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Improvement In Apparatus For Washing Dishes and Table-Cutlery
Patent for improvements to a dish washing machine with specifications and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 12, 1879
Creator:
Walling, Edmund, P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Baling-Presses
Patent for improvement to the construction of a baling press with descriptions and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 12, 1879
Creator:
Hall, Marcus C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Buckles.
Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.
Date:
August 12, 1879
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eraser for Blackboards.
Patent for a new and improved blackboard eraser. This design "is composed of a block fashioned out of any suitable material—wood preferred— with a suitable handle, and provided with a base having a bed rounding in shape, provided with a rabbet following its edge, one side of which is beveled and the other plain, the two sides of said rabbet forming an obtuse angle about the entire perimeter of the said block" (lines 15-23).
Date:
August 12, 1884
Creator:
Kempen, Adolph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved wheel scraper. This design "is to provide a . . . device for scraping mud and adhesive soil from the outer edges and sides of the fellies of vehicle wheels to prevent an accumulation of mud or adhesive soil on the wheel rim or felly and between the spokes" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 12, 1884
Creator:
Whipp, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, more especially of that class known as 'swing-pins;' and the object of the invention is to provide a swinging weight which will press the pin normally into operative position, and which will also support the link" (lines 7-12).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Bass, Alonzo T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] car-coupler having a hook formed thereon . . . an open recess in the rear thereof, pins or projecting supports adjacent to the recess . . . a trigger pivoted to the coupler and projecting beyond the hook, so as to support the link . . . independent of the coupler and adapted to pass over the hook" (lines 64-75).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Richardson, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Easel and Phonograph Horn Tripod.
Patent for a new and improved easel and phonograph horn tripod. This design "is to construct a device which may be used for holding phonograph-horns of different sizes at any desired height, and which also may be employed for holding a painting, or for the use of an artist. [The] invention consists in the combination of a pair of cross-bars, a hinged brace for supporting the bars at any required angle, and an adjustable device for regulating the spread of the bars and of the brace" (lines 22-31).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Minot, Kendall James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Inkstand and Pen Rack.
Patent for a new and improved inkstand and pen rack. This design "is to provide one or more inkstands with pen-holding attachments which will be adapted to close the lid of the inkstand when the pen is in position on the rack-frame and permit the lid to open by gravity of attached parts when the pen is removed for use" (lines 8-14).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Lindsay, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Insulator.
Patent for a new and improved electric insulator. This design "comprises a pair of fixed metal jaws or flanges having a common base of the same material integral therewith, and having between them a recess or groove for the reception of a wire, a key seat or slot passing through both jaws near their point of permanent union, and rounded off or made with a concave surface at its outer side, and a key or wedge convexly rounded on one side of its surface to correspond with said slot and adapted to be driven therein and to pass through both jaws and thereupon to hold the wire in said recess" (lines 27-38).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Dunbar, John K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Kindler.
Patent for a new and improved fire-kindler. This design "consist[s] of a tapered tube having lap-jointed edges, a retaining or clamping collar to hold said edges in position, perforations near the larger end, and the overbent flexible strips, said tube being packed with asbestus or other absorbent" (lines 77-82).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Denton, Winfield Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer
Patent for "a machine adapted to cut or halve a lemon and extract the juice therefrom and cast away the rinds at one and the same operation. . .[and also directs] the juice of each half through separate channels, whereby two glasses may at the same time receive their proportionate allowance of lemon-juice to be subsequently converted into lemonade" (lines 10-19),
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Dunlap, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, and inexpensive, which may be readily converted from a corn into a cotton planter, and vice versa, which may be easily and effectively adjusted so as to plant the corn in hills at any desired distance apart, and which shall be in every respect convenient and efficient" (lines 10-17).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vault or Cell for Outhouses.
Patent for a new and improved vault or cell for outhouses. This design "consist[s] of the combination of a vault made of impervious material and provided with wheels on its bottom, with a housing and an inclined cover secured above it at the rear and having a seat and hopper in the house, and a receptacle located within the vault and closely fitted to the mouth of the hopper" (lines 5-12).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel
Patent for a new and novel design for a wind wheel.
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Gatlin, Lilburn M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator for cotton farming meant to be strong and durable as well as light and inexpensive to construct; to make it convenient to adjust the shovel beams for different distances between rows; and to support the shovel-beams in an elevated position so that they do not contact the ground and to allow them to be lowered as needed.
Date:
August 12, 1902
Creator:
Comstock, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game-Cards.
Patent for game cards. Provide attractive cards with detailed instructions on how to play card games.
Date:
August 12, 1902
Creator:
Sharp, Bird H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stack Former and Protector.
Patent for an invention "to provide a device of this character by means of which a hay, straw, or other kind of a stack may be formed and while being formed may be protected from rains" (lines 13-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 12, 1902
Creator:
Stipp, Edwin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder.
Patent for a paper bag holder that can employ one or more units, of various sizes, to hold paper bags of practically all sizes. It holds the bags in place and makes them readily removable when needed. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Ott, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Butter-Container.
Patent for a butter container that holds butter and protects against direct handling until it is served. This is inexpensive, two-piece and very easy to clean.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Eiband, Ernst A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine.
Patent for a flying machine consisting of a cigar-shaped balloon guided by a light-weight gasoline engine.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Sipes, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens-Grinding Machine.
Patent for a lens grinding machine that polishes any kind of lens via the means of a reciprocating motion in both the grinding tool and the lens holder.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Rousseau, Almer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Preserver.
Patent for a life preserver with features to support both a wearer's waist and neck.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Hansen, Carl Albert Edvard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet-Drill
Patent for adding mechanical improvements to ratchet drill tools. These improvements include improved adjustment efficiency and range.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
McMillan, Eugene C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History