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Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine. (open access)

Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.

Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
Date: November 27, 1877
Creator: O'Neall, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for an improvement of car coupling design so as to be automatic so that it can couple and uncouple without needing a person to move from car to car that can be used alongside pin and link couplings (lines 11-16).
Date: December 27, 1892
Creator: Millican, Joel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck for Railway-Carriages. (open access)

Truck for Railway-Carriages.

Patent for an improved truck for railway carriages that is meant "to construct surface-rollers which have their center of bearing above the center of the traction of surface roller, and which have traction rollers bearing upon the upper portion of the main surface-roller, and upon which the load is supported equally upon two points of the surface or traction roller" (lines 17-23).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Attachment to Hearths. (open access)

Ventilating Attachment to Hearths.

Patent for a new and improved ventilating attachment for hearths. This design "consists in extending the ventilating box or casing . . . sufficiently below the floor of the room to the hearth to which it is applied to allow it to project into the room below" (lines 19-23).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Howard, Joshua Eaffrom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Cross Tie for Railroads. (open access)

Metal Cross Tie for Railroads.

Patent for a new and improved cross-tie for railroads. This design consists, "with a plate-metal cross-tie body having inclined sides which are integrally joined at an apex and longitudinally-slotted, forming rail-seats, and integral lips on said apex, of a rod oppositely threaded at its ends, nuts which fit in the cross-tie body and are adapted to engage the right and left hand threads on the ends of the rod, integral lugs formed on the nuts, means to rotate the rod, and means to lock the rod from rotation" (lines 29-39).
Date: May 27, 1890
Creator: Taylor, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder. (open access)

Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design "has relation to that class of driving rein-holders in which a bracket is employed for attaching to the dash-board of the vehicle, and provided at one end with a standard, to which is pivoted a swinging jaw held down in position to hold the reins by means of a spring coiled around the pivot, the jaw having a convex corrugated face to more securely hold the reins" (lines 16-24).
Date: April 27, 1886
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M. & Branham, Albert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Spout for Lamps. (open access)

Safety Spout for Lamps.

Patent for a new and improved safety spout for lamps. This design is for an angled tube with a mouth to receive oil and a threaded end to screw onto an oil lamp. This allows for the lamp to be safely refilled while lit.
Date: September 27, 1881
Creator: Ingle, Ezra W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Shingle. (open access)

Metallic Shingle.

Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design consists in "a roof made up of a series of metallic shingles bent and doubled at the ends . . . and the joint at the sides of the shingle, the doubled ends being bent at the sides to correspond with the joint at the sides of the shingle, whereby a double thickness is provided at the sides of the end joints and notching is obviated" (lines 11-18).
Date: March 27, 1888
Creator: Harry, Hugh Walker
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Crutch and Chair. (open access)

Combined Crutch and Chair.

Patent for a combined crutch and chair.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Johnson, Samuel J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support (open access)

Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support

Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Morgan, Rovena G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Controlling Valve. (open access)

Exhaust-Controlling Valve.

Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Inman, Wesley J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator (open access)

Automobile-Radiator

Patent for an automobile radiator which does not leak.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Garrison, Fernando G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for hitching device for use with hitching posts. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Hazlewood, George W. & Robinson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor. (open access)

Exhibitor.

Patent for a rotating exhibitor for putting things on display that is lighted with electric lights.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Turnpaugh, Walter S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine. (open access)

Saw-Filing Machine.

Patent for a saw fling machines for gin saws, which has less parts than previous models.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Blain, F. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring and Power Pull Back for Hay Balers (open access)

Spring and Power Pull Back for Hay Balers

Patent for a spring and power pull back for hay balers. This invention is a hay baler "in which the plunger is moved inward by power and drawn outward by power or by a spring" (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring and Power Pull-Back for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Spring and Power Pull-Back for Baling-Presses.

Patent for a spring and power pull-back for hay baling presses.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Bond. (open access)

Rail-Bond.

Patent for a rail bond that connects rails electronically.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Dunivant, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Power. (open access)

Cable-Power.

Patent for improvements "to cable-power obtained by means of movable windlasses driven by steam or other motive power; and the object is to obtain a powerful draft for use in agricultural purposes, drawing heavy plows and reaping-machines, hauling heavy loads of ore or coal in mining, moving houses, and for drawing heavy loads of any description." (Lines 8-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Eastman, Clyde J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for a fly/insect trap with a unique construction that includes an upright cylindrical casing, a peripheral rib, a transparent funnel, and a mesh bait holder, including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Buck, Daniel Luther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Drying Machine. (open access)

Candy-Drying Machine.

Patent for a machine to dry and pack chocolate more uniformly without need for attendants, including illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Greer, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Point and Bolt for Belts. (open access)

Combined Point and Bolt for Belts.

Patent for an invention provides means for securing bolts to elevator belts.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Guffee, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen. (open access)

Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen.

Patent for an apparatus that will improve the cost efficiency of producing gas. Specifically, this invention details a "main tank which produces hydrogen and an auxiliary tank wherein the hydrogen is mixed with crude petroleum oil and thereby given its illuminating and combustible properties" (lines 18-23).
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Stuart, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knob-Fastening. (open access)

Knob-Fastening.

Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Collins, Horace B.
System: The Portal to Texas History