Cane-Mill (open access)

Cane-Mill

Patent for improvements in the mechanical make up and physical functionality of cane mills.
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists in "the combination, with the axle and the wheels, provided with the sleeves, one of which is provided with the spur-wheel of the reach bar secured to the axle, the sleeve mounted on the said bar and provided with the pinion, the arms secured to the sleeve, the curved rods adjustably secured to the arm, and the blades secured to outer ends of the said rods" (lines 8-17).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Jordan, Perry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial-Stone Composition (open access)

Artificial-Stone Composition

Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Blackmon, Albert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Plow. (open access)

Combination Plow.

Patent for improvements on the combination plow that can be converted into a single, double, or three plow, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Walton, Jacob Gipson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder. (open access)

Band Cutter and Feeder.

Patent for an improvement of band-cutters, involving cutting bands and spreading grain in regulated quantities and intervals. Includes illustration.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Izard, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Motor (open access)

Water-Motor

Patent for water motors that aides in "the transmission of the power generated by the revolution of two or more water-wheels to a single driving-shaft" (lines 8-10).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Vernon, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Folding Poultry-Coop (open access)

Portable Folding Poultry-Coop

Patent for "an improvement in portable folding poultry-coops, and more particularly to a'coop or crate used in the transportation of fowls to market by rail or boat" (lines 8-11)
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Yoakum, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for improvements in gates, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Austin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Baugh, Reuben P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle. (open access)

Riding Saddle.

Patent for an improved design for the riding saddle, including illustrations.
Date: December 28, 1890
Creator: Northrup, Julius Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Reversible Steam-Engine (open access)

Rotary Reversible Steam-Engine

Patent for a rotary reversible steam-engine which is "not easy to get out of order, and the parts of which can be readily removed and replaced when worn or broken" (p. 1).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Payne, John J. E. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Sewing Machine (open access)

Mattress-Sewing Machine

Patent for providing "means whereby the ticking may be held and properly presented to the stitching-machine, and whereby the latter may be fed along the edge of the filled tick and caused to operate thereon. . . [providing] simple means whereby a binding may be laid upon the united edges of the tick by the advance of the sewing-machine as the latter is fed along the edge, said binding being attached by the same stitching which closes the opening in the ticking. . .[and providing] means whereby the raw edges of the ticking may beheld and stretched, and whereby when properly aligned they may also be clamped along their entire extent and held in proper position for stitching (lines 10-29).
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Stephenson, Edwin N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Earth Closet (open access)

Dry-Earth Closet

Patent for "a commode which may be placed in a bed-room or other suitable place in a house without .danger to occupants on account of disease which would be superinduced by the presence of impure odors, as would be the case where an ordinary receptacle is used" and where the solid and liquid waste would be separated (lines 26-36).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Carrico, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nursing Bottle. (open access)

Nursing Bottle.

Patent for a new and improved nursing bottle. This design consists in "[t]he combined breast-pump, feeding-tube, nursing-bottle, and nipple-shield, comprising the bottle, the stopper having the openings, the tube, the plug, the flexible tube, and the nipple-shield having the nozzle adapted to be inserted in[to the] opening and attached to the flexible tube" (lines 6-12).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Graves, Henry North
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for an Advertising-Banner. (open access)

Design for an Advertising-Banner.

Design patent for an advertising banner that has a decorative border around the edge and bangles suspended from the lower edge.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Higby, Luther L.
System: The Portal to Texas History