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Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.
Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
Date:
August 7, 1877
Creator:
Hoyt, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Use in Reciprocating Churns.
Patent for a churn that has "the cylinder with angular perforations, in contradistinction to round perforations and long slots" (lines 18-20) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 12, 1878
Creator:
Forsyth, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Curtain-Rollers and Brackets.
Patent for the improvement of curtain rollers that may be installed inside or outside the frame.
Date:
March 26, 1878
Creator:
Morris, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escape Ladders.
This patent was created for the improvent of fire escape ladders. The inventor gives a comprehensive look at his invention via his image.
Date:
April 17, 1878
Creator:
Morris, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spring-Hinges.
Patent for a new spring hinge design which will "either open or close the door or gate after it has passed an angle of forty-five degrees" (lines 20-22) including illustrations.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Barry, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Separating the Seed from Fruit-Pulp
Patent for a simple machine "for separating the seed from the pulp of the Bois-de-Arc or Osage orange and other apples where the seed is required to be separated uninjured for planing and other purposes" (line 26-29).
Date:
March 29, 1870
Creator:
Mayo, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Awning and Shutter.
Patent for a "combined fire and burglar proof shutter and awning" (line 5-6).
Date:
September 18, 1877
Creator:
Hoyt, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow-Couplings.
Patent for a new and useful Improvement in Plow-Coupling including illustration.
Date:
August 19, 1873
Creator:
Thrasher, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Poppers.
Patent for a corn-popper with design specifications and a description for usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1878
Creator:
Forsyth, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Johnson, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer
Patent for an implement for pulling stalks, seeding, planting, and pulverizing the ground. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Bogue, Robert Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer
Patent for an implement for pulling stalks, seeding, planting, and pulverizing the ground. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Bogue, Robert Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Stove
Patent for a hydrocarbon stove that allows irons to be heated on it.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Baker, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow augmented by an adjustable knife attached at the rear that improves plow cutting and stability.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Barker, Spencer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Rotary Fan
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Suspended Rotary Fans." (Lines 6-7) including instructions.
Date:
December 17, 1901
Creator:
Lamb, Reece
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener
Patent for improved fastener for boxes.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Lewis, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Lock for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved trace-lock for harnesses. This design consists in "the combination of the bolt, the metal strap secured to the trace, provided with the recess, the projection, and the slot having the enlarged opening, the locking-plate pivoted on the recess having the opening, and the spring" (lines 72-77).
Date:
June 26, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved top prop. This design consists in "the combination of a block, a supporting-arm mounted thereon, and a strap passing about the arm and bows and secured to the block. . . . [and a] plate provided with tubular hub and lug, [another] plate provided with an opening to fit the hub, an arm provided with a seat and with a circular opening to fit upon the hub, and a bolt or screw" (lines 82-87).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound
Patent for "a compound to be used as a gargle or wash in the treatment of the mouth, throat, &c., when the mucous membrane of the said parts is affected by the use of tobacco, opium, or morphine, alcoholic drinks, &c., and also in cases of indigestion, dyspepsia, malarial, and typhoid fevers, &c. (lines 8-14).
Date:
April 2, 1889
Creator:
Roberts, Andre
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved top-props for carriages. This design consists "[i]n combination with an arm having perforations and slot, plate provided with arm, pin, and bolt, and arms . . . secured, respectively, to the arm and the carriage-top" (lines 76-80).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pipe.
Patent for improvements in tobacco-pipes by providing “an improved construction of pipe having means for filtering the smoke, and means whereby the nicotine and tar from the tobacco will be absorbed and prevented from entering the stem of the pipe.” (Lines 14-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring for Riding Saddles.
Patent for a new and improved saddle spring. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a riding-saddle, of the series of transverse bridge-springs extending over the saddle-opening and having spiral ends bearing on the tree, and the longitudinal springs at the sides of said traverse springs" (lines 52-57).
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Reason, Thomas & Crenshaw, Marcus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spoke and Tire for Automobile and Truck Wheels.
Patent for a new spoke and tire for automobile and truck wheels, with illustrations.
Date:
January 27, 1920
Creator:
Collier, Aaron
System:
The Portal to Texas History