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Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a new bale tie buckle made of wire material "in which the buckle is closed by the strain or stress on the bale tie" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-tool.
Patent for a device "designed particularly for boring out cylinders of internal combustion engines" (lines 12–13), includes illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Dedman, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for a new and improved bridle. This design "consists in a novel manner of constructing driving-bridles, whereby a leverage upon the bit and curb proportionate to the needs of any particular occasion may be drawn up so that it will be impossible to hold the bit out of control of the driver" (lines 7-14).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Roeber, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener
Patent for can-opener which uses a fulcrum point that pierces the center of the can's lid and a circular blade to cut an opening around the circumference.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Pierce, Jesse Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Sorter.
Patent for a coin sorter that sorts coins according to their dimensions and places in a receptacle with removable bottom cover to collect the sorted coins.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Haynie, Brooks & Parmele, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Satchel and Pillow.
Patent for a new and improved combined satchel and pillow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a valise or satchel, of an airbag permanently incorporated in the same to form one of the sides thereof, and having a mouthpiece upon the exterior of the valise, whereby the bag may be inflated without opening the valise" (lines 62-67).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Kiam, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Railroad-Beds.
Patent for a railroad-bed design that is used to support railroad tracks.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Alley, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for improved Cotton-Chopper, with illusrations and description.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Clayton, John W.
System:
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Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton gin that has a large ginning capacity (similar to saw types of gins) and also preserves the fiber (similar to roller types of gins).
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cow-Yoke.
Patent for a cow-yoke "comprising a yoke formed in sections pivoted one to the other" with spurs included (inwardly) at the ends of these pivoted sections to "prevent the animal from poking his head through a wire fence".
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Parker, Abbot S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deep-Well Pump.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Deep-Well Pumps," (lines 5-6), including illustrations. An improvement on the inventor's previous patent (1013579), with the intention of preventing and removing sand accumulation while pumping oil.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derrick.
Patent for improvements to derricks, specifically those used on the decks of ships and other vessels, to prevent the structure from becoming entangled with fall ropes or cables during operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Scanlan, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism for Tractors
Patent for an invention relating to the engines of tractors that provides "improved transmission gearing for controlling the movements of the machine." (lines 17-18)
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt and Appliances
Patent for a more comfortable electrical belt with adjustable electrodes and an improved battery.
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough
Patent for "a stock-feeder which shall permit of the feeding of a measured quantity of food to cattle in the barn or stable from a point remote, so as to enable the farmer or any of the members of his family to feed the cattle from the dwelling without going out into the weather" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Reed, Francis O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figure Toy.
Patent for a new and improved toy. This design consists in "a pedestal or support and mount[ed] on the upper end thereof a vertically disposed rod having its upper end tapered or reduced, so as to afford the least possible friction to the whirling figure mounted thereon" (lines 16-21). In practice, "the toy is placed in a position to be struck by wind, and as the same comes in contact with the blades the object will simultaneously be whirled upon the rod and its arms move rapidly around its shoulders, thereby affording amusement" (lines 54-59).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Herron, James & Swaden, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine
Patent for a flying machine that is designed to have a lower center of gravity to facilitate more stable operation.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Bell, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fork for Handling Cotton and Other Substances.
Patent for a new and improved pitchfork. This design "relates to a hand-fork for handling cotton in the seed and cotton-seed at the gins, as well as for other useful purposes; and it consists in the novel construction of the teeth and tines or head, together with the means for fastening the teeth to the head" (lines 9-15).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Shannon, Joel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements Fruit-Cutters and Juice-Extractors" (Lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Cooper, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave Filler.
Patent for a grave-filling machine, which transports dirt into the hole of the grave.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Deering, Uriah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Churns
Patent for improvements in the construction of a churn dasher. Descriptions and illustrations are attached
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses
Patent for an improved cotton and hay press that "... provides an economical and powerful press for cotton, hay, rags, &c., that may be worked by hand, horse, or steam power, in field, farm or factory." (lines 12-15) Includes description and illustration.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Rossell, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Locks
Patent for an improvement for slide door fasteners and locks. Description and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History