Electric-Arc Lamp. (open access)

Electric-Arc Lamp.

Patent for improvements to electric-arc lamps to regulate the feed of the carbon-carrying rod, with illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: Walsh, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Attachment For Plows. (open access)

Cutting Attachment For Plows.

Patent for cutting attachment for a plow, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: Stone, Umphry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Lane, Jefferson D. & James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Alarm (open access)

Bicycle Alarm

Patent for a "simple and cheap as well as ornamental bicycle-whistle...of novel and peculiar construction, adapted for attachment to the bicycle and made to sound at pleasure" (lines 14-18). Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Crump, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Saddle. (open access)

Door-Saddle.

Patent for new and improved door saddles, which consists "of a longitudinal and cross-grooved arrangement of parts coacting with inclined surfaces and shields to cause a perfect drainage of water" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Vogel, Thomas.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor. (open access)

Safety-Razor.

Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Bradley, Richard Sherman.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Adjustable Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an adjustable pipe wrench "in which the opposing jaws of the wrench are maintained at an angle to each other, so hat they converge toward their extremities, thus enabling a firmer hold to e obtained upon the pope or other article to be gripped by said jaws." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Fauver, Addis E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Support. (open access)

Bicycle-Support.

Patent for an improvement in bicycle supports that can be attached to any bicycle and supports it at an upright or near-upright position.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Norelius, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for "adjustable means by which the handles of the cultivator may be readily adjusted lengthwise relatively to the position of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam," and "to remove the operator from possible contact with the dirt thrown by the rearmost teeth of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam." (Lines 30-39) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Benfield, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for "a light and effective head-frame for horned cattle, designed to prevent their going through or injuring wire fences or from goring persons or animals." (Lines 14-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Moore, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for "constructing a fumigator that the fire in the combustion-chamber may be caused to burn more rapidly in one part than in another, whereby the proportions of vapors and fumes may be governed at will." (Lines 45-50) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Cock, Lewis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric motor. (open access)

Electric motor.

Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Perret, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Arc-Light Reflector. (open access)

Electric-Arc-Light Reflector.

Patent for an electric arc light reflector, including an annular band to support the reflector on the arc-light cone, and a reflector with an aperture.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Bolles, Charles Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge. (open access)

Gate-Hinge.

Patent for a "gravity-hinge for causing a gate to automatically close, and which is susceptible of such adjustment that if the gate-post and the latch-post, either or both, become disarranged as regards their perpendicular position, or if they are not exactly coincident with relation to each other, the gate can be centered relatively to the latch-post, or rather the hinged end of the gate can be set precisely perpendicular or be shifted laterally to any required angle of inclination for the purpose of causing the gate to properly close and engage the latch on the latch-post." (Lines 11-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Berry, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching and Staple-Pulling Device. (open access)

Wire-Stretching and Staple-Pulling Device.

Patent for a tool "which is adapted for stretching wire for fencing purposed and which may also be used for drawing the staples from the posts and splicing between posts when such action is necessary." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: McElroy, Jesse Roberts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Protector. (open access)

Trousers-Protector.

Patent for trousers protectors "designed to uphold the bottom edge of the trousers, either at the side or at the rear, for preventing the same from becoming wet or soiled with mud, slush, &c." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stop Attachment for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Stop Attachment for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for "automatic stop attachments for cotton ginning and condensing apparatus; and it has for its objects to provide a new and useful attachment of this character operated in connection with a gin-condenser and gin-feeder to provide positive means for automatically stopping the ginning operation and the feed of cotton in the event of the condenser becoming choked, which choking often wrecks the gin-brush, ruins the saws, and creates fire by friction." (Lines 9-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device. (open access)

Hitching Device.

Patent for "a hitching device which can be applied to a strap between its ends and which is freely adjustable back and forth upon the strap without wearing or injuring the strap in any manner and to form a hitching device which consists of two entirely separate and distinct pieces, thus doing away with all joints, pivots, or other connections, and the necessity for forming holes or perforations of any kind in the strap." (Lines 22-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: King, Sandy & Myers, Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for "a novel form of baling-press which will be readily transportable and owing to its peculiar construction can be manipulated by hand, a still further object being to provide such an improved baling-press that the wire ties can be wrapped around the bale after its formation easily and quickly and the bale can be readily removed from the press after it has been wired." (Lines 16-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Hawk, Nathaniel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Releasing Device For Brakes Of Drive-Wheels. (open access)

Releasing Device For Brakes Of Drive-Wheels.

Patent for "releasing devices for the brakes of drive-wheels of locomotives, whereby the brakes are instantaneously released at the time the train is in motion and before the braked drive-wheels are on the point of sliding on the rails, also before the triple valve acts to release the brakes." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Pelham, Walter O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Colter Brace (open access)

Design for Colter Brace

Design patent for colter-brace for plows.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Darby, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Sugar Cane Hook. (open access)

Design for Sugar Cane Hook.

Patent for a sugar cane hook that provides a pair of outwardly-branching and downwardly and inwardly curved hooks.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Beall, George Ashcom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Insect Guard for Furniture (open access)

Design for Insect Guard for Furniture

Design patent for an insect-guard for furniture that is both useful and ornamental.
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: Collier, John Charlis
System: The Portal to Texas History