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- Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
- Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.
- Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Apparatus For Desulfurizing Matte Or Other Furnace Products
- Patent for a new and improved apparatus for desulfuring matte or other furnace products.
- Apparatus for Oiling Railway-Tracks.
- Patent for improvements in mechanism for “applying oil to curves and switches of street railway tracks” (lines 6-7) by using an “oil-tank [that] is arranged in the upper position of the hood or shield over the car-wheel. The valve is in the bottom of the oil-space and may be controlled by a lever arranged to turn or lift in the valve, and under the valve is arranged the oiling-wheel, which runs lightly on the track or face of the car-wheel and applied the oil." (Page 2, lines 69-76) Includes illustration.
- Bicycle.
- Patent for a bicycle that is safer than other bicycles. It has compensating gearing so that "the variations in leverage in the various positions assumed by the pedal crank are equalized" (lines 12-13).
- Billiard Cue
- Patent for an improved billiard cue with a tip that can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by another and that will be adapted to hold a quantity of powdered chalk for use when needed.
- Bolster-Standard.
- Patent for a durable, simple, and easily applied bolster-standard meant to be secured to the bolster and does not allow the bolster to split or crack.
- Burial Apparatus.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "a burial device adapted particularly for use as a cemetery hearse and also for depositing the casket in the grave" (line 12 - 15).
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for a simple, durable, and safe car-coupling that will not accidentally uncouple, and can uncouple without the operator stepping between the cars. It "consists principally of a knuckle pivoted in the drawhead and provided with cam surfaces, and an arm mounted to swing and adapted to engage the said cam surfaces to open and close the knuckle" (lines 14-18). The coupling can also couple cars of different heights.
- Check-Punch.
- Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact check-punch that can be operated by one hand and doesn't take much power to operate. The machine consists of two movable members, "one of which carries all of the male and the other all of the female dies, said members being so related that when moved relatively to each other in one direction all the male dies move as a single member...and enter the female dies, and when moved in the opposite direction all of said male dies are withdrawn" (lines 12-20).
- Combined Cigar-Clipper and Match-Box.
- Patent for a combined cigar-clipper and match-box "in which the matches will be delivered with a regular feed, so that it will be highly inconvenient for persons to carry away more than one or two matches" (lines 10-13).
- Crate for Shipping Bananas.
- Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
- Las Cruces Sheet
- Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
- Las Cruces Sheet
- Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
- Design for a Flower-Holder for Personal Wear.
- Design for a flower-holder for personal wear that resembles a flower in and of itself.
- Device for Measuring Distances.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
- Dynamometer for Locomotives.
- Patent for a new and improved dynamometer for locomotives. This design is "to provide a novel construction in dynamometers for indicating the traction power of locomotives" (lines 9-11). It consists in "a draw-head, a chamber containing a liquid located therein, a piston operating in said chamber, means for connecting said piston with the opposite draw-head, suitable tubing connecting with the said chamber, and a pressure-gage mounted upon or attached to the said tubing and actuated by the said liquid" (lines 29-37).
- Electric-Circuit -Closing Device.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in electric circuit closing devices.
- Fastening Device for Fence-Runners.
- Patent for a fastening-device for fence-runners that is a staple and tie-wire in one. The device will not be drawn or displaced regardless of its placement in relationship to the runner.
- Fishing Tackle.
- Patent for a new and improved fishing tackle. This design is "to provide a snaring device which will, so far as possible, insure a capture; to so arrange the hooks as to prevent a loss of bait, and to provide a device capable of ensnaring as many fish as may at the time of lifting the snare by nibbling at the bait. . . . the invention consists in a spacing-ring, preferably formed of lead or other heavy metal and having a central hub and having a series of hooks radiating from the tub and secured to the ring, and in locating above the hub and at the center of a series of hooks a bait-support" (lines 11-24).
- Fort Hancock Sheet
- Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
- Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.
- Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
- Hame-Strap.
- Patent for a new and improved strap to be used as a hame strap or other tightening strap, including instructions and illustrations.
- Implement for Replacing Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires.
- Patent for a device for replacing the inner tubes of pneumatic tires, designed especially for bicycle tires. The device "will take hold of the end of the inner tube without liability of cutting it, and that will grip it with a degree of tightness proportionate to the amount of force required to pull it through the outer casing" (lines 41-45). This is easier than previous methods of replacing inner tubes.
- Journal-Bearing.
- Patent for a journal-bearing that has an open spring ring that contains the journal and antifriciton devices in its center. The spring ring contracts to its minimum circumference when the journal and antifriciton devices are worn out. There is also a bearing-ring seat that allows contractions "without altering the disposition of the load" (lines 61-62).
- Lifting-Jack.
- Patent for a simple, strong, and inexpensive lifting-jack used in railroads, mills, and similar things that is "capable of manipulation by a single operator and adapted to elevate loads to various heights according to the size of the structure and support the same at the desired elevation" (lines 12-16).
- Lock for Firearms
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in locks for firearms. This invention is to "provide a simple and effective lock mechanism for a firearm" (line 15-17).
- Means for Opening or Closing Elevator-Doors.
- Patent for a device which is mounted upon the traveling car and automatically opens and closes elevator doors. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Multiple Gearing
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in multiple gearing. This invention "relates to improvements in a multiple gearing for bicycles, vehicles, locomotive-engines, traction devices" (line 11-13).
- Nut Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bolt, the nut having a dovetailed groove across its face, of uniform width throughout its length, and a recess at one side of said groove, and a key having tapered sides and sliding into the dovetailed groove from one side of the nut, said key having a pointed end to engage the bolt and also provided with a projecting part to be bent over into engagement with the recess in the nut" (lines 69-78).
- Ore-Separator.
- Patent for an improved, efficient, simple, and durable ore separator that quickly separates precious metals from sand. The operator puts the unfiltered material in the top of the separator, the material goes down a slide, through a stirrer, and out the other end.
- El Paso Sheet
- Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
- Plow.
- Patent for the improvement on plows so that the operator can "readily adjust the moldboard or shovel into any desired inclination" (lines 14-15). The clamp is also adjustable.
- Process of Treating Slag and Furnace Therefor.
- Patent for a process of treating slag and furnace therefore. It has an improved method for separates melted metals produced during smelting and extracting the precious metals from slag. The richer matte and base-bullion run off separately and into separate taps.
- Process of Treating Speiss.
- Patent for "a new and improved process for treating speiss to obtain the valuable metals contained therein" (lines 8-10).
- Pump.
- Patent for an improved, useful, durable, and simple pump that is powered by cattle as they walk into an enclosure. It consists of a water receiving chamber with inlet openings on one end, supporting rods, a hollow pump piston with a spout, a valve on the bottom of the pump piston, a walking beam, a bridge, hinges, angle-irons, and a counterbalances weight.
- Railway-Construction Car.
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Construction Cars..." (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
- Refrigerator Shipping-Box.
- Patent for a "new and useful Improvement in Shipping Boxes" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
- Rio Grande Sheet
- Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
- Scale.
- Patent for a new and useful scale, including instructions and illustrations.
- [Texas] Typical Curves of Precipitation
- Series of three graphs demarcating the average rainfall per month for specific Texas cities across different regions of the state. Some lines are marked in red to distinguish individual points.
- Throttle-Lever.
- Patent for a new and improved throttle lever, including instructions and illustrations.
- Twine-Holder.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvement in twine holders, including instructions and illustrations.
- Water-Elevator
- Patent for "an apparatus for use in connection with a well, whereby the well-bucket will be automatically elevated and emptied into a trough by the weight of the cattle that may come to the well to drink, the apparatus be ing particularly designed for use in the Western countries, where large numbers of cattle come to each well in herds" (lines 16-23).
- Water-Elevator.
- Patent for a water-elevator that elevates huge amounts of water for ranches and irrigating. The elevator "can be easily operated by the direct pull of a single animal, which passes and repasses the well during the operation of raising and lowering the well bucket, and by this means contemplates dispersing with the necessity of winding drums or windlasses and horse powers, which are usually employed in connection with water elevators" (lines 16-23).
- Windmill.
- Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)