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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
Roller Attachment For Cotton Or Corn Planters.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller attachments for cotton or corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Beck, Emerziah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filing Machine
Patent for a device that will create uniform shape to all the teeth on a saw blade, and can be quickly adjusted.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Wilkinson, Henry R.
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
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
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
Horse-Power.
Patent for a new and improved "horse-power" (motor). This design utilizes a central pinion and a counter-wheel to accelerate the rest of the motor with minimal friction and minimal complicating of design.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Randall, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that allows the plow share to be adjusted to different angles in the soil.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Buckhannon, Edward M.
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
Railroad Gate.
Patent for a new and improved railroad gate. This design "has relation to railroad-gates of the class that is designed to be erected at the lines of fences for the purpose of preventing cattle and stock from passing from one field to another, and further designed to be opened by the wheels of a passing train, and automatically closed after the train has passed; and the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts" (lines 20-28).
Date:
June 1, 1886
Creator:
Jacobs, William Ramsey & Houston, Samuel Callahan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Harrow
Patent for a rotary harrow. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Graves, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Gate
Patent for a railway gate that can be operated from a distance. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Buchannan, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pulling Implement
Patent for a pulling device with a "rotatably supported winding shaft" and "means for imparting the requisite rotation" (lines 16-18).
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Badley, Drury E.
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
Peanut-Planter.
Patent for a device that evenly and uniformly deposits peanut seeds during the planting operation whereby the required quantity of seed may be deposited in the soil. The device contains a supplemental container, separate from the main container, where the supplemental container can uniformly divide seeds for planting.
Date:
May 28, 1918
Creator:
Norman, William A. & Norman, Mack D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for the addition of interlocking extensions onto the ends of railway joints. The interlocking extensions make bolts and nuts unnecessary and provide a snug fit, which eliminates both lateral and longitudinal movement.
Date:
October 10, 1911
Creator:
Free, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peach Pitter and Slicer
Patent for a peach pitter and slicer. Illustration included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Irwin, Wiley I.
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