Carling-Socket for Car-Frames. (open access)

Carling-Socket for Car-Frames.

Patent for improvements to "carlings for the roofs of cars, such as used for transporting live or dead freight," (lines 11-13) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1891
Creator: Coffin, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements to a press that bales hay. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1891
Creator: Mattijetz, Andreas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer. (open access)

Car-Replacer.

Patent for a repairable, sectional car replacer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Scott, Nelson S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Carrier (open access)

Lumber-Carrier

Patent for an improved lumber carrier which, as the cart travels down hill with the weight of the lumber it is prevented from rolling backwards if it were to lose speed by engaging of pawls with notches to hold it in place. It can then be manually pushed to get it started again.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Chauvin, Phillip A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier. (open access)

Trace-Carrier.

Patent for improvements to rein buckles allowing them to be attached to a trace-chain, which will adapt them for use with plows and harnesses. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 5, 1891
Creator: Jackson, Samuel G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for improvements in a device that cools pails of milk by evaporating water. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Ledbetter, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Speiss. (open access)

Process of Treating Speiss.

Patent for "a new and improved process for treating speiss to obtain the valuable metals contained therein" (lines 8-10).
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Flury, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate (open access)

Farm-Gate

Patent for an addition to self-closing swinging farm gates where a latch locks the gate with the force of the weight of the gate along with a modification to the attachment of the gate wherein the gate is made stronger and more efficient for it.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Miller, Wilson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a "device which will lock the sashes of a window when they are closed and which will secure them in any desired adjustment," (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1891
Creator: Taber, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power (open access)

Horse-Power

Patent for an alternative horse power design without cogs that has the same level of efficiency with an increased speed of output as well.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Walton, Jacob Gipson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel Attachment for Plows (open access)

Heel Attachment for Plows

Patent for an improvement to heel attachments to "steady the sweep or double-shovel plow in its movements and prevents it from being deflected by reason of obstacles with which it contacts" (lines 11-15).
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Woodbury, Amasa O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Pad. (open access)

Harness-Pad.

Patent for "an improved fastening for harness pads or housings which is equally adapted for sweat-pads for horse-collars." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Powell, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements to plows, including a mechanism to enhance the durability of the parts of the plow that receive the most use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1891
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow (open access)

Rotary Plow

Patent for a gang-plow to be used when gangs of disks are used to turn over the soil so that it generates minimal friction and thus increasing efficiency.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Cleveland, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carrier. (open access)

Cotton-Sack Carrier.

Patent for a device with wheels to prevent sacks used in cotton cultivation from dragging on the ground, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1892
Creator: Warren, John & Johnson, William Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for improvements to cotton harvesting devices, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Cunningham, James F. & Dingee, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History