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Cotton Compress
Patent for a cotton compress. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.; Riedel, Harmon; McCarthy, Edward; Weeks, Nicholas; Snow, Chester A. & Siggers, Edward G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gearing.
Patent for "gearing for bicycles, and has for its object to furnish a train of gearing for the connection of the treadles with the rear wheel of a bicycle, whereby the usual sprocket-and-chain gearing may be dispensed with." (lines 7-12).
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Brown, Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy
Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Eichenberg, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Tire.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tires for "use with bicycles" (line 10).
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Lewis, George Harris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breakwater, &c.
Patent for an improved way of constructing piers, jetties, breakwaters, and similar structures. "It can be constructed from boats, barges, or from a trestle, or can be built continuously from a starting-point on shore to the objective point in the lake, bay, gulf, or other body of water" (lines 17-21). This invention is especially useful for places that don't have banks or ledges.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Shannon, Alexander M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Record, Diary, and Ledger
Patent for improvements to books by combining "a general record, a diary, a ledger, and index leaves, including the months and days of the week and alphabetical and numerical indices" (lines 10-12).
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Meyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Easel and Phonograph Horn Tripod.
Patent for a new and improved easel and phonograph horn tripod. This design "is to construct a device which may be used for holding phonograph-horns of different sizes at any desired height, and which also may be employed for holding a painting, or for the use of an artist. [The] invention consists in the combination of a pair of cross-bars, a hinged brace for supporting the bars at any required angle, and an adjustable device for regulating the spread of the bars and of the brace" (lines 22-31).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Minot, Kendall James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacking Brush.
Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design "relates to an improvement in boot-blacking brushes so disposed that fluid blacking may be used; and to this end [the design] provide[s] a reservoir at one end with a forwardly-projecting tube or nozzle therefrom, the said reservoir having a disk at one side, so that when pressed the liquid will be forced through the nozzle upon the boot" (lines 13-20).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
England, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition To Be Used As A Non-Conductor Of Heat And For Other Purposes.
Patent for a non-conducting material designed to prevent heat loss from radiation, prevent damage from frost, for fire-proofing, and for "the deafening of floors and partitions" (lines 21-22). Ingredients and proportions are listed.
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas Joseph.
System:
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Blind-Stop.
Patent for improvements in blind-slat adjusters and locks by providing a plate to secure the cross-stile of the blind; in which the plate having a slotted right-angled portion. “A bar pivoted to the slat-rod and having its lower end bent at the right angle, a screw passed through the slat and provided with a handle. (Lines 96-99) “When the handle is turned to the left, the slats can be adjusted into any desired position, and when in their adjusted position all that it is necessary to do is to turn the handle to the right which binds the parts together and holds the slats against movement.” (Lines 82-87) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
Roll, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved tie for bales. This design calls for one long, flat piece of scrap metal to be folded over on itself twice so that there are four layers of metal as well as a loop (or "rib") on either end. Then, a hole should be cut through all four layers with a tapered opening through the edge; this design is cheaper and more durable than previous bale ties.
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coach and Car Step.
Patent for an attached coach and car step "to render it unnecessary to carry stools or stepping-boxes, as are now used to facilitate passengers to get on or off the car or coach from an extra height between the ground or depot-floor and the main bottom tread of the step, thus avoiding dangerous and fatal results from overturning of stools and boxes." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Taylor, Frederick A.; Farrell, Patrick W. & Quebe, Wesley S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate Latch.
Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Schultze, August J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-tie
Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock that which "provide a lock for doors, safes, drawers, and the like, the bolt of which is adapted to be unlocked from he outsides by means of a combination, and while being release will instantly ring the door-bell by means of connecting wires, and which, when operated from the inside, can be opened without giving the signal on the bell, and in either operation the parts of the lock will automatically return to their position and lock the bot in the striker-plate unless otherwise adjusted" (lines 14-25)
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Rau, Louis Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Working Machine.
Patent for a new and improved wood-working machine. This design "relates to improvements in wood-working machines, and is designed to produce a machine for automatically tapering material in either straight or curved lines. The improvement consists, essentially, in the employment of movable cutters approached or receded by means of a cam or cams, and is adaptable in forming staves and other portions of barrels or other articles in which the parts require a taper in straight or curved lines" (lines 8-17).
Date:
August 10, 1886
Creator:
Hourigan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Andrews, Wright S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators
Patent for "an improvement in excavating and dredging machines" (lines 12-13).
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Cole, Thomas Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lifting-Jacks.
Patent for improvement in lifting jack. This improvement is the vertical bar is notched to prevent slipping when lifting an item.
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Scott, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piles for Bulk-Heads and Other Structures.
Patent for improvements in piles for bulkheads: "The object of the present invention being to provide a concrete-faced bulk-head composed of piles, each of which may be sunk in position by continuously forcing the sand from beneath the lower end of the pile" (lines 15-19), with illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1877
Creator:
Parry, Morgan L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in External Window, Door, and Shutter Sprinklers
Patent for improvement in external window, door, and shutter sprinklers. The sprinklers would be used to wet the wooden pieces in case of adjacent fire, and are designed to run down the side of the building instead of into the building, reducing water damage inside, with illustration.
Date:
August 27, 1878
Creator:
Bennison, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter.
Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Harris, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Distilling Turpentine.
Patent for the improvement of apparatuses for distilling turpentine.
Date:
August 1, 1871
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
Date:
August 5, 1873
Creator:
Crone, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History