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Tire-Heater. (open access)

Tire-Heater.

Patent for improvements in “tire-heating furnace where tires of various sizes may be heated either independently or continuously and having certain other highly advantageous characteristics.” (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Cook, Nathan H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tea-Chest. (open access)

Tea-Chest.

Patent for "tea-chests and other receptacles of a light nature in which the articles are shipped and retailed in and from the original packages," (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1891
Creator: Buford, Paschal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for nut-locks specifically adapted for use on railroads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1897
Creator: Reilly, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for "a stirrup having an improved turntable spring-support which will permit the stirrup to turn readily, so that the foot can assume any desired angle toward or from the horse and so that the stirrup will be yieldingly upheld, whereby certain advantages are attained in mounting, particularly when employed in connection with a wild or unmanageable animal." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Vann, George G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Tonic. (open access)

Hair-Tonic.

Patent for improvements in “a compound for the removal and prevention of dandruff;” (lines 7-8) formula of the compound is listed and instructions on how to mix the compound are included. No illustration.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Fraser, Samuel T.; Gilliland, William E. & Wilson, David J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Generator for Acetylene Gas (open access)

Generator for Acetylene Gas

Patent for a new and improved generator for acetylene gas.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Williams, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Furnace. (open access)

Electrical Furnace.

Patent for
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a new and useful gate latch, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Perkins, Oscar P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating-Cover for Vessels. (open access)

Refrigerating-Cover for Vessels.

Patent for a "device capable of application to any receptacle which, in conjunction with an absorbent envelope and through the medium of capillary action, will cool the entire vessel or receptacle to which it is applied, and thereby preserve its contents in warm weather," (lines 10-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Mitcheltree, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shears for Cutting Hot Metal. (open access)

Shears for Cutting Hot Metal.

Patent for "a device which is more especially intended for shearing hot metal, although it may be used for cutting cold material," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1891
Creator: Cleveland, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle. (open access)

Riding-Saddle.

Patent for a riding-saddle with a "short rigid tree, which constitutes the front or forked portion of the saddle, and [the inventor] construct[s] the body and cantle of pieces of thick but duly flexible leather" (lines 21-25). This makes the saddle more comfortable for both horse and rider.
Date: July 16, 1895
Creator: Padgitt, Jesse D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour or Meal Bin. (open access)

Flour or Meal Bin.

Patent for "a device of improved form for holding flour and meal and from which the same may be drawn and sifted in any desired quantity." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1897
Creator: Callahan, Simeon O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Facing-Slip and Label Holder. (open access)

Facing-Slip and Label Holder.

Patent for improvements “in facing-slip and label holders to be used by mailing and postal clerks” (lines 13-14) “by providing a convenient and readily-accessible means in applying the facing-slips to packages of mail-matter and to adapt such holders for placement with respect to a case of letter-box as to always have such slips and labels with the receptacle containing the letters to receive a slip corresponding with such mail-matter.” (Lines 16-23) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Gaines, Thomas W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher. (open access)

Horse Detacher.

Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and treadle-arm" (lines 74-78).
Date: September 16, 1890
Creator: Chamlee, Jeff D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grubber. (open access)

Grubber.

Patent for a simple and durable grubber that has "a frame preferably carrying a caster-wheel at front, guiding-handles at rear, vertical cutting knives or shares at its sides, penetrating shares or points at the lower ends of said knives, and a transverse or horizontal knife or share at rear of said points, preferably in substantially the same plane therewith, and adjustable mounted to be tilted or inclined out of the horizontal and adjusting handles for the transverse share" (lines 20-30).
Date: July 16, 1895
Creator: Cameron, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for improvements in planters by having two hoppers C and D attached on each side of the concave wheel. A third and smaller hopper E can be interchanged with hopper C when planting seeds or grains. Hopper D is mainly for planting fertilizer. The bottom of hoppers C and D are provided with slides for the purpose of keeping the fertilizer, grain or seeds from banking up. Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Patterson, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint. (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint.

Patent for a specialized railroad joint that has a "novel combination of a T-shaped splice rail" (lines 12-13) in combination with other parts, "connected with downwardly-curved truss-bolts passing through the vertical member of the splice-rail in such matter as to hold all of the parts firmly together..." (lines 19-23).
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Trammell, Jefferson D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines. (open access)

Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame for sewing machines. This design "is to combine the parts by which a quilter is suspended from a ceiling and connected with a sewing-machine" (lines 15-18). To this end, it consists in "[t]he track having a bead on the inner side of top, an eye at each end, and suspended on an incline from the ceiling by two wires at each end, said wires diverging from the track-eyes to the ceiling, in combination with the head-block arranged on the opposite side of track from the sewing-machine arm and carrying rolls suspended from a block" (lines 78-86).
Date: September 16, 1890
Creator: Touchstone, Jonas Carnie & Worthington, James Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of And Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas. (open access)

Method of And Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas.

Patent for a new and useful method of and apparatus for manufacturing gas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Blum, Sylvain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Recording the Location and Character of Business. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Recording the Location and Character of Business.

Patent for a new method and apparatus to record the location and nature of a business when it is spread out over a city or large area of the country.
Date: November 16, 1892
Creator: Keating, Cecil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail. (open access)

Railroad-Rail.

Patent for a new and useful railroad rail, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 16, 1898
Creator: Hariman, George V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line. (open access)

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Patent for a pinless clothes line that consists of a series of links that have spring coils and spring clasps. The links also have a loop that is concave on one side.
Date: January 16, 1894
Creator: Kirk, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pen. (open access)

Pen.

Patent for "an improved and simple pen which will be adapted to hold a large quantity of ink and to feed it regularly and more satisfactorily." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Robinson, Rochfort W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow that is constructed without frames, so it is lighter and easier to use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1891
Creator: Grisham, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History