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Animal-Tread.
Patent for improvements in animal-treads when “animal is placed in the tread, the single or double tree being attached to the arm c’, and thus in addition to his weight he will have his strength to operate the tread. The function of the rope and weight is to keep the traces and tree from under the animal’s feet in case he should slack his speed, and thus prevent his tripping.” (Lines 59-66) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Bevil, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjusting Device for Compressing-Rolls.
Patent for adjusting devices for compressing rolls which “employed for compressing into a continuous thin sheet cotton fiber; and the objects in view are to provide a simple and convenient means for binding the rolls in contact, and when so bound to prevent any undesired yielding.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corner-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in corn-planters and fertilizer-distributers is to combine the two into one machine by dividing the hopper into two compartments; one for fertilizing material and the other for corn-seeds. The bottom of these two compartments, each has its own opening design to dispense the seeds and fertilizers. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Davis, William Haywood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.
Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Green, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer.
Patent for improvements in atomizers or instruments for distributing powders or liquids in which it provided “provision for closing the exit-passage and preserve the strength of the medicated powders or fluid and permit of the carrying of the same within the body of the device without danger of spilling.” (Lines 17-21) The rubber bulb is detachable and is used as a powder-box or as a bottle for fluid. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 21, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for improvements in clevises in which a clevis can be used upon plows or harrows. When it is used, it “will obviate the necessity of using links or open rings in connection with the clevis and the singletree, as well as enable the plowman to cause his plow to run in the soil any desired depth or to cut a narrow or wide furrow.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
Bruton, Alonzo D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Oiling Railway-Tracks.
Patent for improvements in mechanism for “applying oil to curves and switches of street railway tracks” (lines 6-7) by using an “oil-tank [that] is arranged in the upper position of the hood or shield over the car-wheel. The valve is in the bottom of the oil-space and may be controlled by a lever arranged to turn or lift in the valve, and under the valve is arranged the oiling-wheel, which runs lightly on the track or face of the car-wheel and applied the oil." (Page 2, lines 69-76) Includes illustration.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Ennis, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator for Grain-Bins.
Patent for an improvement in fumigators for grain-bins by producing “an apparatus by means of which sulphur or other life-destroying fumes can be forced into the bottom of the bin, so as to drive out insects or animal life, and thus protects the grain from their depredations.” (Lines 22-26) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 11, 1891
Creator:
Manahan, Thaddeus Atheburt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop.
Patent for improvements in blind-slat adjusters and locks by providing a plate to secure the cross-stile of the blind; in which the plate having a slotted right-angled portion. “A bar pivoted to the slat-rod and having its lower end bent at the right angle, a screw passed through the slat and provided with a handle. (Lines 96-99) “When the handle is turned to the left, the slats can be adjusted into any desired position, and when in their adjusted position all that it is necessary to do is to turn the handle to the right which binds the parts together and holds the slats against movement.” (Lines 82-87) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
Roll, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Holder of Package.
Patent for improvements in coin holders or packages by using three metallic strips, A, B, and C; the end of strips A and B are bent at right angles to the body portions of coins of a particular denomination. Strip C is “pivoted at its ends to the ends of the strips A and B at their point of attachment and adapted to be turned upon its pivots, so as to embrace the edges of the coins contained in the holder.” (Lines 85-89) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Heim, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Delinting Cotton-Seed.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for delinting cotton seed: " Our invention relates to improvements in apparatus for burning off or removing the lint from cotton seed" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Hollingsworth, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Cowl.
Patent for improvements in chimney-cowls by providing a “self-operating smoke-conductor especially adapted for use in all windy climates, to be placed over the discharge-opening of the flues.” (Lines 10-13) So that a “smoke-conductor can be automatically reversed or turned by the wind in any and all directions” (15-18) to carry the smoke away. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Gardner, Perris W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for improvements in car-replacers by using a jack-screw with a swiveled rest secured on top. The swiveled rest consists of an oblong box having rollers projecting above its upper edge. A windlass with a rope is journeyed in the jack-screw, passing through the swiveled rest, over a pulley and out of one end of the rest; the rope end having a hook or other suitable means for connecting it with the car. When the windlass is turned, “the car-body is moved laterally upon the rollers until the car-wheels are in line with the track.” (Lines 46-47) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 8, 1891
Creator:
White, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus for handling seed-cotton. This apparatus is designed to move seed-cotton to gin-feeders, then from the condenser to the press, and also for conveying seeds and motes to an area of deposit.
Date:
June 19, 1890
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annunciator.
Patent for improvement in annunciator by “providing a circuit-closing attachment for annunciators by means of which an electric lamp will be lit when the annunciator-drop falls.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Fouts, Lambert F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements on a churn design, in particular for churns with a vertical dasher that have reciprocating motion.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Henderson, Henry Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for a method of compressing and baling cotton in which cotton is condensed into sheets and is then compressed and delivered to a lapping mechanism which builds up a bale from the compressed sheets, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling-presses, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Rowe, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Protector.
Patent for a bank-protector that consists of vertically moving shields arranged just within the cashier's and teller's windows and the outer door of the bank, and a mechanism that allows the cashier to drop the shields and sound an alarm. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 17, 1891
Creator:
Saxon, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for an improved fumigator that's primary purpose is to kill insects within corn storage units without damaging either the corn or the building. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Bozarth, Stephen P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History