Corn-Sheller. (open access)

Corn-Sheller.

Patent for improvement in corn-shellers; in which “it consists in a perforated casting provided with radial teeth or projections which extend toward its center and which is to be secured to a support having an opening through it, combined with a double-ended handle which has an opening through its center and teeth projecting from the opening.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Bander, Charles Bornet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in baling-presses by “simplify and strengthen the frame and operating parts, to secure a better distribution of the strains between the operating parts and the frame, and to increase the speed at which the press may be operated by permitting the platen to rise and fall to a limited extent independent of the power mechanism, so that after the loose fiber is introduced the platen may be dropped instantly a portion of the distance to effect a partial compression of the charge by its weight before bringing the power mechanism into play.” (Lines 17-29) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Drawer Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Bed-Drawer Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for improvement in bed-drawer attachments for bedsteads by “having bed-drawer arranged to slide beneath the usual mattress-support.” (Lines 8-10) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Mabee, Leonia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Attachment for Plows.

Patent for an attachment for plows, which "may be utilized as a cutter or the plow converted into a double-shovel plow," (lines 18-19) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1891
Creator: Williams, George M. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Wrenches" consisting of "several novel features" including a "revoluble head" (lines 4-5,12, 16-17) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Rosenburg, Helfred, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weight for Horses' Hoofs. (open access)

Weight for Horses' Hoofs.

Patent for improvement in weights for horses’ hoofs by providing “a toe-weight or side weight which will adjust itself to the inclination of the hoof to which it is applied, and further, to provide a weight that will be self-locking, be effectively held against rattling, and be readily attachable and detachable.” (Lines 9-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: King, George R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Globe. (open access)

Show-Globe.

Patent for "a globe adapted to serve simply for the purpose of illumination and furnishing a pure white bright light for general purposes, or to serve as an illuminated show-globe for druggists," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Berger, Otto & Eldridge, Hilliary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attachment. (open access)

Sewing-Machine Attachment.

Patent for a sewing machine attachment "which can be used for the purpose of sharpening any instrument of small size - such as needles, scissors, knives, &c.;" (lines 11-13) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1891
Creator: McDowell, Anthony B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Provision-Safe. (open access)

Provision-Safe.

Patent for "a pantry and kitchen safe combined and designed to be built apart from the house and constituting a distinct and removable piece of furniture," (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1891
Creator: Jones, Walter Adolphus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Kiln Furnace. (open access)

Dry-Kiln Furnace.

Patent for improvements in dry-kiln furnaces by using “a series of furnaces alternating with a series of heating or radiating drums parallel to and on a plane above the furnace,” (Lines 116-119, p. 2) and valved connected flues. This arrangement allowed the “heat being regulated and so distributed through the kiln as to produce a varying temperature, highest at the end where the lumber is introduced and gradually diminishing toward the opposite end, where it is taken out.” (Lines 21-26) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Ketcham, William
System: The Portal to Texas History