6 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that has an improved plunger.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Hightower, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake Hanger (open access)

Railway-Brake Hanger

Patent for "improvements to Railway-Break Hanger;...will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same"(lines 6, 9-11).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Saling, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel (open access)

Mantel

Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.
Date: September 30, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel. (open access)

Mantel.

Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.
Date: March 7, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a "new and improved cotton-press" (line 5) relating to "improvements in friction-clamping apparatus used on vertical bars or rods of presses for holding the follower and lever in working the follower in passing the bale" (lines 11-14) including instructions and an illustration.
Date: December 26, 1871
Creator: Simpson, Thomas D. & Lamkin, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Latches. (open access)

Improvement in Gate-Latches.

Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
Date: September 26, 1871
Creator: Lee, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History