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The War of the Rebellion: Army Records
5
United States Geological Survey Reports
5
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
4
National reporter system. United States series
4
The Federal Reporter
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Academic Year 1885
3
Academic Year 1886
3
Texas State Department of Education Biennial Report
3
Geological Survey bulletin
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Coffee Pot.
Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design consists in "tubes having their upper ends bent downward, a bridge or cross-piece connecting their upper ends, the suspending-rods depending from the bridge, the ring on the lower ends of the suspending-rods, the [other] ring, and the separate strainer held removably between the two said rings" (lines 84-90).
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Lawrence, Joseph Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Mechanism for Elevators, &c.
Patent for "means for automatically indicating the amount of weight placed" (lines 10-11) within an elevator cage or platform with illustrations.
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Sanger, Isaac S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Sweep.
Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton sweep. This design "is to provide an improved sweep for the cultivation of corn, cane, and cotton plants while they are young, which shall be capable of adjustment to plow-stocks of any class; to provide removable wings which can be applied or detached when it is desired to throw the dirt or soil to either the right or left; and to provide a removable point which can be replaced when it is worn out with another point of similar construction and thus render the sweep as good as new and save the farmer the cost of a new sweep" (lines 16-27).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Lewis, Samuel Timothy & Babb, John Hendrick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition For Preserving Food
Patent for an improvement in the Fumigating Composition for Preserving and Purifying Purposes using combustible compositions.
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Radam, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Bottom.
Patent for an improved bed bottom consisting of a series of hooks and eyes and wires with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Peacock, John Calvin; Graves, James Beard & Huffor, George Allin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cork Extractor.
Patent for a new and improved cork extractor. This design consists, "with the side-slitted cork, of the double-wire extractor having loop ends engaging the slits of the cork and extending beyond the same and the securing-wire passing through said loop ends and around the shoulder of the bottle-neck" (lines 47-52).
Date:
October 5, 1886
Creator:
Crump, William E., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Window Lock.
Patent for a new and improved car-window lock. This design consists in "the sliding crank-shaped spring-actuated bolt for locking the window, in combination with the oscillating cam acting upon the bolt to unlock it, said cam having a lateral arm with a spring-guide hinged thereto, a spring surrounding the guide, and means for swinging the cam and thus retracting the bolt" (lines 21-27).
Date:
October 5, 1886
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "hinged jaws, draw-bars provided with a pin-hole . . . the jaws acting to support the pin until forced apart by the link, a hinged lever, a plate pivoted to said lever, said pin being attached to said plate, and an operating chain or rod connected to said plate for raising said pin" (lines 29-36).
Date:
October 12, 1886
Creator:
Carley, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Slide Valve.
Patent for a new and improved balanced slide-valve. This design consists in a "Steam-chest, a valve sliding therein, a chamber on top of the steam-chest, and a diaphragm in the top of the chamber and secured by a cap or plate, in combination with a frame having a packing-box and gland, an adjustable threaded stem or bolt passing through the frame, and the double-link connection between the said stem and valve" (lines 90-97).
Date:
October 12, 1886
Creator:
Bettis, William Irvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "...certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings..." (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1886
Creator:
Mitchell, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box Car Door Fastener and Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved box-car door fastener and spark arrester. This design consists in "the door, the screws extending therefrom, the strips having the inclined slots received on the screws, and provided with the projections, the lever pivoted on the screws outside the strip, stops on the lever to engage the projections, and means--such as cord--for locking the lever" (lines 4-11).
Date:
October 19, 1886
Creator:
Lynch, Hubbard Calhoun
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement of automatic car coupling and uncoupling devices.
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top.
Patent for an adjustable carriage top for protection from the weather. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Awning
Patent for an improvement in Awnings, that include interchangeable parts that can be permanent or easily detached pending on the situation. Included are detailed illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Ferrel, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter and Chopper.
Patent for planting and chopping cotton.
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Pitts, Lee Paschal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "has for its object the production of a simple, cheap, and effective device whereby the ants are confined to a space within the circle of the trap, speedily captured, and exterminated. It consists in a trap constructed with a circular flanged pit provided with tubes leading therefrom to a central ant-receptacle; also, in the details of construction of the trap" (lines 8-16).
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Barnes, Robert Hanson & Salles, George Camiel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Commode.
Patent for an integrated air-venting commode.
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Bardon, Prosper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick Machine.
Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging end of said curved arm" (lines 80-90).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Thaison, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Ship.
Patent for air ship design lifted by balloon with vertical adjustable sails. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Appling, Marby P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wardrobe and Book-Case.
Patent for a combined bookcase and wardrobe cabinet, with illustrations. The purpose of the bookcase and wardrobe cabinet is to be "used as a bookcase, wardrobe, or show-case at will" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Schmidt, Julius Friedrich
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the main wheel and shaft, a dish-shaped disk mounted on the shaft, the inner side of said disk having a series of bolt-heads rigidly secured thereto, the bolts extending inward laterally and being provided with threaded ends, the main wheel being provided with openings for the reception of said bolts ends and the adjusting-nuts on both sides of said wheel" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Tyus, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists of "a yielding draw-head having a horizontally-moveable coupling-pin and a pivoted lever connected to said pin, of a rotatable latching-plate connected with said lever by a rod or chain, a spring for acting on the pin-lever, and a spring-catch for engaging the latch-plate, said catch and latch-plate being disengaged by the pressure of the draw-head in the act of coupling, thereby releasing the retracted coupling-pin and allowing it to automatically engage the opposite draw-head" (lines 14-24).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Sessions, Egbert G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat.
Patent for improvement in regular car-seating (not baby car-seat) by enabling the seat to recline “like an ordinary sleeping-coach without the necessity of the upper berths required in a sleeping-coach.” (Lines 45-48) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Goelet, Edward B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oils
Patent for a new and useful improvement "in a novel process and combination of devices or apparatus for extracting the oil from cotton seeds and other oil bearing seeds" (lines 8-12). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History