Apparatus for the Treatment of Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for the Treatment of Cotton.

Patent for a machine that puts gins and condensers in a line, which sit over a flue. "The lint cotton in bat form being delivered from all of the condensers in independent bats to a common conveyer, the bat cotton increasing in thickness upon the common conveyer and in its travel to a press, compress or other receptacle, receiving the different bats from the different condensers, one bat lying smoothly upon the other, until at the discharge end of the common conveyer, the bat in which the lint is evenly distributed and which is of considerable thickness, will be conveniently discharged" (lines 13-24).
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: Zedler, Friedrich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box. (open access)

Axle-Box.

Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Casto, Tony Lo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved car-coupling that consists of a hollow drawhead, a knuckle pivoted in the drawhead, a lock that pivots across the drawhead, a catch on one side of the drawhead, a spring presses on the side of the lock, a lever pivoted in the drawhead, a hand rod connected to the arm, a hand rod connected to the drawhead, and a bell crank lever pivoted in the drawhead.
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: Roosevelt, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Fender. (open access)

Car-Fender.

Patent for a simple car-fender that improves on the types of "fenders which are attached to the front end of street and other car trucks for the purpose of saving human life by preventing a body from being thrown under the car wheels" (lines 10-14). The invention does not let a body under the car wheels.
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: Rau, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Seat for Vehicles. (open access)

Child's Seat for Vehicles.

Patent for a removable child's seat for buggies, phaetons, carriages, sleighs, and similar vehicles that folds up so it can be stored under the seat when not in use. The chair sits next to the dash, and is locked into place so the child is safe.
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Padgitt, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a simple and durable churn that quickly makes butter. The butter is churned by pumping a lever, which is connected to a strap that is wrapped around a rod, the rod goes into the container holding the cream and has hoops attached to it inside the container, and the pumping action makes the hoops quickly move back and forth.
Date: May 29, 1894
Creator: Bolding, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Spring. (open access)

Door-Spring.

Patent for simple, inexpensive, and durable door springs meant to hold a door in place, and can be easily used.
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: Wilson, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator. (open access)

Excavator.

Patent for an excavator that quickly and without much effort shifts dirt and "can be readily and easily employed for such purposes as building embankments or levees or for excavating extensive or large areas" (lines 19-22).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Oie, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Bias-Cutters. (open access)

Gage for Bias-Cutters.

Patent for a gauge for bias-cutters that produces "a pair of shears or scissors and provide the same with such additions as will adapt them to accurately cut to a predetermined width bias strips of any fabric" (lines 10-14).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Steen, Nevada
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grease-Trap. (open access)

Grease-Trap.

Patent for a grease-trap that improves on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 506,690). The improvement includes providing "a strainer device for sewer traps, and the like, which will prevent any solid matter passing therethrough, and at the same time capable of being removed for the purpose of cleansing, repairs or other purposes" (lines 22-26).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Heffron, Isaac
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for an improved harrow made up of a yielding frame, an extensible truss-bar, slotted braces, an angle iron, a lever connected to the frame and the truss-bar, a hook that holds the open end of the lever, and a plate on the lever that straddles a bail.
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Johnson, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for an inexpensive and efficient hay-press that has an improved plunger mechanism. The mechanism is simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated.
Date: May 1, 1894
Creator: Pearce, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overcoat. (open access)

Overcoat.

Patent for an overcoat that is "so constructed as to keep dry the legs of the wearer; which is adapted to shed water from horsemen; and which is of the usual external appearance and will not impede or interfere with the locomotion of the wearer" (lines 9-24).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Gassaway, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dairy. (open access)

Portable Dairy.

Patent for a portable dairy that consists of a frame with legs, a pan at the top of the frame, a tube that goes from the bottom of the pan and through the middle of the frame, a perforated bottom for the dairy, a cloth that surrounds the dairy while still allowing for air circulation, and the cloth goes into the pan.
Date: May 1, 1894
Creator: McIlveen, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quick-Speed Steam-Engine. (open access)

Quick-Speed Steam-Engine.

Patent for a simple, efficient, and high pressure quick speed steam-engine that maximizes power with the minimum amount of steam.
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Devoissaud, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine Governor. (open access)

Steam-Engine Governor.

Patent for a governor meant to be used with a double cylinder single-action steam engine of Devoissaud's invention. It has "a plate-like governor valve having suitable steam ports, is introduced within a vertical channel formed in the single head plat that closes one end of two steam cylinders, which are located in the same vertical plane on a bed-plate; said valve being directly attached to, and controlled by the governor, for the alternate introduction of steam directly through the cylinder head into the two cylinders, for the actuation of working parts of the steam engine" (lines 17-27).
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Devoissaud, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Building Wire Fences. (open access)

Tool for Building Wire Fences.

Patent for a simple and effective tool used for building wire fences that is "a nail holding and driving device, a measuring attachment, and a wire cutter" (lines 12-14).
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Highsmith, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Uterus-Battery. (open access)

Uterus-Battery.

Patent for "a simple and compact electrical or galvanic device, adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient, to develop a mild electric action and thereby promote the flow of the menses and render the same regular and painless" (lines 16-19).
Date: May 22, 1894
Creator: Hinkley, Charles Samuel Whitney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient well sinking or drilling mechanism, especially meant for bit-securing devices, and the drill bits can be easily removed without removing the well tubing from the hole. The inventor uses "a stem or core carrying the drill bit and adapted to fit snugly in the bore of the tubing, together with a simple combination of devices whereby such stem or core can be locked against longitudinal and rotary movement by the manipulation of an operating rod which extends to the top of the well" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History