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Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. "This invention relates to mail bag catchers and deliverers and the principle object of the invention is the provision of simple and efficient mechanism of the character which may be readily and conveniently thrown to operative and inoperative position and wherein the saddle bars and their respective guards may be aligned with the track and car" (lines 9-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Freeman, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vechicle-Top Support.
Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicating Attachment for Tanks
Patent for an indicating attachment for gas tanks on cars.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Turner, Joseph B.
System:
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Vehicle Top Support
Patent for vehicle top support. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
System:
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Wheel or Felly Screw.
Patent for a new and improved screw for a wheel or felly. This design "relates to screws for setting vehicle fellies or rims on the tenons of the spokes; and its object is to provide a device possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, ease of adjustment, and general efficiency, whereby one [person] can easily and conveniently set the rim" (lines 9-15).
Date:
January 8, 1884
Creator:
Rotzien, Christoph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for an improvement in the design of corn cultivators, including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in washing machines. The shaping and components are meticulously detailed and indicate they play a part in the said improvement.
Date:
January 20, 1874
Creator:
Eberhardt, T. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.
Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
Date:
September 5, 1876
Creator:
Bunker, Thaddeus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Regulating the Velocity and Furling the Sails of Wind-Wheels.
Patent for a new windmill using different parts to help regulate the sails and for folding and unfolding the sails, including illustration.
Date:
March 24, 1857
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Thompson, Samuel F. & Barnes, Robert H.
System:
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Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
George, Charles Hentz
System:
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Pad for Horse-Collars
Patent for a pad for a horse collar that connects to one side of the branch and then the other to maintain hold around the animal's neck when pulled back. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Flemming, Julius R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene Tank Filler and Gage
Patent for a means of filling a gasoline tank for a motor vehicle with a sight gage for determining the level of gasoline placed in the tank.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Boyce, Leonora
System:
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Process of Tanning Hides.
Patent for "an improved process of tanning hides in an expeditious and economical manner, and to produce a fine quality of leather" (lines 8-11). The limed and haired hides are baited thrice, afterwards the hides are packed into "tanning-vats with bark and covering them with a solution of alum and water" (lines 80-82). The hides are then leached in salt water and scoured and dried.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Rogers, John Charsley
System:
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Lace Fastener
Patent for a lace fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Schwritzer, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ant-Destroying Apparatus.
Patent for "a new and Improved Apparatus for Destroying Ants" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1875
Creator:
Grafton, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support.
Patent for a new and useful tongue support, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Wright, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Plate.
Patent for a new and improved printing-plate. This design "relates to an improvement in printing-plates designed particularly for printing mailing-lists for newspapers and other periodicals" (lines 8-11). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the bar or holder having the downwardly and inwardly turned ends, and the printing-plates secured on the former . . . of the loop loosely mounted on the plate, and the interposed wedge-shaped locking-key" (lines 5-16).
Date:
July 22, 1890
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table.
Patent for a new and improved table. This design "can be adjusted vertically by turning the screw-spindle, or it can be drawn upward, and will be held in position by the spring-catch, which catches on the shoulders. If the table is to be used at a sick-bed, it can be projected laterally by drawing the table-top in the direction in which it is to project, the track-plate sliding in the grooved plate. The table-top can be locked in the desired position by means of the binding screw" (lines 90-100).
Date:
November 11, 1884
Creator:
Kossbiel, Charles
System:
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Washing-Machine.
Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Schumacher, Hermann G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar.
Patent for a new and improved horse collar. This design "consists in forming a portion of the large roll of the collar with leather, and the other part with canvas or ducking of two thicknesses, between which double part of ducking or canvas is placed a medicated composition and preservative, which serves as a remedial agent for the galling of horses shoulders', and as a preventative against gnawing of the collar by vermin. It also relates to an improved manner of stitching together the collar roll" (lines 13-23).
Date:
August 7, 1883
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "consists of an adjustable regulating fastener for the upper and lower ends of the hames, and this fastener is further provided with a swinging loop, to which the breast-strap may be attached on the lower fastener and the strap on the upper fastener when desired" (lines 19-25).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap Hook.
Patent for a new and improved snap hook. This design "consists in a hook provided with a sliding latch on the shank and on the end of the hook, whereby this hook will remain closed in whatever position it is placed" (lines 11-14).
Date:
December 12, 1882
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill Carrier for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved thill-carrier for harnesses. This design utilizes a loop or ring, and "[b]y this construction of the thill-carriers it will be seen that the trouble and annoyance of running the thills into and backing them out of the thill-carriers are entirely overcome, and by means of the loops or rings . . . the thills are perfectly confined in the carriers . . . [they] may be made very cheap, and also very ornamental to the harness" (lines 66-76).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History