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Improvement In Circular-Saw Mills.
Patent for an improved Circular Sawmill with an " improved adjustable feed mechanism" (pg 1). Illustration Included.
Date:
October 22, 1872
Creator:
Jones, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in railroad switches
Patent for an improvement in railroad switches, including illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1872
Creator:
Fitzsimmons, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cooling Attachements in Barrels.
Patent for improved cooling attachements for larger-beer barrels.
Date:
October 22, 1878
Creator:
Hoerr, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head, of the transverse pivot-pin in the top of the draw-head, the coupling-pin provided with a longitudinal slot engaging said pivot-pin, and the weights mounted on said pivot-pin and adapted to bear on the end of the link" (lines 76-81).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Hodges, Clemont Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for improvements in the construction of churns.
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter
Patent for improvements in the construction of corn planters.
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Williams, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the baling-chamber at the front end of the same, the plunger, the toggle-links connecting said plunger with a cross-piece at the rear end of the frame, a base extending laterally from the frame, a horizontal crank mounted pivotally upon said base, the pitman connecting said crank with the connecting-point of the toggle-links, said pitman consisting of end pieces connected by a bridge-piece lying in a lower plane than the said end-pieces, and an operating-sweep" (lines 13-24).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post-auger. This design "is to improve that class of post-augers whose blades are made adjustable so as to make large or small holes. They have ordinarily been adjusted by means of a bolt, nut, and slot in the blade; but the blades work out of correspondence with each other, the nuts becoming more or less loosened. [This design] dispense[s] with bolt, nut, and slot" (lines 15-23).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Harris, Green Berry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack and Pinion Mechanism.
Patent for a new and improved rack-and-pinion mechanism. This design "relates to improvements on rack-and-pinion mechanism to dispense with the connecting-rod on steam-engines, whereby a more equal, constant motive power at any point of the piston-stroke, and no dead or weak points of the same, will be obtained" (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
MacDonald, Peter M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has for its object to provide a device of simple, durable, and economical construction and capable of carrying the roll taut a sufficient distance beyond the post to conveniently nail the wire thereto, and whereby any amount of slack can be taken up by repeated operation. The further object of the invention is to provide a machine which will also be able to draw together the broken ends of a wire and take up the slack between the posts" (lines 8-18).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Hickman, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Cleat and Fastener.
Patent for "a simple and comparatively-inexpensive car-door cleat and fastener designed for use on cars for transporting cotton and other highly-inflammable merchandise and capable of effectually excluding sparks from the interior of the car and of preventing the same from entering between the edge of the door and the doorway." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Woodruff, Hawkins
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Case.
Patent for a "music case or holder for carrying, protecting, and using sheet-music, and is so constructed that by its use the music is not rolled nor creased, is held in place, and it is not necessary to take the music from the case when it is to be used." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Ray, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in plows; and it has for its object the production of simple and highly-efficient means for regulating the depth and penetration of the plowshare in all kinds and conditions of soil." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Sinclair, James & Sellers, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for simple, inexpensive, and fast-acting a washing-machine for clothes and dishes. It does not take much work to use. It has two bodies that are secured together.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver.
Patent for a machine that aids in pest control of cotton boll weevil and other insects including including illustration.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Dannelly, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder.
Patent for a device to secure a pencil within the breast-pocket, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Hogg, George, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pole or shaft.
Patent for poles and shafts for vehicles with the objective of providing "simple and inexpensive means for dispensing with the singletree ordinarily employed with a pair of shafts or thills in a one-horse vehicle or the usual doubletree in a two-horse vehicle." (Lines 10-15)
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Josheph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie.
Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Joynt, Dudley Layng
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock and Lift
Patent for sash lock and lift that "relates to improvements in devices for operating window-sashes, and especially provides an improved means for operating the upper sash and locking the same securely in any desired position with respect to the lower sash, thus obviating the necessity for reaching up for the upper sash when it is desired to raise or lower the same or to lock it in open position for the purpose of ventilation" (lines 12-21) including instructions and illustrations
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Schairer, John Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus.
Patent for "a suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus for harvesting cotton" (Lines 10-11) with illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Dannelly, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for wire fence tool attachment for a wire stretching machine. The tool can also perform other operations related to the fence wires when detached from the machine.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Pearson, C. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire-stretcher designed to repair wire fences manually.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Pearson, Charles Ewell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop.
Patent for a device which locks blinds in place at the desired angle.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Koenig, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History