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Turbine Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved turbine wheel. This design eliminates water friction and alleviates pressure on suspended buckets, causing them to last longer.
Date:
August 17, 1880
Creator:
Hallenbeck, Matthew L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Level.
Patent for an instrument to determine a level at widely distant points or determining inclinations and which may be correctly read under conditions where a level cannot be held erect. Also known as hydrostatic leveling, this instrument is comprised of flexibly connected liquid containers that are spaced apart at certain distances.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Kaspar, John & Beran, Rud F.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Corn-Shellers.
Patent for an improved "Combined Corn Husker, Sheller, and Cleaner" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Creekmore, Hiram C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jar.
Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Barr, George T., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Washing Photographs
Patent for "a new and improved apparatus for washing photographic prints after fixing, for the purpose of removing the double hyposulphite of soda and silver formed in the body of the paper during the process of fixing" (lines 6-11).
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Caylor, J. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators
Patent for "an improvement in excavating and dredging machines" (lines 12-13).
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Cole, Thomas Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Plow.
Patent for improvements in wheeled-plow by adding inner and outer guide to the bent axle and an adjusting device to the stop-plate; these additions enable the plow adjustment process effortless. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 17, 1880
Creator:
Reuss, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Making Continuous Concrete Pipes or Tiles
Patent for a means for creating continuous pipes or tiles which can be used for the underground pipelines.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Thomas, O. Berry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles
Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)
Date:
August 17, 1869
Creator:
Dillaha, J. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Shopper
Patent for "improved stalk-chopper for corn, cotton, or other stalks, where-in a reel or reels carrying longitudinal knives is supported and adjusted upon a frame which may be easily connected and disconnected from the running-gear of an ordinary wagon" (lines 14-20)
Date:
August 17, 1888
Creator:
Ferrel, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade Holder
Patent for a sunshade holder. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Earl H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment.
Patent for a harrow attachment "that is efficient and durable, cheap to manufacture, and can be readily placed on or removed from cultivators" (lines 19-22).
Date:
August 17, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for "new and useful improvements in stirrups" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Hooks, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mulsher.
Patent for a tool to help with farming. It cuts weeds below the surface of the ground and throws the soil towards the row of crops. This tool should help with crop growth.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Sikes, Jonas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Shellers.
Patent for improvement in the design of the corn-sheller, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Williams, Solomon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top.
Patent for a wind up top, which has flan blades on top that spin the opposite direction from the top.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Reed, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing For Bicycles.
Patent relating to "a new and useful improvement in gearing for bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct and arrange a device of this description as to avoid sudden shocks or jars which are occasioned by unevenness in the road-bed over which the machine is traveling, and also to enable the rider to exert a sudden force upon the pedals without straining the framework or wheels of the machine" (lines 9-18).
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Godfray, Ernest H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sod Cutting and Disintegrating Machine.
Patent for a sod cutting and disintegrating machine that has a wheel-supported frame, inclined elevator, plow attached to the elevator, front truck, and disintegrating rollers.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Thompson, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Harvester.
Patent for a hand harvester that contains a plate and cutter to be used for harvesting corn and maize with more ease.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Taylor, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device.
Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device
Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve.
Patent for a float valve not using slots and links, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Garrott, John Collier
System:
The Portal to Texas History