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Churn.
Patent for an improved and simple churn that works easily and quickly. It "is adapted to permit of the simultaneous securing and retention of the cream vessel or receptacle in position in its journaling or carrying frame, as well as the cover upon said vessel, and to provide for the ready removal of said vessel or receptacle and its said cover preparatory to removing the contents of the vessel or the cleaning thereof" (lines 18-25).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hobby Horse.
Patent for a new and improved hobby horse. This design "consists in providing a 'hobby-horse' or a 'stick-horse' with a pivoted head, to which is preferably connected a spring, so that the swinging of the head will give the appearance of the horse pulling on the reins held by the operator. The invention comprises a head pivoted at one end, a spring secured thereto and to the horse, and a lip on said head to limit the downward movement thereof" (lines 14-24).
Date:
June 17, 1890
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter.
Patent for a telephone-transmitter "with a diaphragm and carbon button carried thereby, of a spring-supported flaring conical carbon-cell provided with a flange covered with soft material and resting on the carbon button carried by the diaphragm, the carbon-cell being filled with granulated carbon resting in contact with the carbon button" (lines 13-19). This is meant to optimize the volume of sound being transmitted.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter.
Patent for a granulated-electrode phone transmitter that is designed to be simple and "constructed so that the granulated-electrode cannot become displaced from the cell" (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter.
Patent for "a simple transmitter in which the greatest volume of sound may be transmitted without causing grating or rattling." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1897
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post driver
Patent for a portable post driver.
Date:
March 16, 1900
Creator:
Armstrong, Joseph Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a turning plow with "a wheel for operating in the bottom of the furrow in rear of the lower end of the standard, which...serves the purposes of an ordinary land side-plate..."(lines 10-13).
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Ausburn, John H. & Ausburn, Vivian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sheltering Animals.
Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improvement to washing machines that will be "simple and economical in construction and efficient in use" (lines 13-14).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
Date:
May 5, 1876
Creator:
Austin, Matthew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
Patent for an improved ditching machine design that will "easily and rapidly cut or excavate, on the surface of the ground, soil, clay, or soft stone, a ditch or trench of any reasonable width or depth suitable" (lines 33-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Austin, Matthew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Subsoiler.
Patent for improvements to subsoilers "to provide a subsoiler which has a plurality of pivoted points which will merely loosen the under soil so that same may retain a large amount of moisture, and will not turn the under soil over" (lines 10-15).
Date:
March 24, 1914
Creator:
Aydlott, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting frame that has "a novel means of supporting and tilting the track, and also other features" (lines 15-16). The frame is suspended in a track, and the track can be tilted so the frame can run in bot directions on the track.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Banker, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle Heater.
Patent for improvements for a motor vehicle heater that "convey the exhaust gases from the muffler to a container capable of inflation and to inflate said container whereby a heating or warming element for the passengers of the car is provided" (lines 10-14).
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Barrett, Eli B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Step-By-Step Elevator.
Patent for an invention relates to a new and useful step-by-step elevator. Its object is broadly stated to provide means for ascending or descending from one of a building to another.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Barrett, Eli B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a mail transferring apparatus designed to transfer mail bags from a station to a moving mail car with minimal injury to the mail bag or the receiving employees.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashell, Edward Allen & Smart, W. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment.
Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bates, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that allows adjustment to two locked positions with a slot and stud mechanism.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Bledsoe, Yancy M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Specific-Gravity Scale
Patent for a type of weighing-scale, "designed for determining the specific gravity of any body, be it solid, liquid, or a gas" (lines 14-15) including illustration.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Bogue, Robert Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "consists in the construction and combination of parts . . . [of] that class of machines for cutting cotton and other stalks, consisting, essentially, of parallel runners or beams carrying outwardly-projecting knives, which serve to cut the stalks as the machine is drawn over the ground" (lines 15-22).
Date:
November 29, 1881
Creator:
Bolliver, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a "pounder" washing machine that can be easily repaired and operated with little effort. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 7, 1900
Creator:
Bolton, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder.
Patent for a copy-holder that is "especially designed for type-writing machines, of any of the prevalent forms, and it has for its object to facilitate the holding of the copy; also to aid the reader or operator to readily retain his "place," in reading the copy line by line, in the usual way, to insure accuracy in copying the same; also to provide for its adaptation to the machine, irrespective of the size of the latter" (lines 16-24).
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Bramlette, William A. & Evans, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting-frame that holds "the quilt in position to be sewed with an ordinary sewing machine" (lines 13-14). The frame has rollers on it.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Broadfoot, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism For Gins.
Patent for a new and improved driving mechanism for gins, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Brown, Colber W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History