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Mechanical Motor
Patent for "a motor of cheap and simple construction, which is adapted for driving various classes of light machinery, and more especially for use in connection with fans, such as are commonly used for creating currents of air in bar-rooms, dining-rooms, and the like" (lines 16-22).
Date:
July 9, 1889
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tile Roofing or Covering.
Patent for tile roofing and siding, which does not leak and is easily installed.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Walker, Isham P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Cleaning Out Nuts.
Patent for a tool for cleaning out internally-threaded apertures. This removes rust and dirt from screw-threads without damaging the threads, and is much less destructive than acid baths, heat, and screw-taps.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Rall, Frederick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved, cheap and convenient bale-tie. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collars.
Patent for a device improving the speed and efficiency of shirt collar fastening, as well as the securing of items such as scarves and ties, including illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1876
Creator:
Mitchell, Frank G. & Saunders, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark arrester. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the stack, of the upper and lower portions . . . of the inner cylinder, separated by the annular opening, the spiral wing-guide, the collar-flange, between the stack-wall and [a] section, and the cylindrical partition below said collar-flange in the flue" (lines 73-79).
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Jones, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Platform Treadle For Hand Cars
Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date:
October 17, 1905
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Fence-Post.
Patent for a plastic fence post that wire fencing or wooden rails can be attached to that has the connection areas on the post hollowed out to protect the parts from the weather.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Libhart, Hugh P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Alston, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Obtaining a Lubricant From the Cactus- Plant
Patent for as a new article of manufacture gelatinous material or product obtained from the cactus-plant suitable for use as a lubricant.
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Marshall, Edward, S. & Savage, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Use in Killing Trees and Other Vegetable Growths
Patent for a composition or recipe for tree and plant killer
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Eason, John F. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telegraph and Telephone Wires.
Patent for a circular metal support for telegraph and telephone wires; including illustrations.
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Hoybook, Henry Levid
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Attachment to Desks.
Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Actuating Mechanism.
Patent for improving measuring pumps "by providing a pump actuating means so constructed that a continuous movement of the crank in one direction will cause a reciprocation of the piston in both directions" (lines 29-33), with illustrations.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Dean, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface Cattle Guard.
Patent for a new and improved surface cattle-guard. This design "compris[es] a series of parallel triangular bars tapered at their ends and provided with lateral perforated horizontal flanges, the plates to which said flanges are secured, the cross-tie supports, and the solid plank flooring upon which said ties rest, said flooring being some distance below the guard-bars" (lines 55-62).
Date:
September 20, 1892
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for a saddle-stirrup with springs on the bottom and a spring-catch on the top.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Long, Francis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Door
Patent for a grain car door that keeps the grain securely in the railroad car.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth
Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date:
September 25, 1905
Creator:
Smith, James Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp.
Patent for guard rail clamps to securely clasp guard rails with the main rail with features such as spikes and braces.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Akers, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Dump Car
Patent for gravity dump-car cheaper in cost and easy in construction and operation.
Date:
October 8, 1901
Creator:
Swindall, S. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Cover
Patent for a device to provide a temporary cover to open graves made of non-rusting materials with adjustable length.
Date:
September 19, 1912
Creator:
Rankin, Daniel H. & Cox, William, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Felt Picker
Patent for a felt picker. This invention is for use of piano-workmen in making flexible the felts in piano-actions.
Date:
June 23, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree
Patent for a whiffletree.
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Mayo, Daniel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History