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Antifriction-Bearing.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a compound for use in commercial manufacturing of the product calcium sodic carbid claiming to reduce time and expense of production process.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Wambaugh, Mahlon W.
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.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.
Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
Date:
July 10, 1894
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Oscillating Attachment for Street-Cars.
Patent for an improved anti-oscillating attachment for street-cars. It has a car truck, equalizing pivoting bars secured between the truck ends, cushions on either side of the bars, adjustable bolts that hold the bars in place, and springs between the bolts.
Date:
July 10, 1894
Creator:
Chollar, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
McWilliams, Anderson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall and Ceiling Polish.
Patent for an improvement of a polish mixture for wall and ceiling which is water-proof and has a glossy finishes; instructions and ingredients for the mixture are included, no illustration.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Neavitt, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Spraying Liquids And Powders.
Patent for a new and useful machine for spraying liquids and powers for " destroying insects and capable of spraying both liquid and powder separately or simultaneously" (line 13 - 16).
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for the construction of "metallic spokes" for bicycles and similar wheels (Lines 12-13) which use broad or double tire wheels (line 15).
Date:
July 10, 1894
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for a mechanical movement using a crank to operate the lazy-tongs through the medium of a pitman, guided by a pair of parallel wires and, a reciprocating bar guided by a socket to produce the reciprocating motion. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Baker, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
House-Moving Truck.
Patent for a simple, easy to use house-moving truck that goes under the sills of a house after it has been lifted from its foundation. It has "a swiveled caster, which is held in place by means of removable plates and braced by removable rods held in eyes of screw-rods, which pass through the bed-plate of the device and engage in the sleepers or sills of the building to be moved" (lines 19-24).
Date:
September 10, 1895
Creator:
Davis, Mace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Separating Trap.
Patent for a new and useful steam separating trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Cox, John R.; Reynolds, William H. & Wright, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved cooler. This design "consist[s] of the main vessel adapted to contain the substance to be cooled, having its upper end open and the walls of said open end drawn or inclined inward, as described, the water vessel supported on said main vessel, with a space between its bottom and the top of the main vessel, and made larger at its bottom than the upper open end of the main vessel, and the enveloping-sheet arranged to be wet by the contents of the water-vessel and extended past the space between the said vessels, whereby to protect the contents of the main vessel" (lines 79-92).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Stiles, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stirrups, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and effective pump that can be easily cleaned, but stays relatively clean.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Tom, Joseph C. & Tom Edward A.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for "an improved device of this character, which may be readily converted from a turning-plow to a shovelplow, or from a shovel-plow to a turning-plow, by resetting the bar, mold-board, and share, and which may be used either with a steel or wood beam, as desired" (lines 14-20).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Wilhelm, Albert
System:
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Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he slide for shovel-plows, consisting of two members having enlargements at their ends, provided with radial notches, the upper member being provided with a longitudinal slot, and a pivot-pin inserted through the enlargements of the members" (lines 62-67).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Mason, Thomas J.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "the combination of the share having the keeper on the mold-board and the arm, the detachable point bearing against the outer side of the arm and having the tongue engaging the keeper, and the lever fulcrumed to the mold-board at a point between the keeper and landside, and having the short arm adapted to lap the joint between the point and mold-board and to engage the outer end of the tongue to lock the latter in the keeper" (lines 82-92).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Hyer, Robert Stewart
System:
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Plow.
Patent for a plow that improves on turning plows. The improvement turns soil completely during operation, through a newly designed moldboard.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Kelly, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Attachment for Letter-Boxes.
Patent for a printing attachment for letter-boxes where people can postmark the mail they want to be sent. It fist on any street letter-box. The attachment is a case with stamps for every day of the month and the location of the town, city, or post-office the letter is being collected to, and there is a pocket below where one slips the package or envelope to mark it. An inking-pad is also in the pocket for the stamps, which can be used by pulling a lever.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Hargrove, Bryon Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tightening Device For Spring Bed-Bottoms.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tightening devices for spring bed bottoms, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 10, 1899
Creator:
Lottman, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pan Lifter and Turner.
Patent for a pan lifter and turner using a bent handle, a curved plate is secured at the end of the bent handle; extending upward from the curved plate with a series of teeth to engages the crimped rim of a pan for lifting. At both ends of the curved plate provided with curved notches or recesses to receive and engage the rim of a pan for turning. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Ericson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syringe.
Patent for a syringe that has "vaginal points adapted to be connected with the tube of a hand-bulb or fountain syringe" (lines 13-15). There is a tube with a bulb in the middle, a syringe on one end, and a cap on the other end.
Date:
December 10, 1895
Creator:
Day, Elisha Little
System:
The Portal to Texas History