Foot for Sand Levers. (open access)

Foot for Sand Levers.

Patent for a new and improved foot for sand levers. This design consists in "the combination of the semi-cylindrical bearing having an aperture formed in its center, a cylindrical body working in the said bearing and having a square intermediate portion adapted to fit in the same aperture, upward-extending wings made integral with the body and forming a socket, and a lever fitting in the said socket" (lines 29-37).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Vezie, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe. (open access)

Syringe.

Patent for a new and improved syringe. This design consists in "[a] syringe provided with a reservoir at the end of the piston-rod outside of the syringe-barrel, said reservoir communicating through the piston-rod with a fibrous piston-head and adapted to contain a suitable liquid, whereby said piston-head is kept continually moistened" (lines 62-68).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Glasscock, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Grain-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Automatic Grain-Measuring Machine.

Patent for automatic grain-measuring machine, with illustrations. The purpose of this automatic grain-measuring machine is to be an improvement to already existing machines.
Date: April 10, 1888
Creator: Grissom, Abram Jackson.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "relates to that class of wire stretchers or tighteners which are adapted to be applied upon the strands of wire forming a fence, and are used to tighten or stretch the same by winding the strand about one end of the device and engaging the other end of the latter with the strand" ( lines 11-17).
Date: April 21, 1885
Creator: Irvine, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicinal Compound. (open access)

Medicinal Compound.

Patent for an anti-inflammatory compound intended for use on both humans and animals.
Date: April 10, 1883
Creator: Bright, Harvey S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling Seed-Cotton to be Ginned. (open access)

Device for Handling Seed-Cotton to be Ginned.

Patent for a gin-house constructed of double tramway that can be used to improve the process of gaining seed-cotton.
Date: April 26, 1881
Creator: James, Andrew P.
System: The Portal to Texas History