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Cabinet-Bed
Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Hayton, John. W. & Swift, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a new coupling mechanism that will automatically couple railway cars together without human assistance.
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Faubion, John Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for an adapter to be added to corn and cotton planters to convert them from one to the other while still being fully functional.
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Knight, Thaddeus W.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Motive-Power Machines
Patent for an attachment for motors "designed to prevent the loss of leverage and power which ordinarily obtains in such motors and in all machinery where the power is taken from cranks, and also to overcome what is known as the dead-center, and thus to greatly increase the power of the machine to which the attachment is applied" (lines 12-18).
Date:
June 21, 1892
Creator:
Weaver, John L. & Brenke, Henry, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Plow
Patent for a new listing plow that is "cheap and simple construction and readily adjustable to form wide or narrow beds and to be used in bedding of cotton or corn" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Leatherwood, Calvin Nathaniel
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for a "cheap, simple, and durable nut-lock which will be efficient to prevent a nut from working loose on a bolt, to prevent the bolt from turning in its socket, and to also permit the bolt to work or play slightlyin its socket to yield to the movement of the rails when a train is passing" (lines 20-26).
Date:
September 20, 1892
Creator:
Nelms, Alexander P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improvement to the construction of sliding gates that will "enable them to be readily opened by persons on horses and in vehicles and to be closed by them after passing through the gate." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Shannon, Jefferson C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railroad
Patent for "improvements in elevated railways; and the object of my invention is to produce an elevated-railway system which is comparatively cheap, which is absolutely safe, and in which the cars are arranged so that they ride very easily and can be readily adapted for both passenger and freight traffic" (lines 8-15).
Date:
June 7, 1892
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet L.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow. This invention relates to an improvement in plows, and more particularly to the means for securing the share to the plow.
Date:
January 26, 1892
Creator:
Hyer, Robert Stewart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History