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Steam, Air, or Water Engine.
Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
Date:
May 9, 1882
Creator:
Adams, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of rail-joints.
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot or Shoe Brace.
Patent for a new and improved brace for shoes and boots. This design "relates to a brace adapted to be applied to boots and shoes, and is designed as a brace for the counter, heel, and instep; and it has for its object to provide a brace . . . which shall be simple in its construction, one that may be readily and easily applied, and manufactured and supplied at a slight cost" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 5, 1885
Creator:
Awalt, Jessee C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Railroad Cross Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-ties. This design "pertains to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties, having for its object the production of a metallic tie extremely simple in construction, and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing is secured for said rail" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Break
Patent for improvements in wagon-breaks, with the object of providing simple, effective, and durable means by which the breaks may be applied by either foot or hand power (lines 8-12). Additionally, provides "improved means for altering the power of the breaks" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the frame, drum, the power-ropes to be wound thereon, and the platen combined with the levers having rounded upper and lower ends to operate in rounded sockets in the said platen and the upper part of the frame and the toggle-joints near the centers of the said levers, comprising the rounded projection on one of the members adapted to fit a corresponding cavity or recess in the adjacent end of the other member, the lateral ears and the pin to pass through said ears and the rounded projection" (lines 12-23).
Date:
May 15, 1888
Creator:
Bartle, John Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow and Cotton Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow and cotton scraper. This design "relates to an improvement in sulky-plows, its object being to render the plow right or left hand for operation, to adjust the angle of presentation of the plow with relation to the line of draft, and to adapt the plow as a cotton-scraper; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Baucum, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting off the Soiled Butts of Grain Stalks.
Patent for a new and improved cutting machine for grain stalks. This design consists in a "table slotted in its middle part and slotted and recessed at or near one edge, the parallel endless bundle-carrying chains working in said slots and having arms, the chain-wheels, the shafts thereof and their supports, the circular saw in the recess at the edge of the table, the mandrel and the gage-plate" (lines 98-105).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Becker, Lothar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock.
Patent for improvement upon a combination-lock.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Bergman, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design "compris[es] a front rod and a back rod or spring united together by welding, said whiffletree having its ends rounded to form shoulders and provided with hooks fitting upon the rounded ends and prevented from slipping inward by the shoulders, and disks placed upon said rounded ends and attained thereon by swaging the latter" (lines 6-13).
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
Black, William Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design "compris[es] a front bar, a back rod or spring united to the front bar by welding, the ends of both said bar and rod being bent upon themselves and the parts welded together to construct an eye or opening, whereby both bar and rod are bent around the latter . . . a strengthening-piece placed between the front bar and the back rod or spring, and a casing secured to the back rod and adapted to hold the strengthening-piece in place" (lines 8-18).
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
Black, William Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design calls for a box to be placed over the mouth of an anthill, whereupon one expects the ants to enter a hole, climb an incline, and slip down a pair of glass pieces that lower the ants into an inescapable chamber. This design is cheaper and easier to make than previous ant traps.
Date:
May 24, 1881
Creator:
Blackwood, Curtis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Axle.
Patent for a new and improved axle. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with an axle having a seat at its outer end and a seat located in from said outer end, of the spindle having its shank provided with a threaded inner end, and nuts turned on said inner end on opposite sides of the inner seat, by which the spindle may be adjusted to and held in any desired position" (lines 79-85).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Blevens, Nathan W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Bit.
Patent for a new and improved bridle-bit. This design consists "[i]n a bridle-bit, the combination, with the bit-bar, provided with the loops of the angle-levers mounted on the said bar and having their corresponding arms respectively connected by the curb-chain and provided with rein loops or rings and the studs or pins on the levers engaging the loops" (lines 70-76).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bowles, Zachary Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Packing Cotton.
Patent for a new and improved packer. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-packer, the combination of the frame, guides mounted therein, rack-bars moving in the said guides, a press-box and steam-cylinder, and heads secured to the rack-bars and moving in the press-box and cylinder, respectively, cog-wheels of different diameters journaled in the frame and meshing with the rack-bars, and anti-friction rollers pivoted in the guides and bearing against the rack-bars" (lines 4-13).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Brady, Farley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge
Patent for the construction of substantial bridges of wood adapted for long spans, and which can be put up where iron bridges would be too expensive.
Date:
May 24, 1881
Creator:
Brenner, August W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is "for cultivating stubble, sugar-cane, cotton, corn, and other plants planted in rows or drills, which will remove the soil from the sides of the rows without injuring the roots, and will throw soil around the plants, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use" (lines 15-21).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Brenner, August William & Fraser, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pitman Rod.
Patent for a new and improved pitman-rod. This design "consists in the combination of the flywheel, made heaviest upon one side, with the wrist-pin, connecting-rod, and the part which is to be attached to the reaper or mower knife" (lines 14-18).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Brooks, Ambrous Adam & Brooks, Andrew Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutters" (lines 5-7). It includes a description and an illustration. The construction of this stalk cutter is "adapted to be driven across the field in the direction of the rows of corn, and the knives may be adjusted to operate on rows of different widths or at different depths, so as to leave only a small stubble in passing over the field" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Brown, Azariah R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magneto-Telephonic Apparatus
Patent for an invention to improve transmitting vocals and other sounds. It is a magneto telephonic system based on an magnetic field of high intensity.
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Brown, Fred. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke and Cinder Conductor.
Patent for a new and improved smoke and cinder conductor. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient conducting mechanism to be attached to the cars, and provided with an improved coupling device at its ends, by which a coupling can be automatically effected with the conducting mechanism of an adjoining car" (lines 11-17).
Date:
May 1, 1883
Creator:
Brown, William A. & Smith, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators
Patent for a new and useful improvement in attachments for wheel cultivators, including description and illustrations.
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Brown, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle. This design "is to provide a vehicle in which a person can ride over rough ground without serious inconvenience or discomfort incident to travel over such roads. . . . [and] to so construct a gig that a person can get into the same without serious inconvenience, and to this end it is made low, the rear of the shafts being extended in line with the axle and the step secured to the shaft and extending somewhat below it. . . . [and] to provide a gig with springs that will work in two directions—laterally and vertically" (lines 20-34).
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Buckel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balance Staff and Wheel for Watches
Patent for an improved design of a balance staff and wheel used for watch repair. The new design allows for an easier repair when replacing a broken staff and decreases the chance that the wheel would be damaged when replacing the staff. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1880
Creator:
Bugbee, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History