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Abdominal Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved abdominal supporter. This design "consist[s] of the waist-belt, the abdominal sector-shaped pads hung from the waist-belt by elastic straps, the straps buttoned to the belt behind and to the bottom of the abdominal pads in front, the side straps connecting the abdominal pads with the pieces at the back, and the front strap connecting the two abdominal pads together with the shoulder-straps" (lines 70-79).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Gray, Harriet N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee-Roasters.
Patent for an attachment to a coffee-roaster that assists in separating coffee beans from foreign matter.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Liberto, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Hay-Rake.
Patent for "an improved hay rake, for farm use, adapted to be attached to and operated by an automobile or motor truck or wagon." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Holeman, David O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a hand-lever baling press.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Williamson, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Lock
Patent for a bicycle lock. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Hayford, Samuel & Hayford, Kirby
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop.
Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "[i]n blind-stops, the rod, consisting of two parts connected by a thin piece of metal, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut" (lines 49-53).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Warren, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracing Garment
Patent for a bracing garment. This invention resembles a corset functioning as a body brace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Crumbly, Lula
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap for Harness.
Patent for "a breast-strap so constructed as to obviate pressure on the windpipe of the horse and to transfer such pressure to the shoulders; to obviate chafing or rubbing of the breast-strap upon the shoulders, and to permit them to move freely in advance of each other as a result of the movements of the horse." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Russell, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broaching-Press
Patent for a device used with metal-working machines that provides more efficient finishing.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Baker, Jason A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Construction.
Patent for "a construction which will permit the speedy and easy removal of brake supporting blocks or equivalent parts from the lower or floor frame of a car and the substitution of others without displacement or injury of other parts of the car." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Coffin, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a simple, safe, and practical coupling for cars, arranged to couple at one time as many cars as may be desired, and to operate automatically so as to avoid all necessity of going between the cars, and adapted to use the ordinary link and to couple with cars having a higher or lower draw bar than itself." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Elliott, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Garment
Patent for a child's garment. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Hanks, Edith & Anderson, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
combination lock
Patent for a combination lock. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Wilcox, Ferdinand S. & Tucker, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Morriss, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Engine and Superheater Apparatus.
Patent for a "combined steam superheater apparatus and engine driven thereby, which in turn is utilized to automatically shift the steam feeding and cut off devices, and such invention primarily has for its object to provide a combined mechanism of this character which will effectively operate for its intended purposes" (lines 7-14). It also requires a minimal amount of effort to operate, sifts solids out of the water, and retains heat.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Dropper
Patent for corn or cotton dropper in which improvements are made on general efficiency, "simplicity, expensiveness, [and] durability" (lines 12-13).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Brown, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Bates, General Lowel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Wright, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer
Patent for a device that can be attached to the draft tongue of an animal-drawn agricultural machine to equalize resistance and allow it to be drawn evenly in a straight line.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Butts, Jim P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock
Patent for an electric clock. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Iversen, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency-Tire.
Patent for a spare automobile tire with improvements to the design which allow it be easily applied on the road in case of emergency.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Poe, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post
Patent for a fence post for use with line wires. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Kindler.
Patent for a new and improved fire-kindler. This design is for "[a] fire-kindling torch consisting of two perforated sections, each having an exterior longitudinal ridge, and angular side flanges, and provided at one end with lugs which bear flatly against each other, a pivot-pin passing transversely through the lugs to permanently connect the sections and form a pintle on which they can turn, and a handle connecting the other ends of the sections together, said sections having an interposed filling of mineral wool" (lines 1-11).
Date:
December 25, 1883
Creator:
Osborn, Adelbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Compressing Pump for Ice Machines.
Patent for a new and improved pump for refrigerators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder, having inlet at or near its lower end, a downward-closing valve at its upper end, an open-ended piston having internal ribs or projections, annular valve-seat around its upper open end, and a centrally-apertured bottom plate, of the valve having vertical movement within the piston and closing upwardly against the valve-seat, said valve being formed of the two sections . . . having hemispherical recesses and the lower section having an aperture, communicating therewith" (lines 30-42).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Farnsworth, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History