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Antirefilling Bottle.
Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing.
Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Slat Fastener.
Patent for an improved construction of a bed-slat fastener, one "adapted to support a bed-slat firmly in position and to prevent the side rails of a bedstead from springing outward" (lines 14-16). There are also "no recesses or crevices for the accumulation of vermin" (lines 19-20) in this design.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Fielding, Charles S. & Grogan, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Support.
Patent for a book-support made to hold large, heavy books used in commercial and government offices. The platforms can be moved up and down by a crank on the side of the support.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Barnes, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chopping-Ax.
Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Crabtree, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with an improved dasher-operating mechanism. It simply and effectively combines a "rotary and reciprocatory movement to a churn-dasher to hasten the separation of the butter" (lines 11-13). The dasher is attached to a frame, and is operated through a crank. The churn rests on a platform also attached to the frame.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Wright, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Keck, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compress.
Patent for "surgical instruments which are used for stopping the flow of blood during an amputation or other similar operation." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Burton, Edwin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for a sectional moldboard plow that is "capable of being easily taken apart and put together when it is desired to replace the points or shares" (lines 18-20). It also has "a socket which is removably held to the bar of the cultivator and which is provided to hold the removable boards" (lines 22-25). The bar can fit double-cut or sweep plows.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Hayslip, De Witt Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Bouquet Holder.
Patent for a new and original bouquet-holder made of ductile wiring.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Postert, Alwina D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Easel
Patent for an easel that has a sliding picture-rest, which is has a "clutch mechanism for holding the sliding rest at any desired elevation" (lines 11-14). It also has a "auxiliary folding rest for holding a model or study while the artist is engaged at work" (lines 20-22), which can be folded up when finished.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Cooper, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway.
Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Lomb, George W. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "a simple and perfect eyelet apparatus which can be attached to any sewing-machine" (lines 14-15).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Reutermann, Heinrich Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
Date:
January 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive.
Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mucilage-Bottle.
Patent for a mucilage-bottle that has a brush which stays in the bottle, and is held in place with a cork. A spring is in the neck, and is compressed when the cork is inserted. This mucilage-bottle will not get clogged with dried mucilage.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, George Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penholder.
Patent for a penholder that is worn on the finger and is an "open-ended hollow thimble with a detachable and reversible cap-piece" (lines 20-22). The pen-point can be unscrewed and screwed back in the opposite way so that the pen-point is inside the thimble, so the pen-point doesn't break in one's pocket.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Ward, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a simply constructed puzzle with a difficult solution, "but may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation of the device" (lines 15-18). It is a rectangular box with eight balls, four of which fit into holes in the corners of the box. There are segmented walls surrounding the holes.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Collis, Michael Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History