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Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for "a more complete and convenient kitchen cabinet... with an effective and desirable sink attachment, whereby dirty water may be easily disposed of." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Case.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in umbrella cases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Ferry, Thomas Cate
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Detaching Horses
Patent for improvements for a device used to detach a horse or horses from a vehicle. Included illustration shows 3 elevation views of the detacher.
Date:
July 25, 1876
Creator:
Craig, John Kerr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churn-Motors
Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Julius A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers
Patent for an improvement in Horse Powers and in it's construction.
Date:
September 2, 1879
Creator:
Smith, William W. & Randall, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers
Patent for the improvement in the design of harrows and clod-crushers.
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Murphy, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for a cough syrup formula made from various plant extracts, to treat inflammatory diseases. No illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Reeves, J. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pliers
Patent for pliers. The invention relates to improvements of the pliers, primarily adapted for use by linemen in securing an electric conducting wire upon an insulator, splicing the wire or stretching the same. The construction is to produce a pair of pliers which are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and which will perform the functions of several ordinary tools.
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
Bryce, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lace-Cabinet.
Patent for a lace cabinet which has many drawers with holders for spools of lace or ribbon and a slot in the front of the drawer, where the lace is pulled through to show what it is and allow easy dispensing of the product.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Thornton, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support
Patent for a wagon tongue support. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Evans, Martin S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for a mechanical movement invention for use in operating churns, washing machines, freezers, etc. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Ragan, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Socket.
Patent for an electric lamp socket that regulates the intensity of the current passing through the socket. It has multiple contact posts and a manually operated slide that makes contact with the posts.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Hall, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester
Patent for "spark-arresters of that type in which the sparks are extinguished by water contained in a suitable receptacle forming part of the apparatus" (lines 22-25).
Date:
October 23, 1888
Creator:
Smith, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for a plow attachment for clearing pea vines out of fields.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Post, Valta T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plotter.
Patent for an improvement in "surveying-instruments, and has for its object to produce a simple device whereby certain information can be obtained without the necessity of auxiliary calculations,” (lines 12-15) includes illustration.
Date:
March 24, 1891
Creator:
Smith, Valentine Hartgroves
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring-Dispenser.
Patent for a fluid measuring dispenser with a dispensing receptacle, measuring scale, and cooperating gauge. The gauge displays the exact quantity of fluid dispensed as well as the amount remaining in the receptacle.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Mauldin, Collumbus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for Railroad Tie
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Stroud, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Rural-Free-Delivery Boxes.
Patent for a mailbox support, which swings out into the road for the mail carrier to reach easily and then can be swung back into the yard when mail is delivered.
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Randall, Osro W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow. This design "consists in a sulky-plow constructed with the sliding block carrying the adjustable wheel locked in place by a sliding spring-pressed bolt and withdrawn by means of an elbow-lever. The sliding wheel-carrying block is provided with rack-teeth engaging with the teeth of a double-gear wheel placed loosely upon the journal of the plow-crank, and connected with the plow-crank lever by a pawl, whereby the machine can be leveled and the plow adjusted by means of the same lever (lines 20-31).
Date:
October 9, 1883
Creator:
Henderson, William Chancy
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
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
Stove.
Patent for "a stove in which the heat may be shifted to various parts thereof to the exclusion of other parts," and "wherein the radiation of the heat from the bottom of the heat-passage is made to heat a secondary or supplemental oven, thereby making use of heat which is otherwise lost." (Lines 19-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel.
Patent for a spring wheel with a pneumatic tire that neither punctures nor becomes flat. The spring wheel construction has springs between the inner and outer rims.
Date:
August 10, 1920
Creator:
Horne, Henry M.
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