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Improvement in Grinding-Mills
Patent for an improvement in grinding-mills, combining the operative mechanism with spindles - in which the both the grinding stones obtain relative surface speeds only half the actual speed of the stones.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hensley, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.
Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Jones, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harmony Attachments for Piano-Fortes.
Patent for, "an attachment for piano-fortes, whereby the musician may play the melody upon an instrument like the violin with his hands in the usual manner, and the accompaniment or harmony by operating the attachment with his feet."
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Radinsky, Gustav A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in liquid-measuring tanks.
Patent for an airtight and fireproof measuring tank for lamp oils, usable in both daytime and nighttime. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent to improve the construction of the mold-board of the plow described in Letters Patent No. 163,352, "to make it more effective in preventing the black lands of Texas and other sticky and waxy soils from adhering to it, and to enable a proper furrow to be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1876
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for "plow mold-boards to which the black land of Texas, and other similar soils, will not adhere, so that a furrow can be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1875
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards
Patent for improvements and new design for a Revolving Conical Mold-Board Plow.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Dryer, Charles Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for "revolving-cylinder seed-planters; and its object is to furnish a strong and durable implement adapted to plant with precision various kinds of seed, and the wheels of which are not liable to become clogged with earth." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1877
Creator:
Burris, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons.
Patent for certain improvements in sinking and securing of pneumatic piles or caissons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Sickels, Frederick E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing Machines.
Patent for the improvement of washing machine mechanisms.
Date:
February 14, 1871
Creator:
Jones, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for improvements in washing machines.
Date:
October 10, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ladder
Patent for ladders, more particularly to one adapted for use in connection with freight-cars. (lines 9-11) Design to prevent the grab-irons from becoming disconnected from the rails. (lines 27-29)
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design "consists in providing a steam-launch with a float on each side, secured by suitable strong braces thereto, and to provide said floats with a hand-rail, so that persons can hold onto said rails, and are prevented from being washed off" (lines 17-22).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design consists "[i]n a life-boat, the combination of a hull having the portion of its sides above the water-line overhanging and concave and having the portion of its sides below the water-line convex, with air-chambers having their inner walls curved corresponding to the curves of the upper portion of the sides and converging into the sides at their lower edges, the said chambers increasing in capacity toward the upper edges of the sides of the hull" (lines 22-31).
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box
Patent for a locomotive driving box which provides shoes, wedges, and other train parts for repair. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Walsh, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for an independent reservoir lamp for locomotive head lights. "?The conduit by which the reservoir and burner communicate is liable to be obstructed with sediment which not only interferes with the suitable flow of oil but corrodes the metal and necessitates repairs" (lines 13-17). The invention is convenient to use and inexpensive.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Owens, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Key-Seats in Shafting
Patent for "cutting key-seats in shafting machine. It provides a portable key-seat-cutting especially adapted to operate upon the driving shafts of locomotives in key-seating eccentrics thereon." (lines 7-13)
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Matheus, Karl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Filing Gin Saws.
Patent for a new and improved machine to sharpen the teeth of cotton gin saws. This design utilizes two bevel-faced wheels connected to a block between two arms that clamp the saw blade. The bevel-faced wheels sharpen the teeth of the blade, and the nuts and bolts of the frame allow for movement as well as tightening and loosening.
Date:
August 17, 1880
Creator:
McAllister, Alexander F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mantel
Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.
Date:
September 30, 1899
Creator:
Cox, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mantel.
Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.
Date:
March 7, 1899
Creator:
Cox, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Apparatus.
Patent for an improved measuring apparatus. This apparatus improves the measuring of dry goods through a measuring tape that is affixed to the measured goods. The invention allows for goods to be cut to exact lengths.
Date:
January 28, 1919
Creator:
Garrett, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Monkey-Wrench.
Patent for a wrench, which can be used as a S wrench or a monkey wrench and is durable.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Post, Parley C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design "is to produce a nut-lock which will require a minimum number of parts to adjust, will require no other tools than a wrench, which will stay where adjusted in spite of any amount of pounding or concussion, and which, when desired, may be removed without difficulty. To this end [the] invention consists in a nut provided with a serrated face and a washer having sharp spring-lips engaging with the serrations. [The] invention also consists in a peculiarly-constructed washer for locking the nut" (lines 18-30).
Date:
December 6, 1887
Creator:
Parks, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Wrench
Patent for a nut wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Briscoe, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History