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Combination-Lock for Money-Drawers, &c.
Patent for improvement to a combination lock for money drawers to make it more secure.
Date:
March 16, 1886
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner.
Patent for improved lamp burners, which reduces explosion risk, improves wick trimming, and maintains chimney positioning.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Mills, Virgil H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the upright frame supported on the beam and carrying the two pivoted arms, in combination with the wheel having studs on both sides, the wires, and the lever middle fastened to the agitator-shaft . . . a hopper having the circular excision in its bottom, of the horizontal feed-wheel and arms, fast to a vertical vibratory shaft" (lines 79-88).
Date:
November 16, 1886
Creator:
Williams, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for oil burner that simultaneously ignites and vaporizes liquid fuel.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Mills, V.H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for and method of consuming liquid fuel", particularly low-cost heavy oils that are more difficult to burn.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for wire-stretching levers, with instructions and levers.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Richardson, Jerome Shipley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map
Patent for a map of New Jersey.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Mayes, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines
Patent for improvements to a steering gear for traction engines by means of a steam-cylinder and a valve to control the steam flow, including illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Cantelou, Peter Louie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Extension Top for Stoves.
Patent for a new and improved portable extension for stove tops. This design is for a casing with pot-holes that utilizes a flange and a collar to allow for attachment to the stove top. This increases the usable surface area of the stove by a third.
Date:
November 16, 1880
Creator:
Hutchinson, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that is constructed without frames, so it is lighter and easier to use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1891
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History