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Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a combined cotton and corn planter by having two wheel guards and graduators, one feed-wheel is mounted fixedly on the shaft, the other is removable; so that it can be easily converted from planting corn or cotton-seed, and vice versa, and regulating the planting of either. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter.
Patent for a cotton planter by using a pivoted spring-actuated tongue that has a feed-slot and regulating-slide to plant cotton or corn seeds easily and quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Privy-Vaults.
Patent for an improvement of privy-vaults using a soil-pipe with sleeve adapted to be connected with the trap-door of the vault-floor into an air-chamber where a ventilating-pipe is placed directly above a furnace; the noxious gases along with the products of combustion in the furnace would be drawn from the air-chamber and carried off to the outer air. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Scraper.
Patent for an improved cotton-scraper by applying a regulator (a rod) with a series of perforations to the rear of the scraper, for the purpose of adjusting the depth, at which the cutter shall run. Illustration included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Hobbs, James Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent for an improvement of a corn-planter using a combinations of, a rotary seed plate that has a circumferential series of perforations, a spherical weight or ball acts as ejector, and a hopper that has a circular opening on the bottom to work together “to prevent too large quantities of seed from entering the seed-cups, but which shall also serve to forcibly eject the seeds at the proper time” (lines 19-22), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Case.
Patent for a bottle holding case using wires to encircle the inner groove of the case as re-enforcement, then use metal bands or wires woven around the encircling wires; these metal bands or wires would then wove around the necks and bodies of the bottles to secure the bottles inside the case. Illustration is included
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Marlow, Claud E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Puller.
Patent for an improved machine for pulling cotton-stalks by making “the pulling-wheel turned in a direction to cause its side engaging the cotton-stalks to move rearwardly or in a direction opposite to that in which the machine is advancing” (lines 87-91), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Womack, Lewis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for an improvement in a churn-dasher by constructing the head of a dasher with a series of spirally-slanting blades, the front and rear edges are curved inward forming vertical openings with lancet-shaped ends. So that it would meet with less resistance when churning with the upward stroke.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Sterling, Isaac F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Baling Cotton.
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which, it would provide a mechanism for baling the fiber in packages, for the ease of transporting and handling; and to prevent the loss of cotton or fiber in transporting from the gin to the baling-press. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Filling Machine.
Patent for a bottle-filling machine in which "a number of bottles of equal capacity may be simultaneously filled from a common reservoir by the single movement of a lever" (lines 13-16), illustration is included.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Baldinger, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for an improved lawn mower by having a cutter-bar and finger-bar work together to cut grass that close to trees, fences and or other obstructions, including illustration.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall and Ceiling Polish.
Patent for an improvement of a polish mixture for wall and ceiling which is water-proof and has a glossy finishes; instructions and ingredients for the mixture are included, no illustration.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Neavitt, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake.
Patent for an improvement in a wagon-brake using an operating-lever that is mounted in a bracket near the front axle, and consist of diverging arms; and a segmental rack-plate with teeth that is arranged to be engaged by a sliding pawl. When the operating-lever and the sliding pawl are connected; when the brake-bars are in motion, clamping the wheels of a vehicle thus making it stop.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Power Distributer.
Patent for a new insecticide distributer using a bellows, a rotary fan, and a tube connecting the bellows to an insecticide reservoir; when pressure is applied to the bellows, the insecticide would pass through the reservoir to a flexible pipe that would distribute the insecticide to any direction without the operator breathing it.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Preston, Leonidas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for improvements in type-writers by compactly arranged many parts together, such as the sliding block, the vibrating plate, the feed-roller and etc..., "and in which the work can at all times be viewed by the operator. The printing is accomplished on a flat surface... new sheets thus saved,” (p. 4, lines 111-118). Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Pierce, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Seat.
Patent for an improvement in vehicle-seats, intended especially for uses in wagon-seats, by constructing a supporting frame consist of two shafts, each having two cranks with two springs connected with the wrists of the cranks. The seat is supported upon these springs which are secured to the underside of the seat-board by employing two blocks that are safely attached beneath the seat. The movements of the springs preserve the horizontal position of the seat even when weight is unequally disposed. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Johnson, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler.
Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Beacham, Alexander Thacher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for a mechanical movement using a crank to operate the lazy-tongs through the medium of a pitman, guided by a pair of parallel wires and, a reciprocating bar guided by a socket to produce the reciprocating motion. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Baker, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pan Lifter and Turner.
Patent for a pan lifter and turner using a bent handle, a curved plate is secured at the end of the bent handle; extending upward from the curved plate with a series of teeth to engages the crimped rim of a pan for lifting. At both ends of the curved plate provided with curved notches or recesses to receive and engage the rim of a pan for turning. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Ericson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Conveyer for Binders, &c.
Patent for improvements in grain conveyers by using a slotted platform with parallel walls on the sides, a conveyer-block having arms and friction-rollers that is moved by an endless chain in between the walls, a lever keyed on a shaft and two gears in constant mesh with each other; all these parts working together to creating a mechanism that drives the conveyers in either direction to accomplish the binding of the grains. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension-bridge “which will permit the main cable to expand and contract in different temperatures without materially affecting the principal parts and causing them to become displaced by reason of the slack of increased camber” (line 24-29, p.1), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Tool.
Patent for an improved soldering-tool by having a reservoir for gasoline or other light hydrocarbon, a burner-tube, and a valve for regulating the combustion of the gasoline and heating the tool continuously and uniformly, without a furnace. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Barber, Edwin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Attachment for Inkstands.
Patent for a new and improved fountain attachment for inkstands by using a hollow float, having a central vertical aperture on the bottom, the float is placed in a vessel filled with ink. After ink is being drawn from the hollow opening of the float, the float is forced into an uppermost position thus closing the vessel to prevent the air from passing the ink contained in the vessel. The ink is confined in an air and dust proof stand, which can be easily cleaned. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Bergen, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strap and Buckle Shield.
Patent for an improvement in strap and buckle shields by having a flat elongated plate which has a longitudinally slot in the center. This shield can be movebly secured on to the strap to admit the tongue of a buckle thus the cross-bar of the buckle will rest upon the shield. By having this shield, the strap is protected from wear that would result from a direct contact with the buckle. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Nicholls, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History