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Baling-Press
Patent for "a new and improved machine of this character embodying continuous power mechanism, whereby the plunger is automatically operated. . .the employment, in connection with the press, of a plunger provided with a spring-actuated face, whereby the plunger is caused to rebound after each stroke for the purpose herein specified. . .to provide tension mechanism whereby both sides of the baling-chamber are tightened or released by a single adjustment" (13-26).
Date:
June 18, 1889
Creator:
Paty, John F. & Bigham, Ambrose W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a new improvement in baling presses that improves strength, durability and handling and is cheap to manufacture, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Mansfield, James Edward.
System:
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Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press that means "to provide a simple and efficient power for operating the plunger so constructed as to allow independent return movement of the plunger to avoid loss of time in the operation of the device" (lines 9-13).
Date:
June 2, 1896
Creator:
Davis, John R.
System:
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Baling-Press
Patent for bailing press including improvements in the compressor, feeder, and plunger-actuating mechanisms.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
North, George W.
System:
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Base Ball Game.
Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date:
June 3, 1890
Creator:
Maxcy, John Wharton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery.
Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Crowley, Richard Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Slat Fastener and Brace
Patent for a bed-slat fastener and brace. This bed-slat design is designed to "effectually prevent the distension of the side rails of the bed and will also strengthen and support the slats and prevent sagging or breakage" (line 9-12) illustration included.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, Robert H.
System:
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Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead that holds a bottom sheet taunt that can be used with existing bedsteads.
Date:
June 5, 1906
Creator:
Whitlow, W. Jidy
System:
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Bee-Hive.
Patent for a "new and useful improvement in bee-hives" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
McCullar, John Jackson
System:
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Belt Fastener
Patent for a belt fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Stenzel, Frank O.
System:
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Bicycle Support
Patent for a bicycle support, which can be attached to different bicycles and carried in the pocket.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Moss, Eric
System:
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Bit-Brace.
Patent for "an improved form of brace having a V-guide which is substantially right-angled and mechanism mounted therein for driving a bit so arranged that the crank-arm of the handle may turn in a corner without striking the wall or without striking the wall or without striking a plane support should the guide rest thereon when boring a hole." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
System:
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Bit-Brace with Right-Angled V-Guide Frame.
Patent for a bit-brace with right-angled V-guide frame, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tool Set.
Patent for blacksmith tool set including tool holder and tool handle, with illustrations
Date:
June 8, 1915
Creator:
Ligon, Arthur Lee
System:
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Blank Book.
Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Burris, James W.
System:
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Blind-Slat Fastener.
Patent for blind-salt fastener, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Wright, John Alexander
System:
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Blind Stop.
Patent for a new and improved blind stop. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shutter provided with pivotal slats, of a flat spring-metal fastening-plate provided with a slot for clearing the slat-pivot, and projections upon its surface for engaging with the end of the slat, and having its rear end secured to the shutter-frame and its front end projecting beyond the plane of the shutter-frame and forming a thumb-piece for operating said spring-plate" (lines 59-67).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Wesson, Miley B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stops.
Patent for a new and improved stop for blinds. This design "is to provide a convenient means by which blind-slats may be swung on their pivots, so as to open or close to the extent desired" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Vandervoort, Charles Frederick
System:
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Block and Tying Mechanism for Baling Presses.
Patent for blocks and tying mechanism for baling presses, which include "a hollow block, a plurality of which may be used in a press, and a tying mechanism including transversely operating needles or plungers entering the the blocks and cooperating with the means therein for tying the bale wires" (lines 17-23) including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Ezell, Uberto D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blower for Forges
Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.
Date:
June 19, 1902
Creator:
Roach, William
System:
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Boiler Attachment
Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.
Date:
June 28, 1913
Creator:
Priester, Joel Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Stay Bolt
Patent for a boiler stay bolt. This design is made of flexible stay-bolts for boiler allowing for movement bracing sheets. Illustration included.
Date:
June 16, 1908
Creator:
Borneman, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing Machine.
Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
Date:
June 28, 1870
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
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Boll Cotton Gin.
Patent for an improved boll-cotton gin which gathers the cotton bolls without crushing them or intermingling the product with impurities by separating the seed cotton from the bolls and hulls.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
System:
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