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Hame.
Patent for a harness-hame and "contemplates the provision of improved means forming a part of the hames for securing the trace-chains thereto; also the provision of an improved trace-link adapted for connection with said securing means in a manner to insure maximum strength" (lines 15-21).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock for hames. This design "consist[s] of the coupling branches . . . [one] being composed of the two pivoted sections forming the bell-mouth, the section having the slot and spring secured to its opposite end and pressing against the underside of the section, and the branch having the catch-tooth adapted to enter the bell-mouth and engage the slot" (lines 67-75).
Date:
February 9, 1886
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopple.
Patent for a new and improved hopple. This design consists in the combination of the surcingle, the bands connected to the bottom thereof, the supporting straps secured to one of said bands, and the knee-bands constructed of stiff leather in semi-cylindrical form, attached to said straps and having the securing-straps" (lines 37-42).
Date:
November 15, 1887
Creator:
Burris, John Albert Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and improved construction for sliding gates that is easily opened and closed with minimal effort. The gate slides back and forth on a track which is set in a frame above the gate.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Stansbury J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate that improves "the construction of sliding gates, and to provide a simple and inexpensive one, which will be positive and reliable in its operation, and which may be opened and closed a distance from it approaching it in either direction, without dismounting or leaving a vehicle" (lines 10-16). It also prevents farm animals from passing through when the gate is closed.
Date:
November 13, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Stansbury J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough
Patent for "a stock-feeder which shall permit of the feeding of a measured quantity of food to cattle in the barn or stable from a point remote, so as to enable the farmer or any of the members of his family to feed the cattle from the dwelling without going out into the weather" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Reed, Francis O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Pen.
Patent for a fountain pen with an improved ink feeder.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Smith, Edward Ruthven
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Electric Car-Line.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in "elevated double-track electric car lines and car and electric-wire supports combined, including instructions and illustrations" (line 5 - 7).
Date:
May 31, 1898
Creator:
Cooley, Joe H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen.
Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Smith, Edward Ruthven
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drinking Fountain
Patent for a drinking fountain. "The object of the invention is to provide a drinking fountain having a drinking trough to which water will be automatically supplied as the same is removed by the stock." Illustration included.
Date:
August 15, 1905
Creator:
McCormick, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for a new and useful fertilizer distributer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 20, 1898
Creator:
Rainey, Equieller Brooks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fork for Handling Cotton and Other Substances.
Patent for a new and improved pitchfork. This design "relates to a hand-fork for handling cotton in the seed and cotton-seed at the gins, as well as for other useful purposes; and it consists in the novel construction of the teeth and tines or head, together with the means for fastening the teeth to the head" (lines 9-15).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Shannon, Joel J.
System:
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Gate-Closer.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive gate closer that can be used with any gate and is easy to use. It consists of an arm that is secured to the gate, an adjustable wedge that sits between the arm and the gate, a weight connected to the arm, fastening devices, a slot on the wedge, pulleys mounted in a casing, and chords.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Dickson, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straw Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved straw cutter. This design "relates to certain improvements in straw-cutters; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-15). The novel construction and arrangement of parts means that "[t]he machine is simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, will not readily get out of repair, and will perform the necessary work in an efficient manner" (lines 1-4).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Cornish, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed-planter that can be used with corn, peas, and cotton. It has a changeable gear, an upright frame, an axle and supporting-wheel, a crank shaft, vertical slots, a toothed disk, and a hopper.
Date:
November 12, 1895
Creator:
Mabry, Davis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle or Tank.
Patent for receptacle or tank for underground storage purpose is to use metal to construct a tank for strength to resist the pressure upon its walls. To protect the tank from the corrosive action of the earth by lining the surface of a tank “with a protective coating composed of alternate layers of asphaltum and tarred-felt paper, a fabric layer imposed upon the outer layer of asphaltum, and a final layer of asphaltum covering the fabric.” (Page 2, lines 109-113.) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Stewart, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein-holder.
Patent for simple, inexpensive and efficient rein holder "adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle and capable of ready adjustment to arrange it to suit the height of a horse and of supporting the lines and of preventing them from coming in contact with the tail of the animal" (lines 11-16).
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Campbell, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a seed planter. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Williams, Paul Eaton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Closet.
Patent for a sanitary closet or a dry closet with the aim of providing the locals without sewage and plumbing an odorless and sanitary restroom facility, including illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Boothe, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke and Soot Arrester for Stacks
Patent for a smoke and soot arrester that may be used to contain products of combustion from smoke stacks or chimneys. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Socket Iron for Vehicles.
Patent for a new and improved spring socket-iron for vehicles. This design "relates to thills and thill-couplings by means of which a more convenient and safe fastening for the thills or pole of a carriage or wagon are provided, whereby the thills are readily attached to or detached from spring-socket thill-irons, and the irons are securely locked in the ears of the axle-clips by means of flanged bolts working in recessed movable bushings in the ears of the clips and in the eye of the thill-irons" (lines 14-23).
Date:
September 14, 1886
Creator:
Horrne, Henry Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improvement in washing-machines by using a novel arrangement of the rollers, the tub-supporting frame, the horizontal swinging rubber, and a series of closely arranged longitudinal spiral springs; so that “the pressure upon each separate article can be adjusted or regulated by the judgment of the [operator].” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Bennington, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that consists of an upright frame, an adjustable central ring, a dasher rod, and devices for operating the rod.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Martin, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke Consumer
Patent for smoke consumers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History