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Horse-Power Machines.
Patent for new and improved cog-wheel designed to improve horse-powered machines that are used in "flouring mills, and agricultural, and other machines" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Hooker, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp or Lantern.
Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design calls for transparent material (e.g., glass) to be installed on the top of the oil chamber, so one can better predict the fullness, which prevents overflowing. Additionally, a second opening to the side of the main opening allows the oil chamber to be safely refilled while already lit.
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Eason, Bolivar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Tin Cans.
Patent for a new and improved method of canning seafood with tin cans. This design calls for perforated paper to line the cans, which prevents the discoloration of the seafood inside.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Bartlett, Frederick W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Filing Gin Saws.
Patent for a new and improved machine to sharpen the teeth of cotton gin saws. This design utilizes two bevel-faced wheels connected to a block between two arms that clamp the saw blade. The bevel-faced wheels sharpen the teeth of the blade, and the nuts and bolts of the frame allow for movement as well as tightening and loosening.
Date:
August 17, 1880
Creator:
McAllister, Alexander F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Mixing Mortar.
Patent for a new and improved machine for mixing mortar. This design "consists in a cylinder composed of bars set into open heads and rotating beneath a hopper . . . so that the material to be mixed rests upon the cylinder, and is rasped or grated off by the motion of the cylinder and received on the inside of the cylinder between the bars. . . . When the material is received inside the cylinder it is carried around by the rotary motion, and is turned over and forced out" (lines 7-22).
Date:
September 14, 1880
Creator:
Schellenberger, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Box.
Patent for a mailing box with curves and grooves to fit the cover and securing string with illustrations and assembly instructions.
Date:
May 11, 1880
Creator:
Sabin, Chauncey Brewer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Making Machine.
Patent for a new and improved mattress making machine. This design calls for a box with a hinged door and gauges that adjust the box to the desired width for mattress making. Additionally, slats at the bottom of the box and along the inside of the hinged lid have straps and pins that one uses to bind the mattress material after it fills the box.
Date:
October 19, 1880
Creator:
Howe, Charles P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for an improved and efficient "in motors adapted especially for domestic use, its object being to provide a cheap, compact, durable, and efficient automatic motive mechanism which may be utilized for drivers various household apparatus" including instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Miller, Noah J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder
Patent for "a sounder wherein a finger-lever and sounding-lever are combined together with a spring" (lines 13-15) and is "adapted for the use of learners for practicing the manipulation of a telegraph finger-key" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compond
Patent for “medical compound designed for the treatment of diseases of the throat and lungs” (lines 10-12).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Rippetoe, Amasa
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments
Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1880
Creator:
Black, Jane B. D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved military saddle. This design is "so constructed that the valises and other equipments may be connected with the saddle in such a way as to distribute and balance their weight, and at the same time make the saddle comfortable for the rider. The invention consists in constructing a saddle with appliances to receive valises, a pair of girths, a gun, and an overcoat" (lines 19-28).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for a device for "Turning Leaves of Sheet-Musics, Music-Books and, other Books" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Becker, Francis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Open Link.
Patent for a new and improved carabiner ("open link"). This design adds a lip to the hinge to enable easier intentional opening and to discourage unintentional opening from striking against a foreign body.
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Sanders, John Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.
Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Rossetti, John Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Forte Tuning-Pin Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock for forte-piano tuning-pins. This design consists "of an elongated or oblong metal plate provided with a slot in a part of its length and having one of its faces roughened into serrations . . . which, together with . . . correspondingly-toothed hooks bolted to said plate, form a clamp to bind two or more tuning-pins of a piano together, to prevent them from turning as a set or independently" (lines 16-25).
Date:
March 2, 1880
Creator:
Norcross, Levi W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Carriage.
Patent for new improvements on plow-carriages design including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
McNorton, John Tomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Extension Top for Stoves.
Patent for a new and improved portable extension for stove tops. This design is for a casing with pot-holes that utilizes a flange and a collar to allow for attachment to the stove top. This increases the usable surface area of the stove by a third.
Date:
November 16, 1880
Creator:
Hutchinson, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Steam Engine
Patent for a Portable Seam Engine
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Kriebel, Hosea K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Hole Auger
New and useful improvement in Post-Hole Augers. With this construction the auger will its way easily and rapidly into any kind of soil.
Date:
November 2, 1880
Creator:
Hubby, Mead M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Office Case.
Patent for a new and improved carrying case for mail. This design calls for a metal cylinder with twenty-six compartments (one for each English letter) around a central compartment. The compartments may be rotated to gain access to any of them via hinged doors at the top of the case.
Date:
November 2, 1880
Creator:
Crowder, John R. & Haile, James Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primer for Cannon.
Patent for a new and improved primer for cannons. This design corrects the loosening of primers in their vent-holes by way of "a spring combined with the priming tube, which spring expands to the size of the vent" (para. 3). This eliminates blowouts and premature breakage.
Date:
September 14, 1880
Creator:
Rodman, John Black
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack and Spool for Holding Rope Coils.
Patent for a new and improved rack for ropes. This design "consists in a peculiar construction of frame and arrangement of the spools or reels upon the frame to secure a light and compact structure of sufficient stability to support the required number of rope-coils" (lines 15-19).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receipt Book Holder.
Patent for a new and improved holder for receipt books. This "is especially designed for the use of weighers" (line 8). The design calls for being "attached to the scales . . . that is, in the most convenient and agreeable position for the weigher. The book is always at hand, can be fully controlled by the weigher, and saves him [or her] very much trouble" (lines 42-48).
Date:
November 2, 1880
Creator:
Dickey, Robert Barbour
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History