Corner-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Corner-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for improvements in corn-planters and fertilizer-distributers is to combine the two into one machine by dividing the hopper into two compartments; one for fertilizing material and the other for corn-seeds. The bottom of these two compartments, each has its own opening design to dispense the seeds and fertilizers. Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Davis, William Haywood
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.

Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date: July 14, 1891
Creator: Green, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer. (open access)

Atomizer.

Patent for improvements in atomizers or instruments for distributing powders or liquids in which it provided “provision for closing the exit-passage and preserve the strength of the medicated powders or fluid and permit of the carrying of the same within the body of the device without danger of spilling.” (Lines 17-21) The rubber bulb is detachable and is used as a powder-box or as a bottle for fluid. Illustration is included.
Date: July 21, 1891
Creator: Robinson, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clevis. (open access)

Clevis.

Patent for improvements in clevises in which a clevis can be used upon plows or harrows. When it is used, it “will obviate the necessity of using links or open rings in connection with the clevis and the singletree, as well as enable the plowman to cause his plow to run in the soil any desired depth or to cut a narrow or wide furrow.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Bruton, Alonzo D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Results of a Biological Reconnoissance of South-Central Idaho (open access)

Results of a Biological Reconnoissance of South-Central Idaho

Brief summary of south-central Idaho, including descriptions of subregions, mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Date: July 30, 1891
Creator: Merriam, C. Hart & Stejneger, Leonhard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of two jaws coupled together and carrying pulleys, a cord to draw the jaws together passing around the pulleys, and a gripping device connected with the jaws to secure the wires. (Illustration is included.)
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Bigham, James Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter-Box. (open access)

Letter-Box.

Patent for improvements in mail-boxes, where a movable partition is place inside of a mail-box “which is raised by the cover or lid so as to receive the mail and then drop it into the box as soon as the lid is closed, to attach to the lid an apron which rises in the box so as to make connection with the inner edge of the partition when the lid is raised to deposit mail-matter, and thus prevent any possibility of the content of the box from being abstracted when the cover is raised.” (Lines 18-27)Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide. (open access)

Insecticide.

Patent for improvements in poisons for prairie-dogs, a “chemical compositions adapted to destroy vermin and more particularly prairie-dogs; but it may also be used to destroy many other sorts of vermin, including birds and insects.” (Lines 12-16) Ingredients and instruction of how to mix this compound are included. No illustration.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Staples, David W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Middle Breaker. (open access)

Middle Breaker.

Patent for improvements in middle breakers is to “combine a middle-breaker plow with a sweep-stock so that it may be made to run at different depths without adjusting the beam-clevis.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Schoenfelder, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner. (open access)

Lamp-Burner.

Patent for improvements in lamp-burners “is to provide means whereby the wick-tube may be parted longitudinally or vertically to permit the wick being laid in at its open side and means to keep the wick in place until the tube is closed upon it, and at the same time to avoid weakening the tube materially and to guard against leakage along the joint of the tube.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Sterling, Issac F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Churns. (open access)

Means for Operating Churns.

Patent for improvement in operation of churns by using a spring-bar to press the flanged wheel against the driving-wheel to cause the dasher-shaft to revolve, thus the cream will be churned quickly. Illustration is included.
Date: July 14, 1891
Creator: Conner, Laurance H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky. (open access)

Sulky.

Patent for improvements in sulkies by using materials such as curved springs, cross-bar and braces to support the body of the vehicle and making it rigid, with a sturdy frame, the sulky would vibrate freely in every direction. Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Harper, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for improvements in hay-presses by simplify and increase the efficiency of the power head, so that it is capable of baling more hay in a given time. Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: McNeill, Charles DeWitt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape. (open access)

Fire-Escape.

Patent for improvements in fire-escapes “in which a rope forming part of the device, has its upper end attached within a window or other opening of a building and is connected with apparatus to raise and lower an ascending fireman or other person escaping from the building.” (Lines 16-21) Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Rutledge, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Setting Trap. (open access)

Self-Setting Trap.

Patent for a useful self-setting trap, meaning the captured animal will set the trap for another animal. In this self-setting trap the bait is held against molestation, and which may be employed to successively catch and confine all animals that may pass therein.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Dowell, Lawson Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing Attachment for Cuspidors. (open access)

Swing Attachment for Cuspidors.

Patent for improved swing attachment for cuspidors in which “a cuspidor may be pivotally connected with a seat or equivalent support, held in horizontal position while connected, and rendered capable of being swung out from or beneath the seat and expeditiously and conveniently removed when necessary.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Horseman, Stephen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for improvement in quilting-frames by providing “screw-eyes on the end pieces of the frame for the purpose of holding the frame together and at the same time serving to run in the rollers to carry the frame along,” (Lines 25-31) and an interchangeable roller-gages would enable either straight or curved or fancy quilting to be done. Illustration is included.
Date: July 14, 1891
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Press. (open access)

Mattress-Press.

Patent for a new and useful mattress-press by deriving from presses that have the “toggle-joint” characteristic, in which mattresses can be made. Illustration is included.
Date: July 21, 1891
Creator: Ridley, Eugene Chilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History