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Plow-Stock.
Patent for a simply, durably, and efficiently constructed plow-stock that "will admit of changes being made in an expeditious and convenient manner to facilitate the grouping of the shares or plows to be carried by the stock" (lines 11-14).
Date:
July 30, 1895
Creator:
Abbott, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Utensil.
Patent for a kitchen utensil that can be used for washing dishes, scraping cooking vessels, and cleaning ornamental glass and silver.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Adair, Annie E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Allen, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame.
Patent for a harness-hame and "contemplates the provision of improved means forming a part of the hames for securing the trace-chains thereto; also the provision of an improved trace-link adapted for connection with said securing means in a manner to insure maximum strength" (lines 15-21).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive hame-fastener that has "two adjustable parts, one of which is provided with hooks to be engaged by means on the other part" (lines 11-13). The invention is adjustable and does not unlock or disengage accidentally but can easily be unlocked on purpose.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improved car couplings "of the Janney type, capable of readily coupling on short curved, and adapted to be either coupled or uncoupled without going between cars. A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the parts may be readily set for automatic coupling, or to prevent coupling." (Lines 13-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Armstrong, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator that has its frame and attachments are mounted on carrying-wheels, and the plows depend on the wheels. It is operated more easily than other cultivators.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Aubrey, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam Condenser.
Patent for an exhaust-steam condenser meant for steam-engines in places where water needs to be conserved. It also "prevents the use of water for cooling the surfaces of the condenser" (lines 14-16).
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A. & Goeth, Adolf C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient pruning implement meant to prune trees, cutting brush, and trimming hedges. It has a reciprocating knife, an improved hatchet-blade, and an extensible saw-blade "which is seated within a groove or recess in the shank of the implement and capable of being extended and held in operative position by means of a retaining-spring" (lines 16-20).
Date:
November 12, 1895
Creator:
Baiey, George M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for a clothes-pounder that is simple and effective with the operator using the minimum amount of energy. It is conical with a smaller cone inside it. A diaphragm is between the cones and the brace, and an is air vent inside it.
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Bain, WIlliam W. & Bain, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton-press that makes "tightly wound bales from the cotton bats formed upon the condenser, and fed into the press" (lines 13-15).
Date:
January 22, 1895
Creator:
Banister, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton-press that does not allow the cotton to rebound after the plunger compresses it because of teeth in the box. When the operator wishes to remove the cotton, the teeth automatically disengage in order for the cotton to be removed easily.
Date:
January 22, 1895
Creator:
Banister, Charles & Hollingsworth, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and practical fence-wire stretcher that stretches "fence-wire in the construction of fences and also taking up the slack in the wire when it sags at any point throughout the line of fence, the device being simple in construction and easily connected and disconnected from the post, as circumstances require" (lines 14-20).
Date:
September 17, 1895
Creator:
Baugh, Edward Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolster-Standard.
Patent for a durable, simple, and easily applied bolster-standard meant to be secured to the bolster and does not allow the bolster to split or crack.
Date:
July 30, 1895
Creator:
Bennett, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Cotton-Compress.
Patent for a roller cotton-compress that improves the "apparatus for accomplishing the work of rolling up the bale, of removing same from the position between the rolls, and removing the core" (lines 20-23).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Grate.
Patent for a simple and efficient fire-grate that is meant "to be set in a wall between two rooms and capable of being reversed to enable either room to be directly heated by a fire" (lines 11-13).
Date:
December 17, 1895
Creator:
Birkhead, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Case.
Patent for a shipping case that has an improved means for fastening the case. Air circulates freely and is especially designed to ship eggs, fruit, and other perishable things, although it can ship general things as well.
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Boatwright, William Thrift
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant for Generating Electricity.
Patent for a "simple, durable, compact, and reliable plant, house, or means operated by the force and energy of the wind without supervision or attention, and generating electricity and storing the same for use" (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-House Supporter.
Patent for a fire-hose supporter that can be stretched out, washed, and dried easily. The invention also has a hose-carrying frame that elevates the hose and allows for the hose to be quickly and easily used.
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bramble, James Elworth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bridgework.
Patent for dental bridgework with "an improved slotted crown, cap, or band for attaching the bridges to the natural teeth" (lines 9-10).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Bray, Bernard B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Making Machine.
Patent for a simple, portable fence-making machine meant to separate crossed wires, re-utilizes old wires, and has "a wedge being employed in the twisting-head for the purpose of separating the old twists and causing them to pass through the twisting-eye" (lines 22-25). The machine allows the wires to be equally spaced apart, and the space is adjustable. A picket-gage is included in the invention, which regulates the space between pickets.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Briney, Benjamin C. & Geron, Solomon C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Steel Bar.
Patent for a combination steel bar meant to easily remove nails and spikes from board without bending the nails or spikes and without splitting the board. It can also be used to remove siding from houses and ships.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Jesse S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for "a more complete and convenient kitchen cabinet... with an effective and desirable sink attachment, whereby dirty water may be easily disposed of." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove.
Patent for "a stove in which the heat may be shifted to various parts thereof to the exclusion of other parts," and "wherein the radiation of the heat from the bottom of the heat-passage is made to heat a secondary or supplemental oven, thereby making use of heat which is otherwise lost." (Lines 19-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History