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Animal-Trap.
Patent for improvements in bait-trigger traps for catching small animals, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1891
Creator:
Edwards, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrows.
Patent for a new and improved harrow for more flexible use and easier cleaning.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Buckley, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Wright, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket
Patent for wire basket. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Kaspar, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Todd, James C.; Harvison, John A. & Howard, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in a device that is "adapted to take up slack in barbed and other wire fences," (lines 11-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 12, 1891
Creator:
Wilson, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for a device "whereby a trunk-strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Webb, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Blower
Patent for a well blower that is able to discharge the contents of a well at different air pressure levels. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for "lubricators adapted to be used in journal boxes of card, in shaft bearings, and at any other point...to provide a lubricator which will adjust itself automatically to the member to be lubricated and which includes wiping means for removing surplus" (lines 7-10 & 15-18).
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Maness, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Tower.
Patent for "skeleton towers of a character more especially adapted to support a wind-wheel" (lines 8-10) and that allow the wheel to be lowered.Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1891
Creator:
Walton, Jacob Gipson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scale.
Patent for a weighing-scale that is "of simple and improved construction which will instantly determine and indicate the weight of the article placed thereon" (lines 13-16). The scale uses revolving disks that have a chain around them which moves a lever to indicate the weight of the object being weighed. The object being weighed sits on a pan that is suspended by the same chains that hold the revolving disks in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle.
Patent for "axles for carriages, wagons, &c., and has for its object the construction of an axle in such a manner as to enable the spindle and stock to be removed and replaced by a new one when worn out without going to the expense and trouble of going to a blacksmith." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Morris, John Poke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This indicator if for the use with cars as a means for moving a belt that displays the name of streets. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Bell, Harry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Greene, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump "whereby the pressure exerted upon the liquid in the pressure-pipe is alternately high and low, the high pressure being utilized to elevate the pump-rod, giving a rapid upstroke, and the low pressure to lower said rod gradually and insure a return flow of the liquid in the pressure-pipe." (Lines 26-33) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller-Wheel.
Patent for "a construction of propeller-wheel that will permit a large reduction in the wheel-diameter without impairing its effectiveness, and which will thereby bring the resistance nearer to the crank-range of the motive power, and also to increase the bucket or blade surface of the wheel and at the same time afford such clearance at the center of the wheel as will relieve resistance to easy operation of the engine or motive power." (Lines 18-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Parker, Elisha J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for a butter churn.
Date:
December 15, 1874
Creator:
Sreeves, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump.
Patent for a pump that operates "a pump-rod designed especially to dispense with valves, valve-cages, or other impedimenta to the flow of liquid" (lines 40-44). It is capable of pumping liquids to elevated heights.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump
Patent for a hydraulic pump with "means for automatically supplying water to the pressure-pipe while the pump is working to replenish waste or leakage." (Lines 18-20) Includes instructions or illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk and Clod Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "consist[s] of . . . any desirable number of cutting-wheels constructed with heavy spherical hubs of cast metal and spokes carrying at their extremities horizontal knives. The said cutting-wheels are mounted . . . on a horizontal shaft provided with a longitudinal key-slot from end to end, so that the cutting-wheels may be adjusted in the desired positions thereon, the said shaft turning in boxes at the rear ends of a pair of longitudinal beams secured in front to an axle provided with two carrying-wheels and a driver's seat" (lines 9-21).
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
Farley, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Supply System and Starter for Explosive-Engines.
Patent for "improvements in the fuel supply system for explosive engines." (Lines 9-10). Improvements include, utilization of the heat of exhaust gases to vaporize liquid fuel, so that the carburetor and other devices are not necessary.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Lowry, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Soap.
Patent for a new and improved soap-making process. This process "consist[s] in applying hydraulic pressure to the mass undergoing mixture and steam-heating . . . [and] thoroughly mixing the ingredients . . . in a close vessel by means of rotary blades, heating the same by steam, and at the same time applying pressure by means of a hydraulic pump to the said mixture" (lines 86-95).
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
Grant, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Torpedo Receptacle
Patent for a torpedo receptacle. This invention is an improvement for use with railroad lanterns. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History