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Lamp Attachment.
Patent for a wick holder for use in lamps, which can be refilled without removing the chimney of the lamp.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Schanick, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Derricks.
Patent for improvement in portable derricks by using an “adjustable crane mounted on a truck-platform, having an overhead frame for the support of the upper end of the crane-post, and braces for staying the frame, so that the crane can be turned around to overhang the sides.” (Lines 6-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Reams, Shirwood Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Protecting Vegetable Matter
Patent for a new method of protecting "stored vegetable matter, particularly corn, from the ravages of insects, especially the weevil." (Lines 9-11)
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Koy, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted to be used in connection with either single or double sweeps and to facilitate the application and removal of either thereof, and, furthermore, to provide means for steadying the plow during operation" (lines 8-14). It consists, "with the beam and standard, of the triangular brace having a series of adjusting holes at its upper end and at its lower front end curved upwardly, forwardly, and downwardly and at its extremity slotted, the adjusting-bolts . . . passed through the adjusting-holes and slot, [and] the steel shoe" (lines 6-13).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Lee, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for invention of certain new and useful improvements in plows with accompanying drawings. An improved plow in which revolving mold board is driven without the intervention of a universal joint [5-30]
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Kirk, John, P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve.
Patent for a triple valve for brake systems on trains, which reduces pressure in the air pipes of the train and automatically brakes if there is a broken air hose.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Torbron, Orin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food
Patent for a food stock product for cows, sheep, goats and other herbivore farm animals.
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunken-Ship Indicator.
Patent for an object that can show the location a sunken boat from the surface of the water and can be carried in or by a boat and becomes operable once the boat sinks.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Hlavaty, Joe, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Chute for Dipping-Vats.
Patent for new improvements that allow for easier transition of animals from a stock-chute into a dipping vat because the "animal will overcome the effect of the counterbalancing weight and will cause the discharge end of the chute to move downwardly precipitating the animal into the vat or trough" (lines 20-26) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Burt, Clement P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gunpowder Canister.
Patent for a new and improved canister. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable supporting cone-shaped frame provided with a supporting flange at its top and an opening through one side, with the can or case for holding the powder, and which is also provided with a supporting-flange near its lower end, a suitable cover, and a spring-actuated perforated slide . . . to provide a case for holding gunpowder, and from which the powder can be drawn into a suitable measuring-receptacle without the trouble of having to weigh it or having to expose it . . . where it is liable to catch fire" (lines 14-28).
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
Stopple, John J. & Harigel, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hook for Spoon-Handles.
Patent for a detachable hook, made of wire, for spoon-handles and the like, and is used to prevent a spoon or similar article from slipping into the vessel in which it is placed. It can be easily removed from the spoon-handle.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Gannon, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammock
Patent for a hammock for jails and ships. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Palm, Jay Dee & Palm, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Clay Charcoal-Furnace
Patent for fire clay charcoal furnace. "The object of the invention is to provide a furnace of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and efficient in action" (lines 13-17).
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Koch, Charles Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shot-Canister
Patent for "to provide a revolving case having a series of annularly or otherwise located compartments formed of transparent material and adapted for the reception of shot of dierent grades; to provide means for delivering the shot from the compartments and also for gaging the same before and after delivery" (lines 13-20).
Date:
September 17, 1889
Creator:
Harigel, Amil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Corn Hanger.
Patent for Seed-Corn Hangers "for holding ears of seed-corn during the period of drying".
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Weaver, Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron Heater.
Patent for sad iron heaters: "a device for heating sad irons, and it has for its object to provide a heater adapted to receive a plurality of irons" (lines 8-11).
Date:
April 17, 1894
Creator:
Lee, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Tester
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Seed-Testers" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 7, 1913
Creator:
Weaver, Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard and Landside Plow and Gage-Wheel
Patent for modifications to a plow which allow the user to adjust the depth, which lists the components of such modifications.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Haferkamp, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent relating to "certain improvements in presses for baling cotton or hay" (lines 15-16) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grindstone Fixture.
Patent for a new and improved grindstone fixture. This design consists "[i]n a fastening for grindstones, the combination of the shaft having the rounded collar and the screw-threaded portion, the stone fitting with its central perforation upon the shaft, the washer having the concave aperture fitting upon the collar, the washer having the set-screws, and the nut upon the threaded part of the shaft clamping the washers upon the stone" (lines 77-85).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Stopple, John Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock.
Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design is of "an improved plow-stock, which shall be so constructed that various kinds of standards, according to the various kind and size of the plows to be used, may be attached to it, which may be adjusted to take and leave land, as may be desired, and which shall be simple in construction and easily adapted" (para. 4).
Date:
January 16, 1877
Creator:
Weber, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent introduces the inventor's specific improvements to oil-burning stoves. The air and oil are fed into the chamber of the stove and thoroughly mixed before burning.
Date:
August 24, 1920
Creator:
Beckman, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway
Patent for an elevated railway track system including motorized elevators in each tower/station/terminal to access the railcar platform.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Hinsen, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Device for Cotton-Seed Unloaders.
Patent for a discharge device in which cotton seed can be unloaded to an elevator, conveyer, or elsewhere. The invention also has the ability to clean and cool the cotton seed while being unloaded, also making it dry which makes it in better condition for storing.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Golloher, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History