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Sash Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists, "with the sliding latch provided with a handle, of a pivoted stop having a portion to engage said handle and a cam portion at its pivot end and an elongated hole in which the pivot works" (lines 18-22).
Date:
July 5, 1892
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which "the condensing and bat-forming devices will condense and press the lint-cotton so close that the spring of the cotton is broken, thereby avoiding the necessity of providing additional compressing-rollers intermediate the condenser and the press-box. A further object of my invention is to arrange a condenser in such a manner as to save room in the gin-house and to provide means for carrying off the dust and air made by the gin and condenser to the outside of the building" (lines 12-24).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to mold-boards for plows; and it has for its object to provide a combined wooden and metallic mold-board which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-14).
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame for sewing machines. This design consists, "with the track and the carriage consisting of the U-shaped bail formed from a single piece of metal, having the ends bifurcated and provided with grooved wheels" (lines 97-100). It also consists "of the screw-threaded rod having a head at its lower end, passing through an aperture in the bail, the burr or nut consisting of the interiorly-sccrew-threaded collar, with which said rod engages, the beam having an aperture, through which said rod loosely passes, the depending bars, the side bars, and the rollers" (lines 1-8).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Moore, George McNair & Steen, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Standard for Plows.
Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Teague, Jasper K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for temporary, easily attachable and detachable coupling devices that rejoin draw-heads that have been broken or disabled in cars. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1891
Creator:
Wallis, Fuller W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History