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Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "consists of an adjustable regulating fastener for the upper and lower ends of the hames, and this fastener is further provided with a swinging loop, to which the breast-strap may be attached on the lower fastener and the strap on the upper fastener when desired" (lines 19-25).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap Hook.
Patent for a new and improved snap hook. This design "consists in a hook provided with a sliding latch on the shank and on the end of the hook, whereby this hook will remain closed in whatever position it is placed" (lines 11-14).
Date:
December 12, 1882
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill Carrier for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved thill-carrier for harnesses. This design utilizes a loop or ring, and "[b]y this construction of the thill-carriers it will be seen that the trouble and annoyance of running the thills into and backing them out of the thill-carriers are entirely overcome, and by means of the loops or rings . . . the thills are perfectly confined in the carriers . . . [they] may be made very cheap, and also very ornamental to the harness" (lines 66-76).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engraving-Machine
Patent for improvements "in the peculiar construction and combination of [engraving machines]" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 19, 1889
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope.
Patent for a new and improved envelope. This design calls for "a projecting flap, to which the postage stamp or stamps may be attached in such a manner that the said stamp or stamps may be canceled by perforation (or by means of a punch or otherwise) without danger of injuring the contents of the envelope" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Terry, James Doss
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "provide[s] a flexible or elastic seat, consisting of a number of thicknesses of tanned sheepskin, with the wool on, between the saddle-tree covering and the ordinary external rawhide or other covering, thus preventing the said covering from resting on the inner edges of the saddle-tree side bars, which forms a comfortable and easy saddle; and, in addition to this, [the] invention relates to the opening rearwardly and laterally in the saddle-tree for attaching the girth-rigging thereto, in place of the ordinary rings" (lines 30-41).
Date:
July 6, 1886
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Addressing-Machine.
Patent for an improved addressing machine, which will "paste, cut, and attach the slip simultaneously, or with one operation" (lines 26-27), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Railway-Switch and Car-Replacing Mechanism.
Patent for a combined railway-switch and car-replacing mechanism that is meant to "provide certain improved devices which can be arranged to operate as a switch mechanism, or as car replacing means, which can be easily manipulated, are of a simple construction and which will effectively serve for their intended purposes" (lines 11-16). It can be easily assembled and dissembled.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Debose, Albert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a refrigerator especially designed to cool meat, dairy, and other farm products. It uses little ice and cools using vaporization.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Elder, Philip T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Duster
Patent for a device that will grind poison to a fine powder, and can mounted on a wagon for distribution onto plants.
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Wright, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Holder and Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved paper cutter. This design "relates to that class of paper holders and cutters in which the paper is drawn through a holder and severed at any desired point. Its objects are to secure a cheap, simple, durable, efficient, and easily-manipulated apparatus capable, if required, of holding several sheets of the same or different widths, which can be fed side by side and cut to the requisite length, leaving a projecting edge behind the cutter to afford ready means of drawing out the succeeding sheet" (lines 9-19).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists "[i]n a garden cultivator, the frame having slotted arm [that is] journaled, clevis, standard with plow, slotted arm, and wheels . . . [and] handles, adjusted . . . to lower and raise said handles" (lines 59-67).
Date:
June 22, 1886
Creator:
Miltenberger, Emile Rudolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sprinkler.
Patent for a new and improved sprinkler. This design consists "[i]n a cotton or other plant sprinkler, the reservoir or tank mounted upon a suitable carriage or truck, and having connected thereto a pump, in combination with the grooved pulley, rigidly secured to the wheel of the carriage or truck, belt or chain, pulley, clutch, and crank, connected by suitable levers or arms to the piston-rod . . . with the pipes, provided with roseheads, of the arm or carrier, formed in sections and connected to a suitable lever for raising or lowering it" (lines 20-33).
Date:
May 17, 1881
Creator:
Wolfram, John Arnold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for a pneumatic feed device or elevator and distributor for cotton gins. It has a mechanical conveyer that connects "with the blast device, so that a positive force feed is obtained and the cotton is placed evenly over the gins, and wherein further an overflow box is employed and an independent means of feeding the cotton through the medium of the said blast device, either from a vehicle or bin or from the overflow box, thus enabling the gin to be fed even while the connection between the bin or main source of supply is cut off; and wherein also the blower or fan employed in connection with the pneumatic conveying device may likewise be used for forcing the speed delivered from the gin to any desired point" (lines 12-26).
Date:
May 14, 1895
Creator:
Zelder, Friedrich & Ward, Perry L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved ruffling attachment for sewing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the flat main plate having the loop, of the ruffling-plate having its side at one end turned over parallel with its main portion, and provided with a spring tongue or plate that is inserted in the loop" (lines 59-63).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Lauraine, Eugene G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Pad.
Patent for a new and improved saddle pad. This design "consists of a saddle-pad formed of an upper and lower cover connected by lacing, provided with pockets, and filled intermediately with layers of felt or cloth" (lines 13-16). The saddle pad was designed to increase comfort for the rider while maintaining comfort for the animal.
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Hake, Francis Anton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton by Atmospheric Suction.
Patent for a new device for handling and cleaning seeding cotton by atmospheric suction in which the cotton may be conveyed and cleaned without passing through the exhaust-fans, thereby avoiding danger of the machine being choked while in operation. (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 19, 1891
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Account-Book.
Patent for improvement in account-books by “dispensing a multiplicity of books in keeping accounts and to devise means for combining in one book and upon a single page thereof the features of the ledger, day-book, bill-book and bills-receivable book, said page to be so provided with perforation as to admit of the detachment of certain parts, leaving intake theat part of the page that is intended for permanent record.” (Lines 13-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
Huck, Henry J., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Watch-Chain.
Design patent for a rosary watch-chain that includes strings of beads, hearts, an image of the "Virgin Mary," and a watch-key in the shape of a crucifix. There is no accompanying illustration.
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Graham, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A map of early expeditions through the Dewitt County region, 1689-1768.
Map shows early exploration in DeWitt County, Texas. Includes index. Scale [ca. 1:33,640].
Date:
1992
Creator:
Jackson, Jack, 1941-
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Runge Quadrangle
Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Runge Southeast Quadrangle
Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample Quadrangle
Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shiner Quadrangle
Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History