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Car-Fender.
Patent for a simple car-fender that improves on the types of "fenders which are attached to the front end of street and other car trucks for the purpose of saving human life by preventing a body from being thrown under the car wheels" (lines 10-14). The invention does not let a body under the car wheels.
Date:
May 22, 1894
Creator:
Rau, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a simple, safe, and practical coupling for cars, arranged to couple at one time as many cars as may be desired, and to operate automatically so as to avoid all necessity of going between the cars, and adapted to use the ordinary link and to couple with cars having a higher or lower draw bar than itself." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Elliott, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Stick-Candy.
Patent for a simple and durable machine for cutting stick-candy that is "capable of traveling over a table or other support upon which stick candy in given lengths may be laid, and to so travel over the table that the lengthy sticks of candy will be made to slide over the bed of the machine, under a knife or its equivalent; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the knife may be manipulated at predetermined points in the travel of the machine to cut the lengthy sticks into shorter predetermined lengths" (lines 11-21).
Date:
December 18, 1894
Creator:
Allardyce, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spool or Bobbin Holder.
Patent for a spool or bobbin holder that has a spindle with a flange on it, a retractable spring, an actuated catch, and a stem on the spindle.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Homer, Arthur B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grease-Trap.
Patent for a grease-trap that improves on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 506,690). The improvement includes providing "a strainer device for sewer traps, and the like, which will prevent any solid matter passing therethrough, and at the same time capable of being removed for the purpose of cleansing, repairs or other purposes" (lines 22-26).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Heffron, Isaac
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed planter with a combined "furrow opener and seed dropper" (lines 15-16) with adjustable row width and furrow depth. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Thompson, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing.
Patent for a swing that consists of a frame, a wooden horse to ride on, a U-shaped hanger that is attached to the seat in the back and front, a pulley-like rocker attached to the top of the frame, a bolt that is securing the rocker to the hanger, two bars that go from the horse seat to the pulley, and a chord that attaches the two bars and goes around the top of the pulley.
Date:
November 13, 1894
Creator:
Alston, Samuel I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove.
Patent for a cooking stove that uses heat from a charcoal furnace efficiently, which increases the length the stove is hot and decreases the risk of suffocation from the gas given off by the furnace.
Date:
June 12, 1894
Creator:
Hayes, Rebecca Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle for Pans, Tubs, &c.
Patent for a wire handle for pans, tubs, &c that consists of two handles on either side of the tub, which are connected via a wire that fits in the lip of the rim of the receptacle. The handles, when taken out of the receptacle, consist of one single frame.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint that consists of a chair with a base plate and inwardly projecting flanges, a rail web, two plates that hook under the flanges and hold the rail in place, and two bolts that go through the plates and the rail.
Date:
June 19, 1894
Creator:
Perkins, Miles O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 190, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 29, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 281, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 29, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 29, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 98, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 29, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 215, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 24, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 26, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 183, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 22, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 22, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 203, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 293, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 10, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 309, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 26, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 255, Ed. 1 Monday, December 3, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 3, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 242, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 238, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 109, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 10, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 285, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 2, 1894
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 2, 1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History