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Windmill-Tower.
Patent for "skeleton towers of a character more especially adapted to support a wind-wheel" (lines 8-10) and that allow the wheel to be lowered.Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1891
Creator:
Walton, Jacob Gipson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in a device that is "adapted to take up slack in barbed and other wire fences," (lines 11-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 12, 1891
Creator:
Wilson, Jesse H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements to a press that bales hay. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1891
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for a repairable, sectional car replacer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1891
Creator:
Scott, Nelson S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for improvements to cotton harvesting devices, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Cunningham, James F. & Dingee, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient car coupling that is reliable and automatically couples cars together. The invention provides "a car-coupling which will not necessitate persons going between cars, and which will, should a car be overturned, become automatically uncoupled to prevent a derailed car dragging others after it down an embankment" (lines 16-20).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Hausam, Daniel Whitfield
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engineer's Graduating-Valve.
Patent for an graduating valve that is used with air brake systems in railroad trains. The invention is meant to "produce a comparatively simple valve which is constructed in such a way that it is not likely to clog or get out of order, which is arranged so that successive regular reductions may be easily made in the pressure of air in the train service pipe, which is adapted to automatically act on the governor of the air pipe from pressure either above or below the main valve, which is constructed in such a way that if the train parts the pressure in the main reservoir will not be reduced, which generates excess pressure when the brake handle is in running position and acts through said excess pressure on the governor of the pump, which is not likely to leak, and which in general may be easily controlled and places the train brakes under the complete control of the engineer" (lines 11-29).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Pelham, Walter O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Forge-Tray.
Patent for "an improved forge tray, and it has for its object to provide means for preventing the loss or waste of fuel incident to the use of the ordinary forms of forges; and to provide means for concentrating the heat without interfering with the operations of the smith and without intercepting his view of the irons" (lines 8-15).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Burnett, Rufus Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Governor.
Patent for an improved gas governor that are used with gas-meters in supply-buildings and accurately regulates gas flow and pressure. The invention is a general improvement on gas governors, and is efficient in its operation.
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Martyr, Leonard W. & Eldridge, Hilliary
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose or Pipe Coupling.
Patent for a hose or pipe coupling that automatically couples cars, and uncouples one or more pipes are automatically uncoupled by steam, air, or fluid pressure. The "invention consists of a pair of twin couplers through each of which one or more tubes are conducted, the apertures of which in the face of one coupler register with those in the face of the opposite coupler, each coupler being provided with guides or other suitable means for bringing it into alignment with the other and with a bolt or latch which automatically engages the opposite coupler when they are brought together and is released by steam or other pressure through one of the connecting pipes, in order to uncouple; and it further consists in a valve connection with said coupler pipes whereby the connecting pipe or pipes are closed in the act of uncoupling" (lines 13-28).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Banding or Bale-Wiring Tool.
Patent for an improved "banding or bale wiring tool, especially adapted to be inserted in between the bars of a bailing press, to grasp and cut the wire, after said wire has been firmly drawn around the bale, and twist the two ends of the wire together to form a tie" (lines 20-25).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History