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Texas Patents
3,210
War of the Rebellion
93
USGS Topographic Map Collection
75
Technical Report Archive and Image Library
70
The Federal Reporter
57
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13
Texas State Publications
11
USDA Farmers' Bulletins
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The War of the Rebellion: Army Records
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30 Minute Series
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57
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57
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
55
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14
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Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.
Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Bolt Clamp.
Patent for a clamp "to hold the folds of a bolt of cloth in position and to prevent the same form being unwound except when desired." (Lines 23-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
Leveritt, Nicholas T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for a "trap designed to be placed around an ant-hill and adapted to capture ants leaving or returning to the ant-hill." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Bond, William Beebe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Opener.
Patent for "a simple and durable device by means of which the buckles or securing devices on cotton-bale ties or bands may be readily opened and the band removed from the bale without destroying the buckle or the band, so that they may be again used." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Gaskill, Clinton R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Saddle.
Patent for new and improved door saddles, which consists "of a longitudinal and cross-grooved arrangement of parts coacting with inclined surfaces and shields to cause a perfect drainage of water" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Vogel, Thomas.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor.
Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Sherman.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for "a light and effective head-frame for horned cattle, designed to prevent their going through or injuring wire fences or from goring persons or animals." (Lines 14-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Moore, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric motor.
Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Perret, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Closing Punctures in Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for "a liquid compound for closing punctures in inflated wheel-tires." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1897
Creator:
Lynman, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Filling Bottles.
Patent for an "apparatus for filling bottles with crude petroleum, turpentine, and other liquids; and its object is to provide an improved construction which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in operation" (lines 14-19).
Date:
May 5, 1896
Creator:
McKay, Felix Early
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an animal trap meant to trap animals that burrow in the ground, such as prairie dogs. The trap catches the animal when it leaves its den and the animal cannot escape the trap.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Manning, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pipe Coupling.
Patent for an improved air-pipe coupling that is airtight and watertight and has a flexible union for railroad cars.
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Freezing Wine.
Patent for a device that cools wine and liquor. The device "will produce the desired results in much shorter time than is now employed by the common method and apparatus" (lines 11-14).
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Wadhams, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap that can catch a large variety of animals, including fish, and does not injure the animals. Bait is placed in the trap, and the door on one end is spring-activated. A hinged door on the top is where the operator can take out the animal.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Crockett, William E. & McAdams, Richard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a simple cattle guard for railroads "which may be applied conveniently and economically to a cattle gap, and which will prevent cattle from getting their legs caught between the sleepers above the gap, which will also prevent cattle from passing over the gap, and which will frighten the cattle from the track" (lines 16-22).
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Hills, Lorenzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Harrow and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined harrow and cultivator that can easily change between the two. It consists of a beam with front and back removable tooth-seats, handles, adjusting holes in the beam, a perforated plate on the top and bottom sides of the beam, pins, and a wedge-shaped key between the bar and a slot in a tooth.
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
West, Edward B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter.
Patent for "the perfection of an apparatus by the use of which night soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time and at a comparatively trivial expense" (lines 20-24).
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date:
August 22, 1893
Creator:
Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Winding Mechanism.
Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard that prevents cattle from blocking railroad tracks. It consists of sharp edged cross ties that sit on the bottom of a shallow pit, guard rails that cover the cross ties, bolts that hold the rails together, and end planks forming v-shaped serrations.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Lynch, Michael L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device.
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive advertising device adapted to be placed on street corners and other public places and capable of exciting the curiosity and attracting attention, and thereby directing the attention of persons to the advertisement" (lines 11-16).
Date:
March 20, 1894
Creator:
Attaway, Henry F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage.
Patent for an apparatus for burning garbage that is made up of a roasting chamber, a grate to hold the garbage, two furnaces, a passage for the ashes, a third furnace connected to the passage, flues, a smokestack, non-combustible absorbent material around the flues and beneath the grate, and flues beneath the grate.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Risley, Ward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box.
Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Casto, Tony Lo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History