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Wire-Stretching Spool-Carrier.
Patent for a wire-stretching spool-carrier that can be easily mounted to the back of a wagon and can stretch wires to the desired amount of tension. Coils are on the mount on the wagon.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Williams, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Table and Cabinet.
Patent for a combined table and cabinet for use in the kitchen, intended to aid "invalids or weak persons to accomplish considerable work without inconvenience or fatigue" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Brack, Mary S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill.
Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sweeper.
Patent for a light weight lawn sweeper that doubles as a shovel for lawn debris. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Caruthers, John Irving
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.
Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1877
Creator:
Gingras, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Padlocks.
Patent for improvements to Padlocks which can be opened with a key in conjunction with maneuvering the tumblers or locking-bolt.
Date:
August 14, 1878
Creator:
Jacobs, Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramping Mechanism.
Patent for self-throttling tramping apparatus to be used in conjunction with cotton gin.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Boyles, Homer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a vending machine designed to dispense liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Elder, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mode of Straining Saws by Atmospheric Pressure.
Patent for the improvement of the reciprocating saw by simplifying the arrangement of cylinders, pipes, and exhaust pumps to produce the necessary vacuum, including illustration.
Date:
August 14, 1855
Creator:
Brown, A. & Coffin, Abel, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Gable, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post auger. This design "has relation to that class of post-augers which consist of a number of concavo-convex cutting blades secured upon the lower end of a shaft having a cross-handle at its upper end, and provided with means for expanding the said blades for the purpose of boring holes of different sizes; and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts of the same" (lines 19-27).
Date:
August 14, 1883
Creator:
Miles, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine Illusion Apparatus
Patent for a Marine Illusion apparatus. This invention is to fit between two boats so that passengers can travel from one boat to another that is attached to a dock. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
White, Francis Marion & Langever, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Cleaning Seed-Cotton
Patent for mechanism for cleaning seed cotton before cotton is distributed into gins, including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Graber, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punching-Machine.
Patent for a simple and durable punching-machine for metalworking that punching metal and feeds it forward. The invention is made up of " a carriage adapted to support the sheet to be punched, and provided with a toothed bar, a rock shaft carrying a pawl adapted to engage the said toothed bar to move the carriage forward, and a punch lever adapted to receive a swinging motion from the said shaft, the said lever being connected with the punch to move the latter downward to punch the sheet" (lines 14-22).
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Walsh, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Passenger Mileage-Recorder.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in mileage recorders for steam railway coaches and similar vehicles" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
West, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Box
Patent for improved collapsible hat box, which may be folded into a small compact mass.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Use In Outhouses And Like Places
Patent for Receptacle For Use In Outhouses And Like Places. "This invention relates to an improvement in receptacles for use in outhouses and other like places, the object being to construct a simple and inexpensive receptacle which will not give out any offensive or unhealthy odors while being removed from the outhouse for the purpose of cleaning or for any other purpose." (lines 13-19)
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ
Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
England, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree Clip
Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Leasman, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill.
Patent for an invention relating to "boring drills of the type having roller forms of cutters" (line 9). Structure is explained and illustration of invention is included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind Stacker on Grain Separators.
Patent for an improvement in a pneumatic, wind-powered stacker for threshing machines, preventing straw or chaff from entering into the stacker.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Feeder.
Patent for a simple sheet-feeder that separates the sheets from a pile so they can be fed one at a time. The patent improves on the suction-roller mechanism that takes a sheet and rolls it into a printer. It does not use grippers or mechanical means for grabbing a single sheet.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor
Patent for device which would allow motorists to display road maps in their vehicle while driving. Would also include a light so maps could be visible at night.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Atkinson, Jackson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for a signal that is put on a fishing pole that helps see if a fisher has a bite at night.
Date:
August 14, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lyda D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History