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Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators. It can fit to any cultivator with some modification. It is a wheel that rides "upon the row and presses down into the ground parts of the cotton in the row, leaving the other standing, and of the necessary mechanism for attaching and controlling said wheel" (lines 20-24).
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Ray, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Roaster.
Patent for a coffee-roaster for family use, and the roasting-cylinder may be rotated automatically or manually. A pendulum swinging below the table attached to a ratchet is how the cylinder can automatically rotated.
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Smith, John Dawson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Stopper.
Patent for "a bottle-stopper which shall not require any wire, cap or clamp for holding it and which shall by reason of its form and of the materials of which it is composed afford a tight joint or seal under all circumstances." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
Davis, Clifton H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Holder.
Patent for a bicycle-holder that holds the bicycle upright. It consists of "a pair of plates clamped upon a portion of the frame of a bicycle, two pairs of ears formed integral with and depending from said plates, one pair of ears being formed convcavo-convex to form a socket between them and constructed with semicircular notches in their lower edges, a rod having a ball or spherical body on its upper end that is located and held for movement in the so formed socket, a lug formed integral with the lower end of one of the remaining pair of ears, and an arm pivoted between said remaining pair of ears, said arm having a bifurcated lower end that engages the rim or tire of the front wheel of the bicycle" (lines 40-54).
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
McKanna, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for "car-replacers or wrecking-frogs employed for guiding the wheels of a derailed car or locomotive to the rails." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
Hawkins, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breaking-Rig.
Patent for a "horse breaking or training apparatus, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device adapted to be attached to a horse to prevent kicking without preventing trotting or pacing." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1896
Creator:
Kenner, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beer Tapping Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved beer tap. This design calls for the air pipe to go within the beer tapping pipe and for a pump to supply the air pipe with air. This eliminates the need of a rubber nipple to connect the air pipe, easily cleans the pipe coil, and allows for the tapping of the keg from without the icebox.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Haenig, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Brakes.
Patent for "an extension-handle for the manipulating-levers of vehicle-brakes" (lines 9-10). This invention was designed especially for vehicles with extra side-boards, so the brakes can be employed as conveniently as possible while the driver would normally have a hard time reaching the brake-lever.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Edwards, Joshua H. & Edwards, Willie W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Wagon-Brake.
Patent for a new wagon brake design which allows the break to be automatically set, with illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Elliot, Joseph Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn in which a can has an opening in the center of its lid, in which a dasher-staff fits. The can fits in a frame. There are two parts to the frame, the part that rotates the can, and the part that holds the churn in place. The frame also holds the dasher-staff and a crank to rotate the can's frame.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Everhard, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Barrel Truck and Support.
Patent for "a combination of devices for hoisting and hauling and supporting barrels and other receptacles for use in stores and other places" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Hoff, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cradle, Swing, and Clothes-Drier.
Patent for "a cradle which may be easily and quickly converted into a child's swing or into a clothes rack or drier." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
McMordie, William Emmett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with adjustable choppers and axles, so that the distance between the hills of cotton and between rows of hills of cotton can be variable. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Miller, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.
Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Basket.
Patent for a metallic produce basket. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot.
Patent for a coffee pot "wherein the water is forced to percolated through a body of coffee or tea held in a holder or receptacle near the top of the vessel." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1897
Creator:
Royer, Lemon S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for a tool that combines pincers, a hammer head, jaws, etc., to be used for fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1897
Creator:
Rubarth, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
Patent for a cattle-guard for railroads that is "a series of plates or slates mounted with the capability of partial or complete rotation on axes substantially parallel with the rails and between the said rails and on either side of the track so as to span the road bed or space between the ends of the fence" (lines 25-31). The plates have longitudinal flanges with serrated edges.When the cattle step on the guard, they will experience pain and avoid the spot.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Lee, Jacob M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Boring Holes, &c.
Patent for a brace for boring holes through window sashes. It was invented "to enable [the inventor] the more quickly and better to apply my "sash lock", patented July 19, 1892, and numbered 479,152, but may be used for other purposes" (lines 20-23).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Warren, Governor D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for a car-replacer that is simple and inexpensive and can be easily set and removed. The replacer has two blocks shaped like triangles and tie rods connecting the blocks.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Debose, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Damper-Regulator.
Patent for an automatic steam damper-regulator that is simply constructed, and can quickly close and open its damper in the flue of the boiler or furnace.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Gaston, Stephen M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser and Dripper for Coffee or Tea Pots.
Patent for "a combined condenser and dripper for coffee or tea pots, the main object of the invention being the provision of a combined condenser and dripper to be attached to and used in connection with an ordinary coffee or tea pot; second, to construct a condenser readily connected to or disconnected from the lid of coffee or tea pot, and to have the reservoir or body of the condenser a proper distance above the pot to prevent its receiving external heat from the pot; and thereby, to produce such condenser and dripper at a minimum cost; and perfect in its operation" (lines 25-38).
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
McClellan, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple back-band buckle that doubles as a trace-carrier and locks the trace into place. It secures to the carriage and locks the trace into place with a snap-hook.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Ware, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History