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Steam, Air, or Water Engine.
Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.
Date:
May 9, 1882
Creator:
Adams, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank for Oil Burners
Patent fora tank for oil burners. This invention is designed to supply burners with crude oil. Illustration included.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs.
Patent for improvement in chairs, which provides adjustable shoulder supports and back (inclination and height), with intended advantages of better lung capacity and spinal alignment. The chair can be adjusted to fit all sizes of bodies. It is noted that some of the adjustable features could be incorporated into other furnishings such as beds or lounges. An additional feature of the chair is a retracting spring to assist the user in exiting the chair.
Date:
May 9, 1876
Creator:
Barnes, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter that attaches to a cultivator and will move up if it hits an obstacle.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Bird, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same.
Patent for "a composition pulp plaster designed as a substitute for ordinary lime-plaster and equivalent materials and particularly adapted for use in warm moist climates, where the ordinary lime-plaster lacks durability and is rendered non-adherent. A further objective of the invention is to provide a cheap substitute for plaster which will be not only waterproof, but also fireproof and gas-proof or practically impervious to air" (lines 9-18). It includes instructions for manufacturing the plaster with various proportions of the ingredients depending on the purpose.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Blake, David H. & Ray, Jeramiah P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for getting a good knowledge on how to use a cultivator, detailed instructions are provided.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Blalock, Justice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Knife.
Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bowers, Jacob R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock For Radiator Caps.
Patent for a device to reliably and effectively secure the radiator cap in position on the filling neck of a radiator in order to avoid displacement. Device is of simple and durable construction and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
May 9, 1922
Creator:
Brown, Francis Nathaniel, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher.
Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bryan, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Rod Packing
Patent for "provide a metallic packing for piston-rods that is self-adjusting; secondly, to provide a packing the parts of which are so arranged as to avoid any escape of steam through the gland of the stuffing-box; thirdly, to provide a packing that does not require a lubricator; fourthly, to provide a packing that relieves the piston of all friction, except when steam is admitted to stuffing-box end of cylinder" (lines 19-27).
Date:
May 9, 1890
Creator:
Carlson, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Measure.
Patent for a log measuring instrument that attaches to a log scaling stick.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Castro, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Mounting for Vehicle Bodies
Patent for new, and resilient vehicle mounting, which aims to "mount a body in such a manner as to eliminate jars and jolts..." (lines 11-12).
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Chambers, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Hatchet or Ax Head.
Design patent for a hatchet or ax head that is marked by a substantially wedge-shaped claw configured to the head.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Charpiot, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "a quilting-frame with equalizing bar and means for adjusting the same so that the quilting-frame shall at all times be held in a level position" (lines 8-11). This invention has a new method for suspending the quilting-frame and for supporting the rail where the traveler operates.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Chenoweth, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate.
Patent for a folding crate that locks together.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Cook, Leander P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Cleaner.
Patent for an improved floor cleaner that allows for a belt or apron to be turned on to provide continuous motion in order to clean or scrub floors. The floor cleaner will also supply water to the belt, wring and catch dirty water from the belt, and tighten the belt.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improved wrench wherein various shaped and sized heads can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. This allows for the wrench to be used with nuts of varying shapes and sizes.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Davis, George W. & Davis, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blowpipe.
Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lucias S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Section Stalk Cutter
Patent for a multiple section stalk cutter that comprises of a three-section stalk cutter.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lucius S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Apparatus for Drying Hides.
Patent for "an improvement in apparatus for drying hides"
Date:
May 9, 1876
Creator:
Finnigan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pumps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Gardner, Felix G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful sewing marching attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Girardeau, St. Julian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for a tire. Illustration included.
Date:
May 9, 1905
Creator:
Gordon, Mary S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History