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Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design "consists in providing a steam-launch with a float on each side, secured by suitable strong braces thereto, and to provide said floats with a hand-rail, so that persons can hold onto said rails, and are prevented from being washed off" (lines 17-22).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laundry-Iron
Patent for improvements to heating and use of irons used for laundry.
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Pedder, James Nagel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Scale.
Patent for a new and improved kitchen scale. This design "introduces a pivoted stirrup into the yoke on the tray-rod, said stirrup being pivoted to and suspended from the beam. By this means, the stirrup and beam can vibrate in the yoke without disturbing the perpendicularity of the tray-rod" (lines 62-67).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Solomon, Thomas Durham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Spring.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle spring. This design consists in "front wheels [that] are set well under the wagon-bed, so as to facilitate turning; and . . . the spring-braces, while they greatly assist in strengthening the spring and supporting the load as it grows heavier, do not in any way interfere with the action of said springs. . . . By this improved construction a simple, strong, and durable vehicle is provided, in which heavy loads may be carried with ease" (lines 46-55).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Payne, Joseph Mott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Bunnell, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved horse carriage. This design calls for "the rider [to] press the treadles so as to hold the wheels in contact with the ground. When sufficient speed has been acquired the treadles are released, and the springs will then raise the wheels from contact with the ground, and the momentum will then be sufficient to keep the wheel erect. Should it be inclined to tilt, it may easily be righted by pressing either treadle so as to throw the wheel on the tilting side in contact with the ground" (lines 61-74).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Smith, James Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landside for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved plow landside. This design "consists in a landside for plows made with a slotted flange to rest upon the forward side of the plow-standard, and a flange to rest upon the bottom of the furrow, whereby the plow will be made stronger, more durable, and more effective, and will be made to run steadier . . . The object of this invention is to increase the strength and durability of plow-plates, and obtain the efficiency and steadiness of ordinary turn-plows without their weight" (lines 21-31).
Date:
August 21, 1883
Creator:
Wherry, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Medicine
Patent for the invention of screw-worm liniment, provide a description of the ingredients within liniment. Compound relates to that class of reme-wounds cause by screw-worms and all kind of parasites in or on stock and poultry (10).
Date:
October 30, 1883
Creator:
Miller, Thomas, L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Medicine.
Patent for "medical compounds for internal application in diseases of sheep and other animals, and it is especially designed to cure the sheep disease known among sheepmen as ‘lombriz’" (lines 8-12) which lists the ingredients, measurements, and instructions for making and use. According to http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=lombriz “lombriz” can be translated as intestinal worm. According to https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/as/as-573-w.pdf “By far the most deadly internal parasite to small ruminants in the Midwestern United States is the gastrointestinal roundworm Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber pole worm and a variety of other names.”
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Green, Furney Fold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer.
Patent for a new and improved pest trap. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable fire chamber provided with a cover at its top, a pipe which passes through its side to admit a blast of air, a removable bottom, which is supported inside of the bottom of the chamber upon suitable supports, and a removable pipe through which the products of combustion are forced . . . when these parts are destroyed they have only to be replaced by new ones" (lines 14-28).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Melcher, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer.
Patent for a new and improved pest control device. This design "consist[s] of the flexible air-supply funnel, having end-supporting and mouth-distending rim, terminating in vertical bottom legs or branches, the gas generator, the air-inlet tube having the valve, and the rigid gas-discharge tube" (lines 22-28).
Date:
December 25, 1883
Creator:
Grafton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the radial arms of the wheel-frame and the vertical pivot-posts thereon, the sails or fans pivoted to said posts, the pivoted detents, and the pivoted governing-levers to which said detents are connected, said levers carrying adjustable weights" (lines 16-23).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for windmill for utilizing wind or water power (lines 9-10).
Date:
June 12, 1883
Creator:
Sickles, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather and Fire Strip for Box Car Doors.
Patent for a new and improved weather and fire strip for box car doors. This design "relates to an improved device for closing the space between the rear edge of the doors of box-cars and the side of the car, so as to prevent sparks or water from entering through the space and damaging the goods in the car" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 12, 1883
Creator:
Nichols, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip.
Patent for a new and improved weather strip. This design "is to provide a new and improved weather-strip, which is raised into a groove in the bottom of the door when the door is open, but is pressed down upon the sill when the door is closed. The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 31, 1883
Creator:
McCurdy, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Mill.
Patent for a new and improved water mill. This design "relates to current water-mills, the object being to provide a mill of inexpensive and durable construction, having a wheel adapted to rise and fall with the tide, and thus to maintain a constant revolution and working of the mill. The invention consists in the combination of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 28, 1883
Creator:
Steinhagen, Cristofer Friderich Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus granted to Eli Catlin which is simpler and more convenient to use as well as being less expensive.
Date:
November 27, 1883
Creator:
Catlin, Eli
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes.
Patent for a new and improved dish-washing machine. This design "relates to machines for cleansing dishes, clothes, and other articles of that class in which the water is agitated. The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and generally efficient machine that will perform its functions speedily, and will require but very little expenditure of operating power" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 4, 1883
Creator:
Harris, Charles Alexander.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "consists in the combination of the main bar, which is provided with a head having a suitable recess to catch over nuts, with a sliding head, which has two surfaces to act in connection with opposite ends of the head, but out of line with each other, and a spring-actuated catch, which catches in suitable ratchets made in the main bar, so as to hold the sliding head in position" (lines
Date:
May 22, 1883
Creator:
Hamrick, Jerome Miller.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Pavement.
Patent for a new and improved wood pavement. This design "is to furnish an improved pavement which shall be strong, durable, and cheap, not being liable to decay nor become uneven, with perfectly water-tight concrete joints laid on a perfectly solid and compact foundation of gravel, which can be easily cut through and readily reunited should it become necessary to cut through it to lay sewer or gas pipes or water-mains, or make connections with same" (lines 10-19).
Date:
July 17, 1883
Creator:
Bell, Bushrod W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket.
Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a certain combination, arrangement, and connection of a series of wires, whereby great strength is attained, the same including upper and lower hoop wires, upright or straight wires arranged to connect said hoops and wire frame bottom, and reversely-arranged diagonal wires or braces also connecting the top and bottom hoops, and twisted or wrapped around the upright wires intermediately of their length" (lines 13-22).
Date:
October 16, 1883
Creator:
Moore, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Packing Cotton
Patent for device used to compress and pack cotton into a press box.
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Summers, Dewitt C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump Puller.
Patent for a new and improved stump puller. This design's object "is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective stump-puller, readily portable and easily operated by one man and a horse; and to that end the novelty consists in the construction of the same" (lines 10-15).
Date:
April 24, 1883
Creator:
Tucker, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine.
Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History