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Improvement in Windmills.
Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1873
Creator:
Davie, John P. & Morgan, Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Floating-Docks.
Patent for an elliptic floating dock.
Date:
December 8, 1874
Creator:
Marcusey, Edward; Herbert, Dozier G. & Bunting, R. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Manufacturing Anti-Corrosive Compounds.
Patent for "an anti-corrosive coating for iron and all other metals, and one which in all respects does positively preserve the same, and into the composition of which enters as an element neither lead, oil, nor any other ingredient that contains any destructive or otherwise deleterious acid or alkali." (Lines 7-13) Includes instructions.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Putting Up Caustic Alkalies.
Patent for a method of packaging caustic alkalies inside of treated paper or wood. This patent describes the mixture and use of this treatment.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.; Middleton, George W. & Smith, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Dredgers.
Patent for an improved rotary dredging-machine operated by adjustment from the engine through gearing enabling the manipulation of "a heavier wheel than would otherwise be practicable" (lines 71-72) with illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
Hawley, Abel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Locomotive Earth-Excavators.
Patent for "an earth-excavator, principally for use in making the road-beds for railroads, which shall not only do its work continuously, but which shall be equally efficient in throwing up an embankment or in making a deep cut." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1875
Creator:
Hawley, Abel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers
Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date:
December 12, 1876
Creator:
Pearre, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Tin Cans.
Patent for a new and improved method of canning seafood with tin cans. This design calls for perforated paper to line the cans, which prevents the discoloration of the seafood inside.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Bartlett, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Kindler.
Patent for a composition of matter to be used for kindling fires. Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Boyd, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Car.
Patent for improving the construction of street cars which turn upon the truck. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "consists in a slotted plate provided at one end with a buffer for arresting the door, and having in the walls of the longitudinal slot series of diagonal slots, in combination with a counterweighted latch provided with trunnions received in the diagonal slots" (lines 21-27).
Date:
December 28, 1886
Creator:
Hinkle, William A. & Jeffery, Franklin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Uncoupling Device.
Patent for a new and improved uncoupling device for railroad cars. This design consists in "a draw-head provided with a vertically-movable coupling-pin support and lifting frame, a spring holding the coupling-pin support in raised position, a catch for holding the pin-support in lowered position, and a lever mechanism for releasing the catch and effecting the uncoupling of a car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Show-Globe.
Patent for "a globe adapted to serve simply for the purpose of illumination and furnishing a pure white bright light for general purposes, or to serve as an illuminated show-globe for druggists," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Berger, Otto & Eldridge, Hilliary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Stick-Candy.
Patent for a simple and durable machine for cutting stick-candy that is "capable of traveling over a table or other support upon which stick candy in given lengths may be laid, and to so travel over the table that the lengthy sticks of candy will be made to slide over the bed of the machine, under a knife or its equivalent; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the knife may be manipulated at predetermined points in the travel of the machine to cut the lengthy sticks into shorter predetermined lengths" (lines 11-21).
Date:
December 18, 1894
Creator:
Allardyce, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a simple, safe, and practical coupling for cars, arranged to couple at one time as many cars as may be desired, and to operate automatically so as to avoid all necessity of going between the cars, and adapted to use the ordinary link and to couple with cars having a higher or lower draw bar than itself." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Elliott, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for envelops "used to inclose articles of value, and provision of means and structural conformation whereby any surreptitious handling thereof will be detected." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Mayer, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid - Pressure Regulator.
Patent for a new and useful Gas pressure regulator. This invention "relates to gas pressure regulators especially adapted for use with gas stored under high pressure in a cylinder or similar portable storage vessel" (line 8-10).
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Clark, George Greenleaf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Pressure Regulator
Patent for a new and useful gas pressure regulator. This invention "relates to gas-pressure regulators especially adapted for use with gas stored under high pressure in a cylinder or similar portable storage vessel" (line 8 - 11).
Date:
December 28, 1897
Creator:
Clark, George Greenleaf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter Copying Roller
Patent for a new and useful letter copying roller. This invention is to "provide a simple device for facilitating the copying of letters without the use of a press, blotters, pads, and similar appliances usually employed for this purpose (line 9 - 13).
Date:
December 28, 1897
Creator:
Roux, Harry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway - Switch.
Patent for a new and improvement in automatic safety railway-switches to "enable the motorman or conductor to conveniently and accurately insure the proper setting of the switch without leaving this position" (line 16 - 19).
Date:
December 28, 1897
Creator:
Girardeau, St. Julien & Murray, Richard James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas-Generating Lamp.
Patent for a new and useful acetylene gas lamp, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress.
Patent for cotton compress that can continuously form cylindrical bales.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Lock.
Patent for a new and improved bicycle lock for "application to bicycles and comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed" (line 11-13).
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Nordhausen, Otto Von
System:
The Portal to Texas History