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Fifth Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved fifth wheel for vehicles. This design "consists of improvements in the construction and arrangement of the fifth-wheel apparatus of carriages, the object of which is to enable the parts to be made more cheaply, also to be more readily removable, and also to be more durable in use than as such apparatus is now made" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 11, 1882
Creator:
Weber, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "compris[es] the main end and intermediate posts anchored in the ground, the longitudinal wires connected to said main end posts and let into said intermediate posts, said end posts being suitably braced and said longitudinal wires being connected together by tie-wires, and the supplemental posts, to which are also bound or secured said longitudinal wires, having the horizontal feet of approximate figure-8 shape resting squarely on the ground or surface" (lines 69-79).
Date:
May 27, 1890
Creator:
Kerr, James, Sr.
System:
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Guard for Gin Saws.
Patent for a new and improved guard for gin-saws. This design consists in "the combination of the saws, the breast, the grate formed by the ribs and hinged at its upper edge in the frame, guides upon the inner sides of the side pieces of the gin-frame below the saws, and a curved plate or guard hinged to the lower edge of the grate, formed by the ribs, folding inward, and having its edges guided by the guides so that it covers the lower portions of the saws below the lower edge of the breast" (lines 75-84).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Wallace, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peach Stoner.
Patent for a new and improved peach pitter. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the main frame having the part rising from its base, the yielding holding-blades having their upper edges beveled and formed as cutters and overlapping at their side edges . . . the plunger having its lower end recessed and provided with an annular cutting-edge, the crescent-shaped cutting blades secured to said plunger above its cutting point, from their convex edges forming cutters, the operating-lever, and pitman connecting the same with the upper end of the plunger" (lines 24-36).
Date:
March 12, 1889
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuse for Shells.
Patent for a new and improved shell fuse. This design "relates to that type of percussion-fuses wherein a fuse-tube is secured in the point or end of a shell and contains a plunged connected with a friction-wire embedded in the fulminate in such manner that when the flight of the shell is suddenly arrested the friction-wire is drawn forward by the plunger, thereby igniting the fulminate and setting fire to the powder-charge for bursting the shell. The objects of [the] invention are to . . . provide novel means which not only insure bursting of the shell, but avoid premature bursting at the muzzle of the gun" (lines 8-48).
Date:
April 22, 1890
Creator:
Phillips, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw.
Patent for a new and improved drag-saw. This design "consist[s] of a standard, two beams connected to the standard on opposite sides thereof, a crank-shaft held by the standard, suitable drive-gearing for operating the same, a pitman connecting the crank-shaft and the saw, a pendulum attached to the saw and the pitman at one end and to a sliding head-block at the other end, the head-block sliding in the slotted standards and having a rack-bar extended therefrom, a pawl engaging the rack, the operating-cord attached to the head-block and passing over a guide-pulley on the slotted standards" (lines 4-16).
Date:
November 3, 1885
Creator:
Boston, Arnet P.
System:
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Earth Auger.
Patent for a new and improved earth auger. This design "relates to machines for boring post-holes, &c.; and it consists especially in certain improvements in the frame and operating mechanism" (lines 21-24).
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
Blake, Llewellyn A.
System:
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Implement for Tightening and Splicing Fencing-Wire.
Patent for a tool that tightens wires and takes up slack on wire fences. It also splices and joins wires together. The invention has "a novel construction whereby a loop is formed in the strand of wire which is to be tightened and the parts of such wire adjacent to the loop and brought into parallelism so that they may be intertwisted accurately and neatly" (lines 20-25). It also forms loops of different sizes in the wire.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Sessions, Egbert G. & Embrey, Leonard B.
System:
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Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs.
Patent for an attachment for a wheel-hub that allows for the hub to be quickly and easily removed or engaged. The invention does not require a nut wrench; "devices for screwing and unscrewing the axle nut are carried by the wheel-hub, and are always in proper position for immediate use whenever it is necessary to detach the nut" (lines 16-19).
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Butler, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of two draw-heads, in one of which is a spring-actuated jaw, which acts as a support for the coupling-pin until the jaw is pushed back into the coupling-head, and in the other a slotted spring-actuated jaw, which has its end so formed as to support the link in position ready to couple" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 7, 1883
Creator:
Learmonth, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddles.
Patent for an "invention to furnish an improved saddle-tree which shall be light, strong, and durable, being less liable to split or break than saddle-trees constructed in the usual way" (para. 4).
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Herring, William Martin
System:
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Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for a cotton elevating and distributing device, one that feeds cotton to multiple gins at the same time. This device is meant to save time and be simply and efficiently constructed.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Elliott, James W.
System:
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Cultivator or Plow Standard.
Patent for a cultivator or plow standard that improves "the standard which connects the shoe or landslide of a sweep-shovel or bull-tongue plow with the beam, so as to render ti fixed and secure at any point of adjustment" (lines 16-19).
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
McLain, Jackson H.
System:
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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-chopper by using a combination of revolving disk, fender disks, a rotary shaft and cultivator-blades to construct a machine that is able to thin and cultivate cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Allen, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spear.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spears" (lines 5-7) which "relates to improvements in well-boring apparatus" (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a new and useful cattle yoke for preventing them from breaking, tearing down, jumping over, or crawling through the openings in fences (line 6 -8).
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Kirk, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball Bearing Jack
Patent for a ball bearing jack. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
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Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder
Patent for automatic cotton press and feeder. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick Bernard; Sewell, T. W.; Page, R. J. & Young, M. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device
Patent for a refrigerator for dairy products. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Burkhalter, Milo W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed and cylinder printing machines for "operating and controlling the motion of the bed-plate thereof" (line 11 - 13).
Date:
April 12, 1898
Creator:
Murray, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster.
Patent for "casters, and more especially to those of that type employing a ball and anti-friction rollers," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1911
Creator:
Taylor, Henry William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton-Tramper
Patent for an automatics cotton presser. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Campbell, Edgar Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear
Patent for
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bassett, Lawrence Lee
System:
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Bale-Tie.
Patent for "a bale-tie which may with readiness and case be locked in position upon a bale and which will be positive in operation and thoroughly efiective for the purpose designed"(lines 8-12)
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Griggs, James Wesley
System:
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