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Dredging Apparatus.
Patent for an improved dredging apparatus "and it consists in combining with the well known bucket chain form of excavator a suction pipe provided with a hopper and a crushing or breaking device so that the material being deposited in the hopper by the continuously moving buckets will be carried under the action of gravity to the breaking or crushing device and thence through a suction pipe and pump and delivery pipe to the place of deposit" (lines 9-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Lace Fastener.
Patent for a shoelace fastener to hold the tongue of the shoe up and keep the laces tied.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Nicholls, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molding Sash-Weights.
Patent for a new mold design for sash-weights which describes "a mold of simple and improved construction whereby a number of weights can be cast at the same time" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Mann, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Enlarging Negatives.
Patent for a new or improved device to enlarge negatives; that is simple, portable, and ready to use, including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Hutchings, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing Pen.
Patent for a dip pen or nib pen, with innovations concentrating on the tip (nib). The tip is moderately sharp to glide over paper, bent for smooth writing and ink conservation, and stiff "to enable it to be used in making carbon copies" (lines 26-27).
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Block, Henry, 1875-1939
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination coat and pants hanger.
Patent for a combined coat and trousers hanger that is formed strongly of wire to maintain its shape and durability, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Collier, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Filling Machine.
Patent for a bottle-filling machine in which "a number of bottles of equal capacity may be simultaneously filled from a common reservoir by the single movement of a lever" (lines 13-16), illustration is included.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Baldinger, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Railroad Rails.
Patent for a new and improved chair for railroad rails. This design utilizes a metal key and wrought-iron straps so that "the rails are held firmly both laterally and vertically, so that they are kept level at the joint and any sagging is prevented. At the same time endwise movement by expansion or contraction is not hindered, and the chairs being fastened to the ties, the expansion and contraction will take place entirely between the several chairs" (lines 49-57).
Date:
February 20, 1883
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles & Abbott, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Marking Brush.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-marking brush. This design has for one of its objects "is to construct a brush that will permit the trimming down of the bristles at an angle without injuring or damaging the brush. . . . In marking cotton-bales and the like a brush with an inclined edge is desirable" (lines 16-21).
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Pfeifer, Gustav
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street Car.
Patent for a new and improved street-car. This design "is to improve that kind of street or horse car the body of which is constructed to be reversed in its position upon the truck of the car; and the invention consists in the construction of the car-body, the truck upon which the body rests, the reversing devices comprising the holding and the releasing parts, and the combination of the brake devices with a reversible car-body" (lines 9-17).
Date:
February 17, 1885
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History