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Machine for Polishing Shoes.
Patent for "an improvement in machines for polishing shoes" (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bright, Joseph Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for "driving wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving-wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotion due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for a new and useful kitchen cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 21, 1899
Creator:
Goodale, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Force-Pumps.
Patent relating to "that class of force-pumps which are to be submerged and are double-acting" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 8, 1879
Creator:
Finney, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator-Flue.
Patent for a flue made of separate parts so that it can be disassembled for more efficient transport, including illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using cranks and wrist pins to “converting rotary motion, like that of a wheel or pulley, into reciprocating motion.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
McKean, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket.
Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved military saddle. This design is "so constructed that the valises and other equipments may be connected with the saddle in such a way as to distribute and balance their weight, and at the same time make the saddle comfortable for the rider. The invention consists in constructing a saddle with appliances to receive valises, a pair of girths, a gun, and an overcoat" (lines 19-28).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.
Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Aiton, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for a new and improved projectile. This design consists "[i]n combination with the ellipsoidal projectile having a truncated base, a plano-concave sabot or driver whose plane face is contiguous to the base of the projectile, and whose periphery is grooved for the attachment of the charge-container" (lines 75-80).
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Hopson, Lucien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile
Patent for an explosive projectile for use of penetrating and exploding ironclad and steel-clad ships, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hopson, Lucien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manure Distributer.
Patent for a new and improved fertilizer distributor. This design consists in "the rotating shaft having the stirring apparatus, the wheels loosely mounted on the said shaft, the detent to engage the shaft and prevent it from rotating, and the clutch mechanism to secure one of the wheels to the shaft" (lines 5-10).
Date:
April 12, 1887
Creator:
Harrell, Solomon James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Cleansing Clothing for Textile Fabrics
Patent for a new and useful improvements in mechanism for cleansing clothing or textile fabrics. This invention is to "provide a simple and economical construction and combination of parts whereby the clothes or fabrics operated upon shall be disturbed and displaced at each successive stroke of a pump forming part of the mechanism" (line 11-16).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Wright, John W. & Burkes, Howell H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spur.
Patent for an improvement in spurs, this one containing a forked end with a rowel on each end of the fork. This is to ensure the rowels have a broad surface adjacent to each rowel and to prevent less injury to an animal when in use.
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Cook, Landon H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Auger
Patent for a post auger.
Date:
May 12, 1903
Creator:
Sanford, James Dobbs
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet
Patent for improvement of kitchen cabinet including removable bins and sifters, including illustrations.
Date:
January 29, 1901
Creator:
Lake, Reuben R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater.
Patent for a rotary tire-heater that used for and movably supported near a blacksmith's forge, where it can be swung over for use when needed. It economizes time and fuel, and is automatically adjustable.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Callaway, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a hay press that is both efficient and easy to use so that the bales may be "rapidly and firmly compressed" (lines 18-19).
Date:
October 18, 1892
Creator:
Mealer, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge.
Patent for a two-way roller hinge for gates, doors, shutters, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators to replace shovels or blades.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Lancaster, Harris E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Lid and Damper
Patent for a stove-lid and damper. Both the lid and damper have innovative spiral openings that can be brought into and out of alignment by rotation of the damper portion, thereby adjusting the size of the opening by which stove temperature can be adjusted.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Parton, Clarence Ernest Stanhope
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for general "improvements in engines, and while one feature of our invention is adapted for use on all styles of engines, the invention in the complete form ...is especially suited for use on locomotive engines designed to exert high tractive power and to attain high speeds" (lines 12-19).
Date:
February 19, 1895
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z. & Barton, Alexander M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separable Button.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable separable button that does not accidentally separate or unfasten. It consists of two disks connected with a stem, and the disks are different sizes.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Monday, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for a Sash Fastener that can be used to improve the sash holders function with a simplifying construction.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Dunn, Aaron Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History