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Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters.
Patent for a cutting apparatus for a corn harvester, which allows the rotary wheel to be closer to the main driving shaft.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Binder for Plaster.
Design patent for a binder for plaster with parallel corrugations forming reversely-arranged dovetailed ribs.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Ettler, John Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an Acetylene gas generator with an improved building method for holding the carbide tank above the generator tank.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Walsh, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an improved acetylene-gas generator with a carbid receptacle on top of of the gasometer an an improved automated valve mechanism to assist with gas maintenance.
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
Loyer, William Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Handkerchief, &c.
Patent for "a new and original design for handkerchiefs, fans, napkins, cards, and similar articles" (lines 8-10).
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Handkerchief, &c.
Patent for a design for handkerchiefs, cards, napkins, etc., which features an Indian head,, a lion head, unicorns, scrolls, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bustle.
Patent for a new and improved bustle. This design consists in "[a] bustle consisting of a single piece of wire bent in spiral form, and bent at its ends to form loops to which are secured straps . . . having a buckle, and the elastic strap secured to the strap and engaging a buckle on the strap" (lines 85-90).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Davis, Charles Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Power.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design has a "tread-wheel on which the animal is placed, and which is provided with a cog-wheel on its under side to mesh with a pinion placed on one end of the crank-shaft, a connecting-rod which is attached at one end to the crank and at the other to a pivoted lever . . . a second connecting-rod which is fastened to the upper end of the pivoted lever . . . a balance-wheel, and the main driving-shaft provided with a number of arms, each one of which carries a planet-wheel for the purpose of moving around a fixed wheel" (lines 15-29).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Yarbrough, Ezekel James & Kyker, John Marshal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge.
Design patent for a badge that has a near-rectangular body with additional ornamentation.
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Lukanitsch, Joseph & Cosman, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drier.
Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, a series of spark-arresting plates located opposite said openings, to deflect downward all the sparks that may escape through said openings, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-22).
Date:
August 7, 1888
Creator:
McPherson, Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment
Patent for a desk attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Miller, Hartford H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved car coupling, including illustrations. "This invention relates to an improvement to car coupling, having for its object to effect the coupling of cars with facility and without danger to the operator, the coupling operation being performed automatically, and without requiring the passing of the operator between the cars" (lines 10-15).
Date:
November 7, 1882
Creator:
Nelson, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "having [a] bell-mouthed draw-head, pin, plane-faced link, spring, and slide, having transverse plane face laterally secured in the draw-head by means of side guide-plates, [and] inlet into rabbets" (lines 85-90).
Date:
November 7, 1882
Creator:
Saxon, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of two draw-heads, in one of which is a spring-actuated jaw, which acts as a support for the coupling-pin until the jaw is pushed back into the coupling-head, and in the other a slotted spring-actuated jaw, which has its end so formed as to support the link in position ready to couple" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 7, 1883
Creator:
Learmonth, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment designed to aid in the plowing of soil. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Parmer, George W. & Miller, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Bed Spring.
Design patent for bed spring comprised of twin spirally-coiled bodies with straight horizontal arm extending from upper coils.
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Rigg, Elmer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calcining Apparatus
Patent for a calcining apparatus. This invention if for the calcining plaster of all types. Illustration included.
Date:
June 7, 1904
Creator:
Kibler, Daniel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Railroad Spike.
Design patent for a barbed railroad spike.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Banks, Henry N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors.
Patent for "an improvement in fuel heaters or vaporizers for use with carburetors for hydrocarbon fuel engines" (lines 9-12). The device "can therefore utilize those hydrocarbons of specific gravity much higher than gasoline, as fuel for internal combustion engines, with safety and with more economy than has heretofore been deemed possible." (lines 106-111).
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Smith, Maurice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper.
Patent for a cotton tramper that allows the plunger mechanism to operate automatically when needed to enhance the item's utility.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Jacob, Ernst A. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture.
Patent for improvements in curtain fixtures "in which the brackets supporting the spring curtain-roller may be raised or lowered to admit light above the curtain." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Pole
Patent for a curtain pole. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Doyle, Edward S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator that has an improved method of attaching a harrow to the cultivator.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Kelly, Robert Marvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush
Patent for a curry comb and brush. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Endsley, Horace F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History