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Barrel-Cover
Patent for a barrel cover. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Andrews, James R. & Waldrum, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen
Patent for an antifriction device used to "prevent dust and grit from accumulating in the anti-friction bearings" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Neighbour, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for a window sash, which does not require the use of putty to secure window panes and can be used on various size windows.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Crump, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 11, 1906
Creator:
Chisholm, Walter P. & Ladd, J. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench used specifically for turning nuts or other related mechanisms that need a sliding jaw.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body
Patent for "new and useful improvements in wagon-bodies, having for its object simplicity and durability," (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Folsome, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Raft.
Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Comer, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stone-Dressing Tools.
Patent for "an improved rotary hand-tool for dressing stone" (lines 7-8) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1879
Creator:
Gilmore, Louis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ventilators.
Patent for improvement in ventilators which combines a bell-mouthed vane with white induction and black eduction pipes for the purpose of introducing fresh air and eliminating foul air from an enclosed area.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
Moyer, Alexander L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mold-Boards for Plows.
Patent for an improved design for plow mold-boards that involves using holes and a water pump to keep the mold-board clear of earth.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Fields, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilated Granary
Patent for ventilated granary. This patent is for better improvements of the granary which already exists. It allows for even better ventilation for grains being stored in the granary.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Elliott, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Heater and Feeder for Steam-Boilers.
Patent for "a new and valuable improvement in supplying feed-water to steam-boilers" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 11, 1877
Creator:
Hyde, James Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of artificial stone.
Patent for the manufacture of artificial stone using gravel, sand, water, cement, lamp-black, isinglass and sesquioxide of iron.
Date:
December 25, 1883
Creator:
Gallup, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Main Slide-Valve and Throttle-Valve for Steam-Engines.
Patent for a simple main slide-valve and throttle-valve for steam-engines. The throttle valve is a flat plat and slides in a channel between the valve seat and the cylinder head. The twin engine cylinders are horizontally placed at the same height as the throttle valve. The main slide valve "affords a complete and superior valve mechanism for a quick speed steam engine" (lines 29-30).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Devoissaud, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like
Patent for a mechanism for hanging car doors and similar objects. The tool reduces the amount of people needed to install a car door or similar object, providing a more efficient installation.
Date:
December 24, 1918
Creator:
Hartough, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Car
Patent for an improvement on stock cars to "enable the weight of the water-laden troughs to be overcome and the troughs elevated in position simultaneously through the entire length of the car; second, to regulate the movement of the water-troughs" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 23, 1890
Creator:
Lazarus, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective nut-lock that can be easily installed and locks the nuts on rail joints into place and can be easily removed.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Doane, Stephen Olin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook.
Patent for a hame hook for horse harnesses that allows it be used on different size horses and for both heavy and light work.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Willis, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog Trough
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Hog-Troughs" (lines 5-6).
Date:
December 5, 1905
Creator:
Bookout, Hugh B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Sawing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved hand sawing-machine. This design "relates to improvements in hand sawing-machines in which a vertically-movable frame-work supporting the driving mechanism operates in conjunction with a horizontally-reciprocating cross-head for carrying the saw; and the object of [the] improvements is to provide a portable hand-power machine for the rapid cutting of stove-wood, and for other light sawing" (lines 8-16).
Date:
December 5, 1882
Creator:
York, Martin V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "relates to improvements in gates that are balanced by a weight and opened in either direction by ropes operating in conjunction with circular inclined tracks and rollers; and the object of [the] improvement is to provide a gate that may be readily opened and closed by a person seated in a vehicle" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 30, 1884
Creator:
Drake, Edwin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Kindler.
Patent for a new fire-kindler which lists the composition of ingredients. Patent for "a new and improved fire-kindler can containing the composition" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new fire-kindler design, including illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Rogers, Silas M. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freezer
Patent for a portable freezer designed to freeze cream and milk. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Milburn, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansible Pulley
Patent for an expansible pulley. This invention is constructed to expand and contract easily with great durability. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Peters, William Arthur & May, Reynolds
System:
The Portal to Texas History