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Animal-Trap.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in animal traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Griffin, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap, particularly desgned for rodents and birds, which is able to trap animals without having to be manually reset each time. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Barron, Nathan J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Rail.
Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design is of a metal band with several slots, so that the accompanying metal button can pass through any two overlapping slots, securing the bale within the band.
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Griffin, James Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Rule, Square, and Miter.
Patent for a combination of devices that contains "attachments for folding rules which will make said rules capable of use as a square, tri-square, and miter" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
McFarland, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This design consists "of a suitable support which is attached to the rear axle-tree, the brake which is pivoted to this support, the connecting-rod pivoted to the brake, and the operating lever pivoted upon a supporting bar which extends from one standard to the other . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a wagon-brake which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and by means of which the driver can instantly apply the brake with great power" (lines 14-25).
Date:
May 7, 1889
Creator:
Griffin, William Sidney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator for Scales.
Patent for a new and improved indicator for scales. This design "consists in a weighted rocker and indicating-arm combined with a scale-beam for operation thereby . . . [it has] for [its] object to dispense with the slides heretofore used and provide for an automatic indication of weight" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Fulcher, Valentine M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing Attachment for Plows
Patent for plow attachment to deflecting soil from the shovel of the plow; does not require special tools to apply attachment to plow.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Hogan, Peter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Carrier
Patent for an improved lumber carrier which, as the cart travels down hill with the weight of the lumber it is prevented from rolling backwards if it were to lose speed by engaging of pawls with notches to hold it in place. It can then be manually pushed to get it started again.
Date:
November 15, 1892
Creator:
Chauvin, Phillip A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Drier
Patent for "means adapted to superheat steam and supply it to a drying-chamber, substantially" (lines 28-30).
Date:
February 4, 1890
Creator:
Hooton, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Greene, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake
Patent for a wagon brake. Illustration included.
Date:
September 27, 1904
Creator:
Melton, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a well cleaning machine with spring activated jaws for scoops that pick up mud and leaves from the bottom of wells.
Date:
September 24, 1907
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator.
Patent for an improvement in water elevators to raise and lower a pair of buckets, meant to be simple, inexpensive, and more efficient than other designs. In particular, it is meant "to move the buckets in either direction without necessitating the operator's changing his position with relation to the apparatus" (lines 19-22).
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Griffin, Walter R.; Thomas, Joseph E. & Griffin, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaking device that allows for the operator to hold the watch wheel in one hand "while the instrument is fastened upon the roller by the other" (lines 20-22). The invention also has a centering device and auxiliary appliances that make all movements by the extractor accurate and even. This device does not injure the staff or pivot.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Bricker, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for improved plow-stock applying multiple plow-irons to the same plow-frame.
Date:
February 11, 1873
Creator:
Love, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences.
Patent for portable fencing with sections that can be connected and set up in a particular area, or removed and put elsewhere at will.
Date:
April 21, 1874
Creator:
Griffin, James Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for a new and improved turn-plow which "consists in several features of improvement, by which the preparation and tillage of soil may be done at less the usual expense, and more than the usual convenience to the farmer." (lines 13-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
White, Moses F. & Blankenship, Augustus J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for the invention of a new and improved type of adjustable plow, including illustrations.
Date:
March 31, 1874
Creator:
White, Moses F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a new and improved construction and combination of parts used by machines that convert either into a cotton or corn planter, including illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1879
Creator:
Rhea, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine, in which the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized," (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Rush, Peter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine
Patent for an "new and improved steam-engine in which a dead center position is obviated and the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized" (line 7-11)
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Rush, Peter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy
Patent for a means of using electricity more efficiently, which entails "utilizing the extra current generated by the break in the circuit of an electromagnetic apparatus" (lines 16-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same.
Patent for "a new and Improved Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same" (lines 5-7) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Graley, Morton Adrian
System:
The Portal to Texas History