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Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for an innovation in the combination and arrangement of parts for car-couplers including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1900
Creator: Hawkins, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Measure and Tally. (open access)

Grain Measure and Tally.

Patent for improving the measurement of grain.
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Holland, John Newton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water Trap for Cisterns and Other Receptacles. (open access)

Automatic Water Trap for Cisterns and Other Receptacles.

Patent for a new and improved water-trap. This design consists in "the combination, with a bent main pipe, of a vessel secured on the said main pipe and connected at its top with the interior of the said main pipe, a pin held on the bottom of the said vessel, a fixed sleeve provided with a spiral groove and engaged by said pin, a grooved pin held in the said fixed sleeve and resting at its top end on the bottom of the said pin, a roped connected with the said grooved pin, and a weight held on the said rope to counterbalance the said main pipe and vessel" (lines 103-114).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Pickering, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design has for its object "to provide a press in which the material to be baled can be compressed into bales of the desired sizes, and then emptied from the baling-box by tilting up the tail-board, which is provided with angle irons to catch under the bale" (lines 15-20).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Hoop, Friedrich W. J. & Isaac, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for an improved burner that is safe from the danger of exploding and can be made cheaply, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Hudgens, John Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap. (open access)

Ant-Trap.

Patent for an ant-trap using a portable receptacle with three different designs, each can be used as an individual trap or in any combinations to lure ants into the bottom of the receptacle without any means of escaping, including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1860
Creator: Cottingham, G. W. & Menefee, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. It "is to provide an improved plow stock or frame having an adjustable foot to regulate the inclination or pitch of the plow-point" (p. 2).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Whatley, George Washington,
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the supporting stand and the suds-box, of the cleats at the upper end of said box and formed with openings, the blocks pivotally secured to said stand and provided at one end with the thumb-screw, and the springs secured at their lower ends in said blocks and their upper ends working loosely in the openings in the cleats" (lines 24-31).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Neal, Stephen N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Faucets. (open access)

Improvement in Faucets.

Patent for a faucet "which is inexpensive in its construction, easily repaired, and efficient in operation" (lines 7-8), including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Escapes.

Patent for a rope-and-pulley fire escape apparatus, including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.

Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Hoyt, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Planter (open access)

Wheel-Planter

Patent for an improvement on a patent granted on the 4th of October 1870, numbered 108,032.
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Kling, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.

Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
Date: August 7, 1878
Creator: Barrow, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Boiler. (open access)

Steam-Boiler.

Patent for a steam-boiler that produces "a water-tube steam generator, which shall be simple in construction, easily repaired, interchangeable parts, and rapid and effective steaming qualities" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 7, 1894
Creator: Parker, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Coffee or Tea Pot. (open access)

Steam Coffee or Tea Pot.

Patent for a steam coffee or tea pot that has "double walls forming an inner and outer chamber, an interiorly arranged spout connecting said chambers and a vent tube arranged in the spout communicating with the inner chamber" (lines 77-81).
Date: August 7, 1894
Creator: Laube, Godfried
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Separating Trap (open access)

Steam-Separating Trap

Patent for a steam eliminator for engines or other machinery to deliver steam with as little moisture as possible including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1900
Creator: Cox, John R.; Wright, George H. & Reynolds, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spur. (open access)

Spur.

Patent for a new and improved spur; including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1900
Creator: Jackson, Claude D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gear Power for Presses. (open access)

Gear Power for Presses.

Patent for a new and improved gear-power for presses. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the shafts geared together at one end, and having at the other ends sleeved or loose pinions geared to a fixed pinion upon a third shaft having a second pinion, and the sleeve or tap carrying a gear-wheel meshing with the said second pinion, together with the clutch-sleeves upon the first-named shafts and the clutch-sleeve-shipping mechanism" (lines 1-9).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Roquemore, Peter D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Brush (open access)

Gin Brush

Patent for gin-brush relating to the speed and convenience in removing and replacement of rotatable brushes for cotton gins.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Murray, Stephan D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar. (open access)

Horse Collar.

Patent for a new and improved horse collar. This design "consists in forming a portion of the large roll of the collar with leather, and the other part with canvas or ducking of two thicknesses, between which double part of ducking or canvas is placed a medicated composition and preservative, which serves as a remedial agent for the galling of horses shoulders', and as a preventative against gnawing of the collar by vermin. It also relates to an improved manner of stitching together the collar roll" (lines 13-23).
Date: August 7, 1883
Creator: Hake, Francis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch. (open access)

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination of the case having at its lower end a guide ledge or flange with its bearing face arranged laterally in from the inner face of the side plate of the case, a loosely suspended ring held and movable against the said ledge or flange, and means whereby the said ring may be operated" (lines 5-11).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: Charleville, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Hook. (open access)

Ice-Hook.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive ice-hook that has an improved design for holding, carrying, and lifting ice, and can be easily operated by one hand.
Date: August 7, 1894
Creator: Wesson, Miley B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie. (open access)

Railway Tie.

Patent for a hollow metallic railway tie that is braced horizontally and vertically, with a new type and arrangement of tie-plates. This railway tie prevents rails from slipping, and allows for spreading of the track, which is useful on curves.
Date: August 7, 1906
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a knock-down kitchen cabinet.
Date: August 7, 1882
Creator: Billington, Theophilus
System: The Portal to Texas History