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Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a short thin plate of metal having two tongues . . . fronting each other, said plate being pivoted at one end to the bale-hoop . . . the other end of the bale-hoop being passed under the tongues and drawn tightly around the bale, the expansion of the bale on the hoop causes the respective ends to pull on the respective ends of the tie-plate . . . so as to grip the edges of the end passed between the tongues and hold it firmly" (lines 7-19).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Arnold, Abbott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed Elevator
Patent for a wagon-bed elevator that "is to provide an elevator for wagon-beds by means of which a single person can raise the bed from the wagon to any desired height and leave it suspended in position where it can be readily lowered upon the wagon again at any time" (p. 2).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weaning-Bit
Patent for a weaning-bit. This bit "[admits] air into the mouth of the animal, thus obviating any drawing or sucking action." (lines 10-12) Additionally, this bit was created to be of better construction which would make it cheaper and longer-lasting.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Turner, Wiley Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.
Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Stephens, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal wind-wheel, the semi-cylindrical case partly inclosing the same and independently revoluble, the case having the notches in its upper side, the vane having the shaft or port whose lower end forms the upper pivot for the said case, and the lever having its inner end fast to the vane shaft or port, and adapted to engage the said notches, and thereby cause the case to expose any desired area of the wheel to the wind" (lines 89-99).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hamm, Jordan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
Davis, James H. & White, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Pocket.
Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Greenwald, Louis.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trawl-Line.
Patent for a trawl-line that is supported so that it "can be caused to travel continuously in the same or reversed directions at will" (lines 12-14). The invention prevents "the choking of the line supporting pulleys with grasses and other foreign matter, and also to enable the ready adjustment of the pulley son the posts to change the elevation of the trawl-line and the depth of dip of the hooks in the water" (lines 16-21).
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
White, Warren Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.
Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
Eastham, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Still for Distillation of Petroleum
Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design "relates to improvements in lamps in which the reservoir is beveled, adapting it for use in conjunction with a conical corrugated reflector; and the object of [the] improvement is to produce a lamp that will afford more and better light with a given amount of oil" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Newman, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Hydrochloric Acid and Calcium Carbid
Patent for "new and useful processes in treating fused calcium chlorid with acetylene gas or other gases mixed therewith, whereby hydrochloric-acid gas and calcium carbid may be produced," (lines 12-16) thus making the manufacturing processes of hydrochloric-acid cheaper while also producing calcium carbid more economically.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Seamon, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved sulky cultivator. This design consists in "the beam having the cross-bar at its rear end, and the rearward-diverging brace-arms connecting the beam to the ends of the cross-bar, the links hinged to the rear ends of the brace-arms and pivoted to the sulky-frame, the hand lever fulcrumed on the frame, and the rod connecting the hand-lever to the front end of the beam" (lines 40-48).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hazlewood, James Allan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Tonic
Patent for use the liquid preparation is applied to the head once a day why the scalp is thoroughly irrigated, and the after once or twice a week. By its use the hair will be prevented from falling out as often occurs after fevers, and when the foilices are not dead a new growth of hair will be formed on bald heads.[20]
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Wallace, William, T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screening Device.
Patent for a screening device that offers "an improved means for imparting motion to and controlling or varying the motion of the screen to affect a separation of the materials undergoing treatment." (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Cole, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for a fan. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Pochyla, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design "is to improve the means for suspending a quilting-frame, so that a sewing-machine may be more conveniently used in the quilting operation" (lines 7-10).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Bledsoe, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke.
Patent for "a safety attachment for neck yokes which, if the neck yoke or the straps which connect it to the pole or to the collars break, will come into action and prevent the pole from dropping" (lines 8-13).
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
Date:
July 24, 1900
Creator:
Bonner, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Grip
Patent for pipe grip. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Griffin, Claud Champ
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for a rail joint. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Wingren, Eric Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth Borer and Excavator
Patent for an Improvement in Earth Boring and Excavating Machines whereby the machines may operate continuously except for the addition of shaft and belt sections.
Date:
July 24, 1880
Creator:
Carley, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for an improved method of locating the air blast apparatus for cleaning lint from the saw teeth of saw-type cotton gins, so that the cotton lint does not accumulate on the cleaning apparatus and render it inoperative, including illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Hopper, James F.; Stephens, George B. & Young, Harry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain and Shade Support.
Patent for a curtain device that allows for adjusting shades/curtains to different lengths or positions in order to fit the window they cover, without changing or damaging the window casing, curtain pole, or shade roller.
Date:
July 24, 1917
Creator:
Odell, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History