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Shackle.
Patent for a new and improved set of shackles. This design consists in "[a] mitten provided with button-holes in its wrist, in combination with a handcuff provided with a fastening-button . . . [and] a flexible wrist band or cuff and carrying devices whereby a mitten may be attached thereto" (lines 73-79).
Date:
June 4, 1889
Creator:
James, John & Goodenough, Alvin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Press.
Patent for a device that extracts and strains "the juice of fruits, and it has for its general object to provide such a device of a cheap, simple, and durable construction, and one adapted when not in use to be disconnected and folded back against the wall so as to occupy but a minimum amount of space" (lines 13-18).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Thompson, Sarah Rosaline
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor.
Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk-Cabinet
Patent for a metal desk cabinet for holding office supplies.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Grogan, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out Device for Windmills.
Patent for "an improved attachment for wind mills, whereby the mill may be thrown out of gear automatically when the supply tank becomes filled" (lines 9-13). It includes an illustration and description of the components.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Pennington, Phil M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "relates to a combined corn and cotton planter; and it has for its object to provide an improved hopper for containing the seed, and an improved slide or cut-off, and means for automatically operating the same" (lines 9-14).
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Wear, William Foster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton choppers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1898
Creator:
Hillermann, August & Heinen, Christopher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fence and Repair Tool
Patent for a multi-purpose tool related to working with wires in and around the home. It is intended to tighten, twist, and/or sever a wire.
Date:
September 6, 1917
Creator:
Grogan, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cork-Puller
Patent for a cork-puller which eases the removal of a cork from a bottle, without damaging either cork or bottle, with illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Moser, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator and Insect Destroyer
Patent for a fumigator and insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Frazer, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot.
Patent for a coffee pot "wherein the water is forced to percolated through a body of coffee or tea held in a holder or receptacle near the top of the vessel." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1897
Creator:
Royer, Lemon S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for a "carbureter adapted for use in connection with internal combustion engines, and being of novel construction whereby the air is drawn through the gasolene or liquid fuel to vaporize the fuel and thereby provide a thorough and proper mixture of the air and fuel" (lines 10-16), including illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Nichols, Theodore J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture, &c.
Patent for a brace used to hold parts of furniture together, including illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Pace, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Engine-Starter.
Patent for "new and useful Automatic Engine-Starter, of which the following is a specification. The present invention appertains to engine starters, and aims to provide a novel and improved automatic spring-actuated starter for internal combustion engines" (lines 5-11).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Beck, John Wesley & Gaines, Nolan T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Luggage-Carrier.
Patent for improving automobile luggage carriers by attaching a device to the vehicle's running board, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Reed, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History