Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers (open access)

Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers

Patent for keeping photographers' chemicals and bath water the same temperature throughout the liquids. The patent contains instructions and illustrations for the creation and use of the invention.
Date: March 27, 1877
Creator: Fellrath, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences.

Patent for stretching wire from post to post in the construction of wire fencing, which includes directions how to secure the wire, includes illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1873
Creator: Mangham, Josiah T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat Chopper. (open access)

Meat Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved meat chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame having horizontal slots, a sash having interchangeable cutting and tenderizing blades, devices for operating the sash, and wires or rods adjustable in said slots to accommodate either blade . . . [and] [t]he combination of [a] shaft with spur-wheels, pinion, crank-shaft, pitman, sash, removable blade, shaft, carrying spur-wheel, and pinions, and [a] meat-board or table with racks" (lines 91-101).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Mathes, William McConnell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener. (open access)

Sash Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a window-sash, of the spiral spring, its inner end resting in the socket, its other in the thimble, locking-plate having the hinge-nib working in the perforation, and [the] thimble receiving and covering the outer end of said spring, and handle, said lock-plate and handle fitting and working in [the] groove and [other] perforation, [a] cover-plate countersunk in the face of said sash, covering said lock-plate, and provided with the perforation and opening" (lines 1-11).
Date: March 5, 1889
Creator: Teal, Thomas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener (open access)

Sash Fastener

Patent for a sash fastener. This invention applies to fastening and locking the lower sash of a window to the windows frame. Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Sloan, Emanuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash - Balance. (open access)

Sash - Balance.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash balancing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Cayce, Henry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock. (open access)

Sash-Lock.

Patent for a window sash lock, which holds the lower sash when opened in a locked position.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Culp, Willis H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping Attachment For Cultivators (open access)

Cotton Chopping Attachment For Cultivators

Patent for a cotton chopping attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Dewald, Louis & Dewald, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History