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Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames
Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Buckhannon, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pipe Coupling.
Patent for an improved air-pipe coupling that is airtight and watertight and has a flexible union for railroad cars.
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.
Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
McCullough, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Tippit, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Connector
Patent for a battery connector for providing electricity in homes without being connected to a power plant.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hall, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellows for Pneumatic Leaf Turners
Patent for bellows to leaf turners
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Holcom, Jarret C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet.
Patent for new and useful improvement sin bonnets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Thornton, Frances E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Soldering Machine
Patent for a can soldering machine. This device is designed to solder multiple units of lids to cans. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Irwin, Wiley I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a new and useful car-couplers to enhance the operation of coupling." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Rhodes, Asa Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic coupling that can be used in any car and without replacing the existing draw-head. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Taylor, Debos & Taylor, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved prop for carriage tops. This design consists in "a prop-joint for vehicles, the combination of the bow, the prop-casting having the circumferential flanges lying against the opposite sides of the bow, and the opposite extension plates lying against and secured by screws to the rear edges of the bow" (lines 70-75).
Date:
July 31, 1888
Creator:
Jacobs, William Ramsey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring Device
Patent for a cloth measuring device. Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1905
Creator:
Taylor, Wiliam A. & Churchwell, Theodric R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Plow.
Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Dean, John Rowe
System:
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Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for an invention that provides "a single structure in which the air-brake pipes will be simultaneously coupled with the coupling of a car" (lines 14-17).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertable Corn Sheller and Grater.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive convertible corn sheller and grater that, when shelling, can fill a receptacle without spilling or clogging. The sheller also separates dust from the corn. The grater is easily removable for cleaning.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Crockett, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cross Arm
Patent for a cross arm. Illustration included.
Date:
December 27, 1912
Creator:
Crabtree, Lawrence L. & Ripley, T. Charley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge-Tube for Fertilizer-Distributors.
Patent for a device to evenly dispense fertilizer to soil. This is an agricultural device.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Kerr, Oscar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate
Patent for a farm gate. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Wilson, Craven & Sadler, Junius E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
Date:
January 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate for Railway Tracks.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shaft crossing a railway-track and provided with weighted depending ends, with rollers connected eccentrically to said ends, a gate connected to said shaft, and lever and bar apparatus for operating said weighted ends from the vicinity of the rails" (lines 41-47).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Jacobs, William Ramsey & Houston, Samuel Callahan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design "relates to gate-latches; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction and efficient in operation, and to provide a gate-latch that not only permits the gate to be opened in both directions, but also prevents the same from being opened or lifted from its hinges by the stock, and also a latch that can be easily manipulated without dismounting from the horse" (lines 8-17).
Date:
May 10, 1892
Creator:
Brown, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester for pea-vines
Patent is for harvester of pea vines. It's purpose is to provide an effective and efficient work in the harvesting of pea vines.
Date:
December 6, 1912
Creator:
Turrentine, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hearth for Fire Places.
Patent for a new and improved hearth for fireplaces. This design "ha[s] a depression in its upper side, and a lid hinged to the hearth at the rear end of the depression, so as to fill the same when not in use" (lines 93-96).
Date:
July 26, 1887
Creator:
Moore, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heel Brace.
Patent for a new and improved heel-brace. This design "consist[s] in a semi-circular rim provided with two downward side extensions, the lower ends of said extensions being provided with inwardly extending lugs adapted to lie under the heel of a boot or shoe, said rim being also provided on its rear side with a downwardly-extending projection shorter than the side extensions, the lower ends of the extensions being provided with openings for the reception of screws" (lines 63-73).
Date:
December 28, 1886
Creator:
Edney, Cartwright Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History