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Washboiler.
Patent for a wash-boiler, which has a mesh inner lining that allows the continuous introduction of water and steam into the center of the boiler and onto the clothes being washed.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Mozley, Isiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Leveling Instrument
Patent for a new measuring and leveling instrument that allows the user to determine "in a convenient and efficient manner the angularity of a surface or object with respect to a vertical or horizontal line" (lines 10-13). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, O. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clay Grinder and Mixer.
Patent for a new clay grinder and mixer design which "will be found to be especially useful in connection with brick-machines" (p. 2) including illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1879
Creator:
Kennedy, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Agricultural Implements.
Patent for improvements to a corn and cotton-seed planter with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1879
Creator:
Neal, Nathan P. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System:
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Improvement in Harvesters.
Patent for improvements in mowers and reapers.
Date:
November 12, 1867
Creator:
Tucker, A. W.
System:
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Improvement in Harvesters.
Patent for improvements in reaping and mowing machines.
Date:
May 5, 1868
Creator:
Ramsey, Jo.
System:
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Steam-Engine.
Patent for "steam-engines of the reciprocating type, the purpose being to simplify the construction, reduce the number of working parts, economize in fuel, and to utilize the steam so as to obtain a maximum percentage of power therefrom." (line 8-13) instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Murphy, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter for corn and cotton, which bends the stalks down and cuts them in that position and is capable of cutting two rows at once.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Lancaster, Benjamin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalker Breaker
Patent for a stalk breaker. Illustration included.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel.
Patent for "a simple, compact, and efficient water-swivel for well-drilling machines, to reduce friction between the water-swivel and the drill-rod, and to provide certain novel and improved details of construction and arrangement." (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Embry, Leonard B.
System:
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Steam Engine
Patent for "useful improvements in Steam-Engines, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-6). Includes description and illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1905
Creator:
Murphy, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for hydrocarbon-burners to provide a novel and improved burner for coal-oil, petroleum, or other liquid fuel.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Hewett, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stem Winding and Setting Watch.
Patent for a new and useful winding and setting mechanism for watches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Donnelly, Leo E. & Looney, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade Holder
Patent for a sunshade holder. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Earl H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Up Stand for Mail.
Patent for the tying of mail into bundles. The invention is adjustable and allows for mail of various widths.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Zerwer, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifting Device
Patent for improved load-lifting devices.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Trigg, Van H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Lighting System.
Patent for an invention as specified relates to new and useful improvements in telephone lighting systems for the purpose of providing lamps on subscribers' telephones arranged.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Boze, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for a mud-shredding device that is attached to vehicle wheels in order to prevent accumulation of mud.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Newsom, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medicine - Glass.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in medicine-glasses.
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Jenkins, John Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throat Latch Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved throat-latch fastener. This design consists in a "connecting-plate for bridles, having the side and end bars, the intermediate transverse bars . . . and the central longitudinal bar, having a stud in one portion thereof" (lines 79-83).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Hopson, Franklin Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists, "with the frame having the side and end slots, of the two drive-wheels and their springs, the movable spring-actuated shaft having the central pinion, the pivoted lever, the catch of the same, the crank-shaft formed with the central crank and having the pinion, the connecting-pitman, the pivoted adjustable fan-rod formed with the series of apertures near its upper end and along its central part, the adjustable weight, and the connecting-rod" (lines 116-126).
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
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Metal Railway Tie
Patent for metal railway tie. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Robinson, James R. & Sugrue, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device
Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Lévay, Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine.
Patent for a new and useful traction engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Chappel, John M.
System:
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