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Automatic Service Cock.
Patent for a new and improved automatic service cock. This design "furnish[es] an improved automatic valve to form the connection between the water-main or distributing pipe and the service-pipe of a building for regulating the flow and pressure of water in such service-pipe and preventing overpressure" (lines 7-12).
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Air-Compressor.
Patent for an improved hydraulic air compressor: "The principal object of my invention is to provide the cylinder with a pressure and water regulating device" (lines 7-9).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressure Regulator for Fermented Liquids.
Patent for a new and improved pressure regulator for fermented liquids. This design "has for its object to provide an improved automatic hydraulic apparatus for supplying compressed air to kegs or casks containing fermented liquids, to replace the vacuum caused by drawing off a portion of the said liquid, and thus to maintain a uniform pressure in such vessels as long as any portion of their contents remain to be drawn therefrom" (lines 8-15).
Date:
December 27, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved sewing machine. This design calls for a clamp and a needle with a bend toward the eye so that the needle may easily be adjusted and changed out, depending on the task at hand.
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Fuqua, Marcellus B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination [of] a lever, shaft, bars, and ring-plate on a wheel, [and] of the four fixed cams and intermediate detachable cams" (lines 66-69).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Gallway, Richard James.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved harness buckle. This design calls for a central cross-bar, upon which the frame rests, with fold-able arms that form a loop beneath the side-bars with the assistance of metal pins (lines 57-62). This design eliminates the need for stitching the strap being buckled.
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Garrett, Charles William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shingle Gage.
Patent for a new and improved gauge for the installation of roofing shingles. This design utilizes a set of metal brackets and joined metal bars to guide in the nailing of shingles to the roof. This eliminates the need for marking in advance the target of the nail.
Date:
April 5, 1881
Creator:
Gay, Edward R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Proof Safe.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "relates to burglar-proof safes, the object being to provide a safe with non-explosive seams; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-17).
Date:
September 6, 1881
Creator:
Gerard, Alonzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motive Power.
Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Gibson, Obadiah William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Reporter. Volume 8: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. August-November, 1881.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page iii.
Date:
1881
Creator:
Goodwin, James W.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for killing ants. This design "consist[s] of frame, levers, pivoted arms, piston-rod, piston provided with valves and openings, air-tight iron chamber having opening pipe, furnace provided with double lid, lugs, pipe, clamp, and wedge . . . whereby the flame as well as the poisonous vapors are injected into the insect chambers" (lines 50-58).
Date:
August 2, 1881
Creator:
Gray, Hiram Balderston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sun Shade.
Patent for a new and improved (sun) umbrella. This design utilizes an adjustable metal frame that can be attached to a piece of equipment (e.g., a tractor) or worn comfortably by a person. This allows for hands-free use while being protected from the sun and/or rain.
Date:
February 8, 1881
Creator:
Gray, Hiram Balderston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design is of a metal band with several slots, so that the accompanying metal button can pass through any two overlapping slots, securing the bale within the band.
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Griffin, James Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canceling Stamp.
Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design utilizes a washer, flanges, and vertical slots "for the purpose of adjusting the roughened face of the head . . . so that the correct operation of the face is insured" (65-68). This represents an improvement over previous stamp cancelers.
Date:
April 19, 1881
Creator:
Grothaus, Frederick E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator.
Patent for a new and improved evaporator. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of . . . sugar boilers or evaporators" (lines 19-21). This design utilizes "[t]he combination, with an evaporating-pan mounted upon wheels or rollers, of a furnace provided with inclined holes adjoining its sides to accommodate the wheels of the evaporator" to make said improvements (lines 57-61).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Harman, Franklin S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of devices for raising and lowering the hoes and throwing them in and out of gear" (lines 8-11).
Date:
August 9, 1881
Creator:
Helmecke, Friederich A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic bale-rolling attachment for compressors
Patent for an automatic bale-rolling attachment for compressors
Date:
October 18, 1881
Creator:
Henry Riesel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale ejector for presses
Patent for an improvement in cotton bale compresses
Date:
October 18, 1881
Creator:
Henry Riesel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Board.
Patent for a new and improved bowling alley. This design calls for depressed gutters running along either side of the elevated alley, with cushions running along the lengths of the other sides of the gutters.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Henry, Marcus Linsay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "furnish[es] seed-planters for planting in hills or drills corn, sorghum, beans, rice, cotton, and other seeds, so constructed that the seed may be planted in any desired quantity, and at any desired distance apart, and with the rows at any desired distance apart" (lines 20-26).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed planter, [with a] seed-dropping cylinder . . . with a row of recesses around its middle part, and rows of different-sized recesses provided with adjustable gage-screws around its end parts, whereby different-sized seeds can be dropped by the same cylinder" (lines 67-74).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "has for its object to produce a plow suitable for general purposes, of great durability and efficiency, and provided with a reversible share and landside, which are so arranged that while the point or the one and edge or flange of the other are being worn away or dulled the reversed point of the former and reversed edge or flange of the latter are being pointed and sharpened by contact with the soil through which the plow is driven, thus compensating for the wearing and dullness of the cutting-points and flanges in operation" (lines 23-34).
Date:
November 15, 1881
Creator:
Holland, Joseph J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "regulate[s] the pressure of the rubber upon the clothes, and thus facilitate[s] the operation of washing the said clothes" (lines 13-16).
Date:
September 6, 1881
Creator:
Hollis, William Tailler.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Alarm.
Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in a wire attached to the anchor or escapement-lever of a clock-work for ringing or sounding an alarm bell, which wire has a hook at its outer end, which is passed into a loop, ring, or hook at the end of a wire connected with the key-bolt or knob-bolt of a lock, or with a wire leading to places a considerable difference from the alarm" (lines 11-18).
Date:
September 20, 1881
Creator:
Holloman, Harvey Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History