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Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Gray, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the laterally and vertically movable draw-head having the hook at its outer end, the keeper depending from the lower side of the car, and in which the draw-head is confined, the spring connected to one side of the draw-head and bearing thereon, and the arm pivoted in a slot in the draw-head, and having the head projecting in rear of the lip or shoulder of the hook, and the lever fulcrumed to the end of the car and connected to the car" (lines 87-97).
Date: July 20, 1886
Creator: Gorny, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Soap. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Soap.

Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for said grease tank and converter" (lines 21-32).
Date: September 20, 1887
Creator: Grant, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gangway for Loading or Unloading Stock Cars. (open access)

Gangway for Loading or Unloading Stock Cars.

Patent for a new and improved gangway. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in an animal-trap having an inclined bottom and opposite sides, of a winch journaled at one end thereof, a movable platform mounted on the bottom and provided with opposite posts at its front end, a gate hinged to one of said posts, and opposite chains connected to the winch at one end and passing over drums located at the opposite ends of the sides, the opposite terminals of the chains being connected to the opposite posts" (lines 6-16).
Date: August 20, 1889
Creator: McIver, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed-Meal Heater (open access)

Cotton-Seed-Meal Heater

Patent for improvements to cotton-meal heaters "to provide means to communicate as much heat as possible to the meal contained in the heater in as short a time as possible, and to retain the heat in the meal until it has all been used in forming the cakes" (lines 18-22).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Price, James Sterling
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence or Gate. (open access)

Fence or Gate.

Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms, combined with a series of horizontal tubes" (lines 54-64).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Friday, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net Frame. (open access)

Mosquito-Net Frame.

Patent for a mosquito-net frame that can support a tester, but does not require one to operate. The net can be draped over a bed and moved out of the way again without interfering with the tester.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Lottman, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor. (open access)

Safety-Razor.

Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Bradley, Richard Sherman.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Poultry-Coop. (open access)

Folding Poultry-Coop.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in folding poultry coops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Ramsay, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters (open access)

Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters

Patent for a riding attachment. This invention is designed for a one-row walking planter. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Fisk, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Culmore, March
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device

Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Cruse, James Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher (open access)

Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher

Patent for a mechanism designed for surfacing, cleaning, and polishing wooden flooring. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Warner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Form for Building Concrete Structures (open access)

Form for Building Concrete Structures

Patent for a form for building concrete structures. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Duller, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press that automatically compresses hay into bales that is cost effective and easy to operate, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Tanner, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Candy Depositor (open access)

Nut and Candy Depositor

Patent for a nut and candy depositor for sending the nuts and candy into a dipping machine.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Brunka, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Mixer (open access)

Feed Mixer

Patent for refinements in feed mixer technology.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Dixon, Elbert S. & Werner, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag (open access)

Smoothing-Drag

Patent for improvements to a smoothing drag, a tool that smoothes the ground between rows of crops to prevent moisture loss from the soil.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Davison, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting and Moving Device (open access)

Lifting and Moving Device

Patent for a construction device to help move heavy machines.
Date: February 20, 1915
Creator: Kenyon, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Gearing for Motor Vehicles (open access)

Driving Gearing for Motor Vehicles

Patent for a driving mechanism that allows all four wheels of a motor vehicle to be used for traction purposes.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Twyford, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a coupling device for train pipes used on railroad trains to connect fluid conduits and similar pipes.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hume, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device for Rotary Drills (open access)

Lubricating Device for Rotary Drills

Patent for improving the lubricating devices for rotary drills, especially the rotatble cutting devices attached to the head of the drill.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard Robard
System: The Portal to Texas History