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Grapple.
Patent for a grapple, a device "for handling brick - that is, for moving brick from one point to another" (lines 13-14).
Date:
November 6, 1900
Creator:
Brownfield, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Flue.
Patent for a stove-flue, which has a stronger attachment to the casing and has a covering for keeping out rain and snow.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove Flue
Patent for a stove flue. Illustration included.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Flue.
Patent for a stove flue that is more secure in attachment, easier to clean, and is more fireproof to prevent burning of wood parts in the building that the flue is installed in.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer.
Patent for a new and useful gin-saw filer.
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Wilson, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
Date:
July 31, 1888
Creator:
Bigham, Joshua R. & Bigham, Ambrose W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the baling-chamber at the front end of the same, the plunger, the toggle-links connecting said plunger with a cross-piece at the rear end of the frame, a base extending laterally from the frame, a horizontal crank mounted pivotally upon said base, the pitman connecting said crank with the connecting-point of the toggle-links, said pitman consisting of end pieces connected by a bridge-piece lying in a lower plane than the said end-pieces, and an operating-sweep" (lines 13-24).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Paper Bags and Other Articles
Patent for a holder for paper bags and other articles. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Laird, Edwin C. & Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweat Leather for Riding Saddles.
Patent for a new and improved sweat-leather for saddles. This design "has for its object to construct sweat-leathers which shall be absolutely impervious to the sweat and moisture exuding from the animal, and thus serve to protect the rider's clothes. Sweat-pads, as ordinarily constructed of leather, are liable to be permeated with moisture, by which their efficiency as protectors is not only impaired, but they are liable to curl up . . . To avoid this . . . [the] improved sweat-pads [have] linings of India-rubber" (lines 20-31).
Date:
December 25, 1883
Creator:
Harriss, James Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple
Patent for improvements to hoisting grapples with the design focus on the "arrow-points or engaging ends" (lines 19-20) and the mechanics associated with the grapple design when in use. Patent includes illustrations of grapple in use.
Date:
November 8, 1892
Creator:
Jones, Rees
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape
Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Thompson, B. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a collapsible holder for paper drinking cups.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Fermier, Victor Emanuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Alarm
Patent for a fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Andrews, Bolivar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed-planter, with illustrations. The "invention relates to an improved seed-planter, adapted to be attached to and operated in connection with any ordinary plow for planting wheat, corn, cotton, or other seed (line 25-28).
Date:
December 19, 1882
Creator:
Brown, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor.
Patent for a butter churn with a "vertical rotary dasher" (line 19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Rogers, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Madeley, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke and Cinder Conductor.
Patent for a new and improved smoke and cinder conductor. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient conducting mechanism to be attached to the cars, and provided with an improved coupling device at its ends, by which a coupling can be automatically effected with the conducting mechanism of an adjoining car" (lines 11-17).
Date:
May 1, 1883
Creator:
Brown, William A. & Smith, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grader.
Patent for a road grader, which will "excavate a ditch at the side of a road, and distribute the dirt from said ditch at a proper gradient upon the road" (lines 11-14).
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller shelving and cloth measurer combined, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 6, 1898
Creator:
Apperson, Thomas F. & Dorsey, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for an improved fertilizer distributor to be attached to the farm wagon. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1886
Creator:
Hurley, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator.
Patent for a new evaporator design used for evaporating cane-juice, including illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Johnson, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Construction
Patent for a fan construction. This invention uses a spring motor to provided hours of fan use.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Burnes, Worley Walden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seat Shaping Implement
Patent for seat shaping implement. This invention is designed to form seats in the prongs of studs employed in the setting of precious stones. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1904
Creator:
Bolding, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Secondary Electric Clock
Patent for a secondary electric clock. This invention uses a predetermined movement of the clocks hands thereby preventing any abnormal movement in a secondary clock controlled by a master clock. Illustration included.
Date:
May 28, 1907
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History