine door that has an improved locking mechanism. A rope is strung through pulleys, and is operated by pushing a lever that moves the rope and the door swings open.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Warren, Governor D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Loader.
Patent for a stock-loader that loads cattle onto locomotive cars and does not use a gangway. It is a "movable floor or platform which, by means of suitable mechanism, is moved toward the car, thus carrying the stock thereinto whether they face in the direction of movement or not, and without effort upon their part" (lines 15-20).
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Rotzien, Christopher & Arnold, Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treadle-Spring.
Patent for an improved treadle spring to be used in treadles that are used in sewing machines, scroll-saws, and similar machines. It is simple, inexpensive, efficient, and requires less effort to operate the treadle. The spring does not move while in use.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Frank, Gustav, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a wave motor that gathers and stores power from the full force of the waves in their rise and fall. The motor operates a drive shaft.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "improvements in car couplings and it has for its general object to provide a coupling embodying such a constructions that two cars may be connected together or disconnected without the objectionable necessity of a trainman going between them." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Tunnell, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive swinging gate that is strong, durable, and doesn't sag. It can be fully opened and easily conteracted.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Hefner, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that "deposit[s] a portion of the loosened soil in the bottom of the furrow" (lines 17-19). It is an improvement on double shovel plows, especially on how the sheaths are spread and braced.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Whatley, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Distributer.
Patent for a cotton elevator, cleaner, and distributor that takes cotton from a wagon or storage area and blasts it with air before depositing it into a gin. It is a cage inside a case.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Ginn, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator or Plow Standard.
Patent for a cultivator or plow standard that improves "the standard which connects the shoe or landslide of a sweep-shovel or bull-tongue plow with the beam, so as to render ti fixed and secure at any point of adjustment" (lines 16-19).
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
McLain, Jackson H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Replacing Derailed Railway-Cars.
Patent for a device used to replaced derailed railway-cars that can be applied on either side of the rail. It can be easily moved to different tracks.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Durack, Patrick H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car.
Patent for a dumping-car that "can be operated by two men to discharge its contents with a comparatively small amount of exertion on the part of the operators" (lines 14-17). The car is developed to hold gravel, &c., and can be easily dumped.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Dunman, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a simple and expensive knee-pad used while picking cotton, berries, &c. The invention affords "the most perfect protection to the user by protecting his knee against contact with objects which would tend to bruise and injure it, and by preventing the dampness of the ground from being transmitted to the knee, which, as is well known, results in various diseases, such as rheumatism" (lines 13-20).
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Hamilton, James William & Siebenthall, John Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Buttonhole-Eyelet.
Patent for a metallic buttonhole-eyelet that produces a finished appearance that can easily be attached to the fabric. The eyelet can be made bigger or smaller depending on the size of the button.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Wheat, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Balance.
Patent for a sash-balance made up of a window-frame with a weight-box and window-sashes on either side of the frame. It is operated by one chord, pulleys, a single weight-box, and a locking device.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Cayce, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for "a combined animal poke and halter of simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction whereby stock to which the device is applied are prevented from forcing through or throwing their weight against barbed and other wire fences, and also whereby a halter strap or chain may be readily applied thereto to provide for securing the stock in their stalls when stabled." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Parker, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved car-coupling that features "a solid block at the back part of the draw-head, which when coupling the cars will come far enough back to hit the solid part in the draw-head and prevent the bent spring from breaking." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Schneider, Adolph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for an inclined gate-hinges. One part is "secured to the supporting-post or upright and is formed with two parallel loops slightly separated one from the other located just outside the recess in said post, and the other [part is] adapted to be secured to the gate, having an outwardly-extending arm and a cross-head adapted to be passed between and parallel loops and to bear against the rear surface thereof" (lines 94-102).
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Wilson, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bath-Tub.
Patent for "a super bath-tub of that class in which the small portable or foot tub is provided with a removable shield and seat capable of enlarging the size of the tub and of furnishing a rest for the person using the tub." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Lacy, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn for separating butter. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Reel.
Patent for improving the operation of fishing reels. Illustration and instructions included.
Date:
December 3, 1895
Creator:
Williams, Elbert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History