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Book Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Adair, Irvine James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder and Filler.
Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Adkisson, Duncan Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Starter
Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P. & Lindsey, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock for hames. This design "consist[s] of the coupling branches . . . [one] being composed of the two pivoted sections forming the bell-mouth, the section having the slot and spring secured to its opposite end and pressing against the underside of the section, and the branch having the catch-tooth adapted to enter the bell-mouth and engage the slot" (lines 67-75).
Date:
February 9, 1886
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved axle box for vehicles. This design consists of a novel combination of spindle, detachable and reversible bearing-sleeve, interposed elastic sleeves, hub, axle-box, and lubricator (lines 74-90).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Applewhite, David Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Railroad Rails.
Patent for a new and improved chair for railroad rails. This design utilizes a metal key and wrought-iron straps so that "the rails are held firmly both laterally and vertically, so that they are kept level at the joint and any sagging is prevented. At the same time endwise movement by expansion or contraction is not hindered, and the chairs being fastened to the ties, the expansion and contraction will take place entirely between the several chairs" (lines 49-57).
Date:
February 20, 1883
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles & Abbott, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for a device that can be used both to plant corn and apply fertilizer to fields.
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Austin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Napkin Ring and Holder.
Patent for a new and improved napkin ring and holder. This design is "to receive the napkin after it is folded, or to be used as a device for sustaining the napkin at the neck of the user when at the table. It consists in a yoke-shaped piece of metal having a hinged section for connecting the two ends, and serving as a ring, in combination with a clasp for holding the napkin . . . at the throat" (lines 17-25).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Bahn, Gus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design consists in "the combination, with a sliding-bolt provided with a wedge-plate, of the catch or slide mounted on the bolt and capable of a limited longitudinal movement, and the adjustable bar arranged between the adjacent edges of the wedge-plate and the catch or slide and tapered toward its lower end to fit the edges of the wedge-plate and catch or slide, the said adjustable bar being provided with a stud which operates in a suitable transverse guide-slot, whereby the bar is held from longitudinal movement" (lines 26-37).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Ballard, Johnathan J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of two sliding draw-heads, each provided with a shank having coiled around it a spring and a nut secured thereto, an upper sliding supporting-plate for the pin, having a tripping device, a lower sliding supporting-plate for the link, having a catch, a latch with a trip-arm for holding and releasing said plate, and a spring for drawing it back to its normal position" (lines 11-20).
Date:
February 9, 1886
Creator:
Ballentine, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rotary Harrow and Stalk Cutter or Roller.
Patent for a new and improved harrow combine. This design "provide[s] a rotary harrow, to be used in combination with a stalk-cutter or roller, for the purpose of harrowing ground and at the same time cutting off the stalks of the preceding crop, or for harrowing in and rolling seed. [The] invention consists in a [novel] combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Barker, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine.
Patent for a new and improvement in adding-machines in which a mechanical wheel has teeth. " The object of the invention is to provide the means for adding columns of figures by machinery"(lines 13-15), with instruction and illustration
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Barmore, Albert King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment.
Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bates, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck.
Patent for a new and improved car-truck. This design "consists in providing the lateral guide-wheels with long axles which are inclined at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the ordinary truck-wheels, and in providing the bolsters of the truck with a central opening, and otherwise constructing the same with a view to attachment of such inclined axles" (lines 17-24).
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter.
Patent for a new and improved filter. This design is for "[a] filter consisting of sections secured together at their meeting edges by a lapped joint, the upper edge of [a] section being fitted wholly within [another] section and forming a shoulder for the support of a screen-plate, and the body of filtering material above, a shoulder on [a] section below [the] shoulder, and screen plates resting on and held to the shoulders by the weight of the body of filtering material, whereby, when the filter-sections are inverted, the [other] shoulder serves to support [the] screen and the filtering material above" (lines 45-56).
Date:
February 15, 1887
Creator:
Begemann, Charles Fredrich William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design calls for a spring with eyes at the ends so that the handles of individual blades may be inserted through them. Then, nuts fasten the individual blades to the spring, which makes sharpening easier and breakage less likely.
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Benavides, Cristobal & Arthur, Joshua P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design consists in "the sectional spiral vanes of the wind-wheel, having a flange on the outer edge, widest at the end of the vane on which the wind first takes effect, and inclined to the plane of the vane for deflecting the wind thereon . . . [and] [t]he brake, having guide-pulley and combined with the pull-cord, tail-vane, and the wheel-shaft, said shaft having a friction-wheel" (lines 13-22).
Date:
February 24, 1885
Creator:
Benoit, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Coop.
Patent for a new and improved poultry coop. This design's "interior . . . has a vertical central partition between which and the ends of the coop are vertical transverse partitions and vertical longitudinal partitions, which preferably consist of strips . . . forming compartments, each of a sufficient size to contain a given number of a given kind of poultry . . . as the coop is divided off into compartments the poultry can with great ease be examined as to condition, and not being in large mass, but being separated into small numbers, they are kept in a better state of preservation and health" (lines 25-44).
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Bleike, William T., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Polishing Shoes.
Patent for "an improvement in machines for polishing shoes" (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bright, Joseph Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power.
Patent for a new and improved motorized churn. This design "has for its object to provide a means for converting a rotary into a reciprocating movement and regulating the range of the reciprocating mechanism" (lines 15-18).
Date:
February 24, 1880
Creator:
Britain, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wool-Press.
Patent for a wooden machine that is used to compress wool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Brooks, David F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History