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Method of Repairing Circular-Saw Teeth.
Patent for enabling the teeth of circular saws to be drawn out and hammered for repair, including illustration.
Date:
June 10, 1856
Creator:
Parry, M. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Syringe for Destroying Cotton-Plant Worms.
Patent for improved instrument to be used to destroy cotton-worms, this instrument “provided with a nozzle, having a fine discharge-passages, through which the liquid is forced slowly, in the form of spray, and that the same nozzle is provided with an inlet-tube, through which liquid can be rapidly drawn into the barrel for filling it, but which will be automatically shut at the commencement of discharging the liquid through the nozzle, and kept shut during such discharge.” (Lines 55-62) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 15, 1869
Creator:
Robira, Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in treating grain to obtain extractive matter for coloring and flavoring spirits.
Patent for "Improvement in the Mode of extracting Flavors from Grain." (lines 3-4)
Date:
June 14, 1870
Creator:
Gilman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie fastenings.
Patent for the improvement of bale-tie fastenings, including illustrations.
Date:
June 2, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers.
Patent for "an improvement in the bottle-stopper of Westel E. Hawkins, patented under date of August 4, 1874, and numbered 153,769" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Shaw, Michael W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties by reducing a series of motions to fasten and unfasten the tie to simply just one single motion. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 6, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grain-Driers.
Patent for an improved grain-drier with design specifications and a description of the object's applications and usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1878
Creator:
Henesee, Richard Tiernan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Middlings-Purifiers.
Patent for a "machine for purifying the middlings in the process of making flour that will free them more completely from impurities that has heretofore been done, and to construct the parts of the machine so that air-blasts will be completely under control" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1879
Creator:
White, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser
Patent for "the construction of surface-condensers for condensing steam, condensing cooling ammonia-gas, and other purposes" (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1880
Creator:
Lee, Charles Brogden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pile for Use in the Construction of Wharves and Other Structures.
Patent for a new and improved pile. This design "relates to that class of piles which have a portion of their length most exposed to decay and destruction from worms constructed of metal, and that portion of their lengths above the water and beneath the water-bed constructed of wood" (lines 25-30).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yielding and Buoyant Pile Breakwater.
Patent for a new and improved breakwater. This design is "of a cheap, durable, and efficient breakwater for localities exposed to the destructive action of the waves; and it consists mainly in a line of single-column buoyant piles, arranged side-by-side, and grouped together in sections . . . and anchored to their water-bed, and also in certain constructions and combination of parts" (lines 28-35).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather and Fire Strip for Box Car Doors.
Patent for a new and improved weather and fire strip for box car doors. This design "relates to an improved device for closing the space between the rear edge of the doors of box-cars and the side of the car, so as to prevent sparks or water from entering through the space and damaging the goods in the car" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 12, 1883
Creator:
Nichols, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved wheeled vehicle. This design consists in "[a] one-wheeled sulky in which are combined the single wheel, the frame, the thills, the seat, the standards, and the rods or braces" (lines 54-57).
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Boyd, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rope Clamp.
Patent for a new and improved rope clamp. This design "is intended to be used in place of selvagee-straps in any and all places where such straps can be used, and also for use on purchases in setting up rigging in place of cats'-paws; also in joining two ends of a rope together in place of splicing, or in any situation where it is desired to clamp or hold ropes" (lines 7-14).
Date:
June 9, 1885
Creator:
Magee, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be automatic in its action, simple in its construction, positive and effective in operation, and one that will be strong and durable. A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for supporting the link in a horizontal position, so that it will engage the draw-head of the adjacent car. The invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 10-21).
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Hogan, John James & Miller, Rudolph Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing.
Patent for a new and improved swing. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a suitable support, a single hanger having its width increased at that point where the friction-roller of the operating-lever bears against it, with the operating-lever provided with a friction-roller to bear against the front edge of the hanger, a second roller, over which the cord passes, a friction-roller attached to the hanger, and an operating cord" (lines 18-26).
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Elliott, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Odometer.
Patent for "new and Improved Odometer, of which is a full, clear, and exact description."(lines 4-6) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Hutches, Benjamin F., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Carriage.
Patent for a new and improved stroller. This design consists in "[a] running-gear, of the vertical hoop secured thereto, the brackets extending outward and upward from the hoop, and notched in their upper ends, the body, the brackets at opposite sides of the body, and the knife edge projections resting on the upper notched ends of the brackets . . . a vertical encircling hoop carrying buffers, standards, and brackets formed with edges, which rest upon the standards . . . an axle, wheels fitted to the axle, a forwardly extending bracket carrying a fixed wheel . . . and a sunshade" (lines 81-98).
Date:
June 22, 1886
Creator:
England, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Uncoupler.
Patent for a new and improved car uncoupler. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a coupling adapted to hold two cars together, of an uncoupler comprising a lever pivotally connected to the car, a weight supported on the car and connected to said lever, and a connection between the weight-operated lever and the coupling for operating it, to separate the cars upon the dropping of the weight" (lines 4-11).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Flett, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design has for its object "to provide a coupler which may be used in connection with an ordinary pin-and-link coupler, or with a novel form of draw-pin formed especially for use in connection with the coupler . . . the object of the invention being to so arrange the parts that cars may be automatically coupled and uncoupled without entering the spaces between the ends of the approaching cars" (lines 8-17).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Flett, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to an improvement in car-couplings, and has for its object to provide a coupling by means of which the link will be held up and guided into the draw-head, and the coupling-pin held in position to be coupled and automatically thrown into engagement with the link" (lines 7-13).
Date:
June 5, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjusting Device for Compressing-Rolls.
Patent for adjusting devices for compressing rolls which “employed for compressing into a continuous thin sheet cotton fiber; and the objects in view are to provide a simple and convenient means for binding the rolls in contact, and when so bound to prevent any undesired yielding.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel.
Patent for an improved funnel that is meant to transfer liquids into receptacles with small openings, "the object being to provide a novel construction whereby a valve is automatically closed when the receptacle is full or the liquid has reached the proper level, so as to cut off the supply and prevent overflow which frequently occurs in using the ordinary funnels, resulting in loss and waste" (lines 16-23).
Date:
June 27, 1893
Creator:
Wright, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove.
Patent for a cooking stove that uses heat from a charcoal furnace efficiently, which increases the length the stove is hot and decreases the risk of suffocation from the gas given off by the furnace.
Date:
June 12, 1894
Creator:
Hayes, Rebecca Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History