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Railroad Spike.
Patent for a new and improved railroad spike. This design consists in "[a] spike for securing a railroad-rail, having a lower portion, having a shoulder, and a right-angular arm for resting against the base-flange of a rail, and the arm or extension" (lines 60-64).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Hicks, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch.
Patent for a pressure triggered railroad switch that attaches more easily to the tracks and automatically closes when the pressure of the railroad cars is taken off of it.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Madeley, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date:
October 6, 1906
Creator:
Butler, Albert Carroll
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motive Power.
Patent for a new and improved Motive Power. This design consists "[i]n a motor, the frame, in combination with a windlass or drum, a rope adapted to be wound thereon, a pulley-block provided with a series of pulleys, a weight also provided with pulleys, the rope being passed through the respective pulleys, devices for winding the windlass, and mechanism for transmitting the movement of the windlass while the rope is being unwound" (lines 35-43).
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
Brown, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for "motors designed more particularly running sewing machines and churns and other light machinery" (lines 9-10), including instruction and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
Harrell, A. Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Frame.
Patent for a plow frame, which is adjustable to different widths.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
McDonnold, Pleasant T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pedal Attachment for Velocipedes.
Patent for a new and useful safety attachment “for the pedals of bicycles, tricycles, and other wheeled vehicles operated by the feet through the medium of pedals.” (Lines 9-11) This attachment will form a long bearing for the foot of the rider, thus avoiding dead-centers in the revolutions of the cranks, and to provide means for preventing any slipping of the pedals.” (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Wheeler, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Gas-Lighter
Patent for a gas lighter that is designed to be durable and reliable, with an improved method of controlling the supply of gas to the burner.
Date:
March 25, 1902
Creator:
Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawer of Furniture, Store Fixture, &c.
Patent for a new and improved chest of drawers. This design "consists, first, in a drawer applied upon side cleats or ledges, grooved longitudinally with the movement of the drawer, and having balls placed in such grooves in such a manner that they are kept separated and are free to roll or move longitudinally, and that they serve as bearings for the drawer, while they keep it from frictional contact with the cleats . . . second, in a novel mode of construction of cleats" (para. 1).
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Johnson, William H. & Whomes, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Document-File.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive self-adjusting file mounted on a revoluble base allowing the operator to successively access the several sub-divisions including illustrations.
Date:
August 20, 1889
Creator:
Rich, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw
Patent for a drag saw. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Thompson, Everett Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History