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Sash - Lock
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Sash Locks to "provide a device of this character whereby the sash will be automatically locked in all its adjusted positions, thereby dispensing with the employment of sash cords and weights (line 13-17).
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Crocker, Lauren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Table
Patent for a sewing machine table intended to extend the top of the sewing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Saettler. Ernest C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in a plow-beam "having a downwardly-projecting extension or arm at its rear end and a plow-standard pivoted to the beam in front of said extension, of a plate connecting said standard and extension and adapted to slide vertically thereon and an adjusting screw for operating said plate" (lines 1-7).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Swiedom, Ernst J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railroad-Tie
Patent for an improvement on metallic railroad ties that is "simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to prevent the spreading of the rails and displacement of the ties in the railroad-bed" (lines 9-12).
Date:
December 13, 1892
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like
Patent for adjustable handles for sweep stocks, plows, cultivators, and related equipment.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Hoerhold, Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb-Cleaning Device
Patent for a comb-cleaning device which can be "secured to a wall, wires or cords being strung upon the bracket so that a comb may be stroked thereacross and cleaned &c., &c." lines 16-19
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Buchorn, Ben A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for improvements in car-replacers by using a jack-screw with a swiveled rest secured on top. The swiveled rest consists of an oblong box having rollers projecting above its upper edge. A windlass with a rope is journeyed in the jack-screw, passing through the swiveled rest, over a pulley and out of one end of the rest; the rope end having a hook or other suitable means for connecting it with the car. When the windlass is turned, “the car-body is moved laterally upon the rollers until the car-wheels are in line with the track.” (Lines 46-47) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 8, 1891
Creator:
White, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Oil Mill Seed Huller
Patent for a cotton oil mill seed huller. This invention is designed to prevent the breaking or drilling of knives by foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Kappler, John G. & Gaines, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a new brake design that forms part of the driving mechanism of a sewing machine. The design has been adapted to include a plurality of small rollers that exert different amounts of friction on brake wheels.
Date:
July 13, 1913
Creator:
Gaines, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door
Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.
Date:
March 27, 1915
Creator:
Minton, S. F. & McClellen, R. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for the "new and improved Baling-Press which is very simple and durable in construction, and is very easily operated by hand or other power" (lines 4-10) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new baling-press, including illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "an exceedingly rapid baling of the hay, to provide for the easy transportation of the press and the power employed in connection therewith, and to provide for the adjustment of the size of the baling-chamber" (lines 9-13).
Date:
February 25, 1890
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements to a press that bales hay. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1891
Creator:
Mattijetz, Andreas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History