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Improvement in Eyeglasses.
Patent for improvements to eyeglasses to accommodate facial differences.
Date:
July 9, 1878
Creator:
Hawkes, Albert K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks.
Patent for "a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning the hoofs of horses and mules" (line 3) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 15, 1868
Creator:
Stanley, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Elevators.
Patent for improvements in elevators, for lifting heavy objects. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
June 13, 1871
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.
Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vessel-Propelling Device
Patent for a novel form of propeller in which a current of air or other fluid is forced under pressure through a port in the stern of the vessel causing propulsion.
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Carlson, Peet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Side-Saddle.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in side-saddles, and consists in forming the saddle-tress hollow, or with air-chambers within." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 26, 1870
Creator:
Smith, Fenwick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manual-Training Apparatus.
Patent for a new improvement in a manual training apparatus for teaching swimming without water. The device allows the exerciser to lie face down on the provided mat and turn cranks to simulate swimming motions.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Hartnett, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a switch for electrically operated elevator doors or gates that ensures their proper closing before the car travels through the shaft.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood & Covert, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple mold with few parts and can separate easily. It is designed specifically to make semicircles and rectangular shapes, of concrete or earthenware. The mold also can be held together simply and inexpensively.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Parker, William Sink
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Postage or Revenue Stamps.
Patent for an improvement in postage or revenue stamps. Patent for postage or revenue stamp "composed of two superposed sheets or layers, A B, the top layer carrying the printed designs, having parallel incisions therein, and the bottom layer being provided with adhesive material on the back". Patent for postage and revenue stamps that cannot be re-used.
Date:
July 10, 1877
Creator:
Beaumont, David G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for a "new and improved corn and cotton planter" (lines 3-4), to plant both cotton and corn seed,including instructions and illustrations. The configuration includes a new combination of parts.
Date:
December 25, 1877
Creator:
Domschke, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Three Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved three-wheeled vehicle. This design "has an advantage over a four-wheeled vehicle in dispensing with one wheel and one or more springs. It is more readily turned than a four-wheeled vehicle, and can more easily avoid collision with other vehicles when in motion. It also offers better facilities for entering and leaving the carriage, and a vehicle for this design and of equal strength with a four-wheeled vehicle will weigh twenty to fifty pounds less" (lines 73-82).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Humbert, Prosper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compositions Used as Building Materials.
Patent for making a new kind of building and fencing materials by using farm waste and inorganic settable ingredients such as quick-lime, clay or soil. No illustration.
Date:
October 12, 1858
Creator:
Raymond, N. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Water-Wheel.
Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date:
February 8, 1859
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Dress.
Patent for an improved millstone-dress that produce less heat while grinding by employing a greater number of furrows, including illustration.
Date:
March 20, 1860
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.
Patent for improvement in pump-drills for boring artesian wells by “combining pump-valves and pistons with a drill for boring artesian or other wells” (lines 21-23), including illustration.
Date:
April 17, 1860
Creator:
Taney, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improved plow to turn and reverse the mold-board by using a single bolt to secure the reversible mold-board onto the stock of a plow.
Date:
May 15, 1860
Creator:
Pitts, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.
Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 30, 1869
Creator:
Stremme, Conrad C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Square.
Patent for a square meant "to provide a simple and cheap steel square embodying also a level, an inclinometer, and mitrometer" (lines 13-15).
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Johns, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hunting or Shooting Garment.
Patent for a coat for use while using firearms that has pads built into the shoulders to absorb the impact of the recoil of the gun and protect the shoulders from rubbing while carrying the gun.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Petmecky, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam, Air, or Water Engine.
Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
Date:
May 9, 1882
Creator:
Adams, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
T-Square.
Patent for a new and improved t-square. This design calls for a triangular prism of a tongue, which enables more scales to be available to the work-person. The head, with its brackets and rabbet, will fasten the tongue in place while the work-person uses it.
Date:
November 7, 1882
Creator:
Rowe, Joseph William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements to be made upon steam engines, with description of parts and use and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Cross, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Equalizer System.
Patent for a spring equalizing system designed for motor vehicles.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Pitts, William Wirt
System:
The Portal to Texas History