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Windmill
Patent for a windmill.
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Tompkins, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for a non-refillable bottle.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Parks, Leonard D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth Holder.
Patent for a harrow tooth holder, which allows some flexibility of the teeth based on soil conditions.
Date:
November 8, 1910
Creator:
Hoard, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in electric railways, and particularly to such railways as are adapted to use underground conduits, and has for its object to so construct such conduit and the line-wire connections therefor as to insure a constant connection between the line-wire and the motor of the car, and, further to greatly simplify and increase the efficiency of such systems." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
Reid, Lemin Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists, "with the gate, [in a] forwardly-inclined lever pivoted at its lower end to the rear gate-posts, and links pivoted to the rear end of the gate and to the lever between its ends, of a pin passed through holes in the links beyond their pivotal points and through a bar fixed to the rear end of the gate" (lines 44-51).
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Bullock, Henry P. & Cayce, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shot Case.
Patent for a new and improved shot case. This design "is to draw given quantities of shot from the case without the necessity of weighing each draft. To this end the invention consists in a case, means for hanging the same, and a charger" (lines 12-16).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, Quincy Adams
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Patent for "a new and improved sashholder which is simple and durable in construction and permits of conveniently lowerin g the upper sash and raising the lower sash, or raising both the lower and upper sashes to any desired place in the window-frame" (lines 10-15).
Date:
November 26, 1889
Creator:
Bulloch, Henry Purnell & Grogan, William Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Rein-Holder.
Patent for rein supports to be attached to the front of a buggy, with an adjustable height and being collapsible for storage.
Date:
June 11, 1901
Creator:
Hill, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Washing-Machine
Patent for improvements to and for washing machines, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 9, 1883
Creator:
White, Miller
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vibrating Churn.
Patent for a new and improved vibrating churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the standard, of the vertically-adjustable frame having a vertical opening about its middle, with a horizontal journal bearing at one end, carrying a vertical fly-wheel and crank, and a horizontal and vertical journal-bearing at the other end, the first carrying a vertical toothed segment, a pitman connecting the fly-wheel and segment, and a pinion and shaft-socket arranged about a vertical axis and deriving motion from the toothed segment" (lines 81-91).
Date:
July 20, 1886
Creator:
Fellrath, Charles John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Folding Car-Steps" (lines 5-6) to facilitate easier passenger boarding of rail cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Mayhew, Edwin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener
Patent for a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Clements, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Sash-Holder
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders," an invention which "aims to provide a sash-holder of simple construction for supporting a sash at any elevation and which will secure it when closed against being opened from the outside."
Date:
November 13, 1900
Creator:
Hardy, Isham B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock.
Patent for sash-lock. This device is designed for locking a window sash at any given position. It may be applied to a window frame without damaging the frame or sash.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Clements, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Opening Plow
Patent for a seed opening and planting plow. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 19, 1912
Creator:
Johnson, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heat-Producing Process.
Patent for Improvements in Heat-Producing Processes by way of "process of producing heat and conserving heat..." for use in various types of furnaces (lines 9-10).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Bone, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Chopper.
Patent for a plant chopper that can chop down plants of the row variety while not disturbing others that are spaced apart. It can also be an attachment to a cultivator.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Martin, Silas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters, including illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1875
Creator:
Miller, Benjamin, F. & Reeves, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher.
Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and treadle-arm" (lines 74-78).
Date:
September 16, 1890
Creator:
Chamlee, Jeff D.
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