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Combined Shears And Knife
Patent for a knife attached to shears.
Date:
June 26, 1900
Creator:
Fulks, Fredrick F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. "This invention is a cattle guard having transverse drainage conduits with overhanging plates and so proportioned that the foot of an animal will be projected into the conduit" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
Lee, Jacob Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Scale.
Patent for a new and improved kitchen scale. This design "introduces a pivoted stirrup into the yoke on the tray-rod, said stirrup being pivoted to and suspended from the beam. By this means, the stirrup and beam can vibrate in the yoke without disturbing the perpendicularity of the tray-rod" (lines 62-67).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Solomon, Thomas Durham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Bunnell, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for a lantern "in which a candle is used as a light-giving medium, and in which the chimney is tightly supported on the base of the lantern and around the candle, so that the light is fully protected against extinguishment by wind, and a cheap and convenient article is supplied" (lines 9-15). The lantern has a raised base with a candle socket in the middle, and the glass chimney is securely attached to the base. A frame and handle is attached to the base and top of the chimney.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Jarmin, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Tire
Patent for vehicle wheel tire made of spring steel which includes a mechanism to adjust "tensioning means that will be regulated in accordance with the load" (lines 23-27).
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
McGehee, Tom S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Dress.
Patent for improvement in millstone-dress by “making each of the main grooves in five sections, in combination with shoulders and inclined planes” (lines 17-19), including illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for a cough syrup formula made from various plant extracts, to treat inflammatory diseases. No illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Reeves, J. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool
Patent for tool has combined multiple tools. The compact, is simple and easy to operate and it is convenient.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Milliorn, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrow Structure
Patent for improvement in harrow structure allowing for them to be attached to an ordinary cultivator in lien of cultivating shovels.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
McIntyre, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Lock for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved trace-lock for harnesses. This design consists in "the combination of the bolt, the metal strap secured to the trace, provided with the recess, the projection, and the slot having the enlarged opening, the locking-plate pivoted on the recess having the opening, and the spring" (lines 72-77).
Date:
June 26, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mantel
Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.
Date:
September 30, 1899
Creator:
Cox, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mantel.
Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.
Date:
March 7, 1899
Creator:
Cox, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improvement in plows which will allow for adjustments in width.
Date:
June 26, 1876
Creator:
Traweek, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace - Fastener
Patent for improved spring activated trace fastener.
Date:
June 26, 1900
Creator:
Woods, Washington Green Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spirit Level.
Patent for a spirit-level by Allan T. Gibson. Meant for helping users obtain level and perpendicular lines with more ease and accuracy, as well as for determining any intermediate angle.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
GIbson, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater.
Patent for a rotary tire-heater that used for and movably supported near a blacksmith's forge, where it can be swung over for use when needed. It economizes time and fuel, and is automatically adjustable.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Callaway, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel
Edgar L. Culver's legal patent from the United States Patent Department, which details Culver's invented process of turning a community's waste into fuel. The finished product when burned, does not leave many clinkers and gives off minimal amounts of smoke and soot.
Date:
June 26, 1915
Creator:
Culver, Edgar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay-press that has a oscillating sweep-arm on the plunger so that the plunger's movements are minimized and the hay can be pressed faster.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Walton, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachent.
Patent for a light, strong, and durable harrow attachment for plows or cultivators that has has harrow or cultivator teeth which can be securely fastened on the harrow-bar.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Mills, Burette M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment
Patent for improved Hame Attachment with "snap hame-hook" (line 11) "preventing accidental displacement." (line 13-14)
Date:
June 26, 1900
Creator:
Dobbs, William, Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for hay press has better aims to provide a novel and improved press for baling hay and other similar material.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hilton, Ben F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate or Door Closing Device
Patent for "improvements in closing devices for doors, gates, and the like" (lines 12-13) using a spring connected to the door and frame, including illustrations.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hawley, Royal A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lines 111-120).
Date:
June 26, 1888
Creator:
Godwin, John Calhoon.
System:
The Portal to Texas History