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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for "a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators... to be applied to the ordinary sulky-cultivator frame... and when so applied to constitute and efficient machine for chopping and thinning cotton." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1891
Creator:
Cansler, Hurnon K. & Cansler, Thomas G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Device.
Patent for "an apparatus for elevating and distributing cotton from wagons or other receptacles and feeding the same to cotton-gins or storage-bins." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1891
Creator:
Moffitt, William E.; Williams, James L. & Bennett, Levi W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator implement "that is adapted in the event of meeting any impassable obstruction in the soil to turn backward at its lower end and permit the cultivator implement to ride through the action of the draft-power and, with the assistance of the attendant, so as to pass over such immovable obstruction and thereafter perform its intended cultivating function." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements in churns; specifically, improvements in the construction of the cylinder and the churn-dasher. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Sullins, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Removing Grease and Stains.
Patent for a compound to remove grease and stains from wood and fabric. Includes instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1891
Creator:
Cox, George S. & Lewis, Georgia M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1891
Creator:
Williams, William Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements to churns, "and has special reference to what are known as 'vibrating-dasher' churns." (lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for wire-stretching levers, with instructions and levers.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Richardson, Jerome Shipley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Wheeled Delivery-Vehicle.
Patent for "a light and convenient vehicle for the use of mail-collectors in cities, and for the transportation and delivery of parcels, milk, or other articles," (lines 8-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 12, 1891
Creator:
Boone, Manly Breaker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keel.
Patent for an improved type of keel construction, "of which the distance between the keel and covering-boards is equalized throughout the length of the vessel and a vessel of exceptional strength and advantageous construction is afforded." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1891
Creator:
Grothgar, John & Garfield, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gear-Shifting Mechanism for Harvester-Conveyers.
Patent for a locking-lever for the gear-shifting mechanism for harvester-conveyers. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1891
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder.
Patent for "an improvement in grain-binders... which can be so constructed as to receive the grain direct from the platform of the reaper without the assistance of elevating mechanism." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1889
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Calculator.
Patent for improvements in pivoting arm and sliding arm calculators. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 28, 1891
Creator:
Mader, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tea-Chest.
Patent for "tea-chests and other receptacles of a light nature in which the articles are shipped and retailed in and from the original packages," (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1891
Creator:
Buford, Paschal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Wire Fences.
Patent for improvements to supports for wire fences, so that wooden posts and other supplemental devices are not necessary. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1891
Creator:
Weeks, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Apparatus.
Patent for "an improved hoisting apparatus for use in loading and unloading freight from and upon a wharf, bluff, bank, or other elevated place." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 14, 1891
Creator:
Davis, Benjamin F. & Davis, Matilda L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for improvements in gate hinges, "the object being to provide hinges which will hold the gate in an open position." (Lines 9-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating-Cover for Vessels.
Patent for a "device capable of application to any receptacle which, in conjunction with an absorbent envelope and through the medium of capillary action, will cool the entire vessel or receptacle to which it is applied, and thereby preserve its contents in warm weather," (lines 10-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Mitcheltree, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sign.
Patent for signs that are to be mounted to the roof of a car, and can be illuminated and read from any angle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Garner, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears for Cutting Hot Metal.
Patent for "a device which is more especially intended for shearing hot metal, although it may be used for cutting cold material," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 30, 1891
Creator:
Cleveland, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to washing machines that allow the water to be heated to any temperature. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1891
Creator:
Eddleman, Dudley E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing machines, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1891
Creator:
Turpen, George Sidney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Compressor.
Patent for gas compressors for ice and refrigeration machines, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1891
Creator:
Ambrose, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Fastening.
Patent for the improvement of shoe fastenings by making them out of leather and with more fashionable eyelets. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1891
Creator:
Hamilton, Samuel McCleary
System:
The Portal to Texas History