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Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n combination with the standard and bracket, the hinged arm having [a] bearing, oscillating driving-wheel, belt, belt-tightening wheels, dasher-wheel, and socket" (lines 94-98). It facilitates churning.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
White, Frank Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bent for Suspension-Bridges.
Patent for improvements in bents for suspension-bridges by securing the columns with wire braces, cross-bar and anchor-pins. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper.
Patent for a new and improved bottle stopper. This design "consists in the combination of the tubular body, having its lower end closed by means of a cork, and having its upper end formed into a measuring-chamber, which is adapted to be closed by means of a cork, so as to protect the measuring chamber from dust and dirt" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 15, 1884
Creator:
Cotten, Jefferson Davis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Varnish
Patent for invention a new and used varnished to be used is on wood, metal etc.
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Smith, Henry Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cot.
Patent for a cot that "may be easily and quickly applied to wagons, cars, and to all other places where beds are inconvenient" (lines 8-10). It attaches to a vertical wall.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Looney, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack
Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Jacob S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Holder for Reading-Stands.
Patent for "a book holder especially designed to receive large books for reference, such as a dictionary for example, and to so construct the mechanism of the holder that a cradle will be provided for the reception of the book, which cradle will be adapted to be carried upward and outward from the holder in a manner which will bring the book in proper position for consultation, and which mechanism will also act to lower the book, without jar or injury to it, within the holder when the book is no longer required." (Lines 14-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that has a draw head with a link opening, a pin opening that goes across the link opening and has two side recesses, a sliding head in the link opening, a spring that holds the sliding head in place, two lever arms in the side recesses, a catch block that the lever arms move, and an apparatus for raising the coupling pin.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Shwadlenak, August Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved boot scraper. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the inclined bow-shaped upper plate, having a transverse bar connecting the branches of the plate, the inner edges of which are inclined outward and upward from the upper edge of the transverse bar, and in providing, in connection with the bow-shaped plate, an under or subsidiary plate of forked form, having a rounded recess between the forks adapted to conform to the shape of the heel" (lines 18-30).
Date:
October 23, 1883
Creator:
Collins, Morris A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake
Patent for an invention that relates to innovations and improvements to railroad car-brakes.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Boyers, Thomas Albert.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Valve
Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Ballard, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Band Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved back band buckle. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the middle bar having an outwardly-projecting stud, the upper bar parallel to the middle bar and having an under offset recess, and a depending lug-hook and spring-snap" (lines 19-26).
Date:
April 18, 1882
Creator:
Lowe, Joseph Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Alarm.
Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in the combination of the door provided with a rod for catching under the spring, a cylinder for receiving powder, a spring-actuated cover for the end of the cylinder, and a spring which explodes the cap . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a burglar-alarm which will make a loud noise when the door is opened, and in which a spring-actuated cover is made to take the place of a wad or ball" (lines 13-24).
Date:
August 10, 1886
Creator:
Bray, Horace Bradford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History