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Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes
Patent for an apparatus which holds molten slag in the exterior chambers of the receptacle such that the interior chambers can receive water to be heated, producing steam and hot air.
Date:
September 11, 1900
Creator:
Wells, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle-guard that improves on patents previously granted to the inventor (No. 516,307 and No. 501,785). The improvements include "the provision of a counter balance or lever with a weight slidingly thereon, which can be adjusted so as to better regulate the platform (lines 25-28) and perforated guards, which will not get as damaged by the wind as non-perforated guards. The patent also includes springs under the platform instead of springs under the sills.
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Hills, Lorenzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Row-Binder.
Patent for a type of new row binders by "use of rotary cuffs and adjustable bottom disposed conveyer belts" (lines 14-15), with illustrations.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Gruben, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hairpin
Patent for preventing "the accidental displacement of the dislodgment of the pin from the hair of the wearer." (Lines 11-12).
Date:
September 11, 1919
Creator:
Nalle, Charles R. of Forth Worth, TX
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupler.
Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
Date:
September 11, 1923
Creator:
Tucker, Roger V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and effective wire-stretcher that stretches wire and attaches it to the same post to which it is applied. It has a frame, a claw, a spool, a crank, a ratchet wheel, a pawl, and and a chain that secures the claw to the frame. The parts fit inside the body portion of the frame, and wire wraps around the spool.
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Myers, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for "improvements in locks, having special reference to locks for the doors of freight-cars; and it has for its object to provide a strong lock so constructed as to be comparatively safe from the attacks of lockpickers" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 11, 1888
Creator:
Bergman, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a simple, strong, and inexpensive lifting-jack used in railroads, mills, and similar things that is "capable of manipulation by a single operator and adapted to elevate loads to various heights according to the size of the structure and support the same at the desired elevation" (lines 12-16).
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Foix, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Air-Brake.
Patent for an air braking system that can be used on bicycles, tricycles or other vehicles. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1900
Creator:
Donaldson, William John, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for improving the washing machine by being operated by a spring-motor.
Date:
September 11, 1877
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Neck-Yokes.
Patent for an improvement on neck-yokes that have a "swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole" (line 18-19).
Date:
September 11, 1877
Creator:
Hannig, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
Patent for an improved fire escape "apparatus for receiving without injury persons or goods falling from windows of burning buildings" (line 18-20).
Date:
September 11, 1877
Creator:
Shishmanian, George N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gun-Locks.
Patent for gun locks: "This invention relates to the arrangement of a complete hair trigger for Colt's revolving pistols, which is so constructed that it may be adjusted to anyone of said pistols without the assistance of a gunsmith, the only tool required for the purpose being a screw driver." (lines 21-26.)
Date:
September 11, 1866
Creator:
Schenck, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Fastening Bale Bands
Patent for a method of fastening bale bands. This method is designed to tie and fasten bale bands to cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1906
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Handling Device.
Patent for a mail handling device that mounts into a train car to assist in loading and unloading of mail bags.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Kost, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miner's Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved miner's lamp. This design "may be attached to any wooden structure in the mine, to any crevice in the rock, or to the earthen wall of the mine, and when set upon any ledge or flat surface prevented from tipping over, and when attached to the hat or other garment of the miner kept from swinging or turning out of proper position; also, [it] provid[es] the lamp with a rod for adjusting the wick of the lamp for regulating the flame of the lamp" (lines 10-19).
Date:
September 11, 1883
Creator:
Lee, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spout-Connection for Cans and the Like.
Patent for a device that connects a spout to any vessel.
Date:
September 11, 1888
Creator:
Vacher, Ernest W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mixing Ingredients
Patent for a process of mixing ingredients. This invention is designed to mix dry state materials to a level moisture to be used for making shale brick. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1906
Creator:
Nash, Alexander Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Feeders for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for the improvement of cotton-gin by feeding cotton in a uniform manner of removing sand and dirt, separating hulls, leaves, and imperfect pods for improved quality and reducing physical labor, including illustration.
Date:
September 11, 1860
Creator:
Hall, S. Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Plow.
Patent for a simple, durable, and inexpensive submarine plow that has an adjustable beam with a plow on its lower end. The invention is meant to have a beam that is "capable of easier and more effectual adjustment to suit the conditions of the operation being performed" (lines 16-18).
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Halton, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Unloading Device.
Patent for "improvements in envelopes or packing bags, adapted to be placed in an ordinary wagon, to receive seed cotton and similar products, so as to be transported from place to place, and means for elevating or removing the bag from the wagon and dumping the contents when destination is reached" (lines 12-19).
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Flaniken, Wallace T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separating Machine
Patent for separation of the foreign materials from the seed meats by means of an air blast directed against the materials as they fall by gravity from an inclined shaker or agitator, the lighter foreign matter being thereby separated from the heavier seed meats which continue their decent so a suitable conveyer of recptacle
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Buckley, Andrew Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal.
Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Chaffin, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straining Beam.
Patent for a new and improved straining beam. This design "is especially adapted to be used in that class of structures, especially bridges and columns, in which it is necessary to combine the maximum of strength with the minimum of weight; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a beam" (lines 22-27).
Date:
September 11, 1883
Creator:
Davis, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History