Resource Type
Degree Department
Country
States
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Month
Day
Adjustable Bench Hook.
Patent for a new and improved bench hook. This design "consists in a bench-hook constructed with a plate carrying a sliding bar, to which is adjustably secured a hook. The sliding bar and hook are locked in place by a clamp and cam attached to the plate, and the plate and its attachments are locked to the bench-front by a stationary lug attached to the plate, and a moveable lug attached to a lever pivoted to the said plate and locked in place by a cam, so that the said hook can be readily adjusted upward, downward, forward, and backward" (lines 20-30).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Cooper, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti Friction Journal.
Patent for a new and improved anti-friction journal. This design "relates to anti-friction devices adapted especially for hoisting pulleys; and it has for its object to provide a device in which the shaft or axis of the main hoisting-pulley shall be supported or mounted upon the peripheries of wheels of a considerable diameter as compared with that of the hoisting-pulley, whereby the friction may be lessened to the greatest possible extent" (lines 24-32).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Taylor, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot and Shoe Box.
Patent for a new and improved shoe box. This design "has relation to store-boxes for boots and shoes, designed to open automatically when drawn forward, and to close automatically when pushed back into place on the shelf or on the floor; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a swinging hanger pivoted to a bearing above the box, and a slideway secured to the cover, which is hinged to the back of the box" (lines 18-27).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Cook, Emmanuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spinning-Wheel
Patent for "an improvement in domestic spinning wheels; and it consists in the combination of parts whereby the spindle or whirl is supported from above so as to hang down within the operator's reach, and is made to constantly revolve at the same time that the whirl is moved from and toward the operator" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Church, Joshua G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow
Patent for "rotary plows for plowing land, preparing the land to receive the seed and cultivating the plants, which shall be convenient in use, effective in operation, and not liable to get out of order" (lines 19-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Tally, Thomas Jackson.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game-Board
Patent for "a game-board having a trough at its head and squared apertures near said head, and numbered cubical blocks adapted to be revolved in said apertures" (lines 18-21) and "has relation to games to be played on bowling-alleys or boards with balls" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Thompson, James Whiteford.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton - Bale Ties
Patent for tying the ends of cotton bale wires or bands.
Date:
September 22, 1874
Creator:
Szabo, Alexander A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck.
Patent for a new and improved car-truck. This design "consists in providing the lateral guide-wheels with long axles which are inclined at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the ordinary truck-wheels, and in providing the bolsters of the truck with a central opening, and otherwise constructing the same with a view to attachment of such inclined axles" (lines 17-24).
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design calls for a spring with eyes at the ends so that the handles of individual blades may be inserted through them. Then, nuts fasten the individual blades to the spring, which makes sharpening easier and breakage less likely.
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Benavides, Cristobal & Arthur, Joshua P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design utilizes a knob in addition to the tongue to hold the strap more securely, preventing slippage.
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Owen, Abram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Seed and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. This design is especially "for seeding cotton; but the machine is converted into a corn-planter by detaching the bottom of the hopper, removing the space-block, disconnecting the pitman, and then removing the slide, and substituting in lieu thereof a device composed of a bottom, having a seed-opening, and a bridge-form metallic striker, arranged across the same, and a dropper-slide, having dropper holes" (lines 95-2).
Date:
March 22, 1881
Creator:
Evans, William V. & Moore, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Harrow, Seed-Planter, and Cultivator
Patent for a combined harrow, seed-planter, and cultivator to increase the speed of planting and cultivating plants, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 22, 1883
Creator:
Ellis, Robert Fuller
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern.
Patent for an upright cylindrical cistern made from sheet-metal. This patent "consists in the application to and around the upper open end of the cistern and also if desired at different places around the body of the cistern, of a strengthening ring made of either wrought iron or steel or other suitable metal tubing or piping, to stiffen the cylindrical cistern, said piping or tubing being suitably fastened to the cistern and being arranged around the outside or inside of the same, but preferably around the outside and closely hugging said cistern" (lines 10-20).
Date:
January 22, 1895
Creator:
Schaefer, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with a "perforated dasher and a hollow or tubular dasher-shaft, through which the air passes into the churn-cylinder during the process of churning" (lines 14-17). The churn has a foot-rest and a false-bottom, and is meant to improve on simple and inexpensive churns.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver.
Patent for a door-bell joined with a tray or card-receiver, which is installed in a door. "When pulled out it will bring said tray outside the door to receive a card, letter, or package or any mail-matter, and when released will carry it inside the door again" (lines 11-15). The bell goes off when the tray, which has a toothed edge that engages the bell-hammer, is released.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Key, Joseph H.; Brevard, Horace & Purifoy, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A unique system of Fe/Pd for magneto-optical recording and magnetic switching devices
This invention is comprised of a high density magneto-optical information storage medium utilizing the properties of an ultrathin iron film on a palladium substrate. The present invention comprises a magneto-optical medium capable of thermal and magnetic stability and capable of possessing a vertical orientation of the magnetization vector for the magnetic material. Data storage relies on the temperature dependence of the coercivity of the ultrathin film. Data retrieval derives from the Kerr effect which describes the direction of rotation of a plane of polarized light traversing the ultrathin magnetic material as a function of the orientation of the magnetization vector.
Date:
May 22, 1990
Creator:
Liu, Chian Q. & Bader, S. D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that can either be used independently or as an attachment to cultivators.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Charles F. & Jones, Erastus T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Head Gate
Patent for "an adjustable gate adapted to be used in connection with irrigation ditches" (lines 10-12).
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Bogard, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Release for Logging Cars.
Patent for new and useful improvements for a chain release for logging cars, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Dodd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Controlling Mechanism for Railway-Cars
Patent for an "air brake controlling mechanism for use in connection with railway cars" (lines 10-12), one feature applies whereby if a wheel becomes derailed the brakes will be applied automatically. Includes illustrations.
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Halliburton, George M. & McBurney, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator
Patent for a new design to capture and exterminate Boll-Weevils; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Riewe, Fridrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Controlling Device
Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Crotto, Frank E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Seat for Automobiles.
Patent for the invention of adjustable seats for vehicles to provide a comfortable seating for travellers.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Dedrick, John V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding Machine
Patent for a machine that adds numbers together using "key actuated accumulating wheels" to reach the desired sum, including illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History