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Hame Tug.
Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design "relates to a hame and trace attachment, having for its object to provide a simple, strong, and durable device to connect the front end of the trace chain or strap to the hame, whereby the movement of the said chain or strap is prevented from wearing the parts, and thus necessitating frequent repair or replacement" (lines 9-16).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Charley N. & McPhaill, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Car.
Patent for a new and improved handcar. This design "is to provide for hand-cars a motive power which will produce a high rate of speed and which will enable a hand-car to be propelled in either direction without necessitating turning the car end for end" (lines 9-14). It consists of "an opening in its platform disposed over one of the axles, a rectangular casing arranged over the opening, a drive-shaft journaled in the sides of the casing, a train of gears consisting of cog-wheels and pinions connecting the drive-shaft and the axle, and the crank-handles arranged at the ends of the drive-shaft" (lines 64-71).
Date:
May 17, 1892
Creator:
Parker, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Disk Sharpener.
Patent for a device that puts disk harrows back into working condition after becoming worn. The invention consists of a socket, frames, a rod with an end-bearing, a handle, and a sharpener.
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Ingle, Jacob Oden, Jr.; Stedman, Thomas R. & Lawson, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Steam-Engines.
Patent for a governor for steam-engines that provides "an automatic governing device controlled by the speed, and hence, by the load of the engine, in order to maintain uniformity of movement under variations of load" (lines 10-14).
Date:
January 15, 1895
Creator:
Johnson, Billie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Tug
Patent for a hame tug. Illustration included.
Date:
July 18, 1905
Creator:
Guthrie, Nehemiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit or Vegetables Slicer
Patent for a fruit or vegetable slicer.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Lallement, Julius A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a harrow which can be attached to a cultivator in place of a plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a planting attachment for cultivators. This attachment is designed to raise and lower equally to contours of the land. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Benton, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammer
Patent for a hammer
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Rowe, George Henry
System:
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Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a harrow attachment that permits the attachment to be held with its teeth disposed in any desired relation to the cultivator.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Wynne, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Reel.
Patent for the placement of a "covering of canvas, cloth, or other suitable material" (lines 16-17) around a harvester-reel for various improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Moore, Joseph Martial
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay or Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "[i]n a hay-press, the combination of the box or casing having suitable doors in its top, bottom, and side, and supported on longitudinal base-strips, a main lever having a short toggle-arm, a semi-rotating fulcrum thereof, auxiliary arms pivotally connected with the main lever, reciprocating followers, and a drum and cord" (lines 26-33).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Bragg, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove Pipe Joint.
Patent for a new and improved joint for stove pipes. This design has for its object "to secure a firm and safe connection between the sections of pipe, and at the same time to protect the joint so that the pipe is not liable to crack or split at that point. [The] invention consists in combining with the threaded sections of a stove-pipe, a cap or band secured to one of the sections and overlapping the other, so as to inclose and protect the joint" (lines 9-17).
Date:
June 2, 1885
Creator:
Laughlin, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for improvements in suspension-bridge by using a combination of upper main cables reached from one pillar to the opposite pillar and anchored in the rear side of the pillars. A pair of lower cables at each side of the bridge; each pair being crossed at the center of the A-shaped or angular girders, these girders are bent for use as receiving hooks to form vertical stays. A series of girders hold the upper and lower cables in position thus making the bridge strong, light and rigid span. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1891
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improved vertically swinging gate. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Russell, Charles, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for an improved gate-latch for swinging gates that is especially simple, economic, and efficient.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Wilson, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Compress
Patent for improvements upon the cotton gin-compress which includes driven screws with gearing to make the compress "more effective than that heretofore employed"(lines 10-11) machinery.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Dunlap, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate.
Patent for "an end gate for scooping adapted to be readily applied to the ordinary construction of wagon bodies which have end gates sliding in vertical cleats and which re usually provided with a removable rod for securing the end gate in the cleats" (lines 11-16).
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Lovett, Morris J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electromechanical Switch Thrower
Patent for an electromechanical switch thrower. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch For Street-Railways.
Patent for an electric switch for street railways. This invention allows for the operation of switches of the track from the car, so the operator can turn the switches without stopping the car.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch Throwing Device
Patent for an electric switch throwing device. The invention provides a method of operating the switches of the track so that the motorman can turn switches of the track without stopping the train car. Illustration included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switching Device
Patent for an electric switch for railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch for Street-Railways.
Patent for switches used to electrically control street railways. Intended to allow the motorman to electrically control the switches of the track from the railway car without having to stop the train to turn the switch on the track.
Date:
December 5, 1905
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Alarm
Patent for a new and useful automatic fire-alarm to "provide an improved alarm of this character especially designed for use in hotels and other large buildings having a large number of rooms" (line 8 -13).
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Staples, John & Spake, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History