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Shutter Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved shutter fastener. This design "has for its object the production of a simple and efficient device, and one that can be conveniently operated from the inside of the blind, but not readily tampered with or opened from the outside without removing some of the slats of the blind. . . . one part—a bolt—is carried by the blind, and the other part—a catch—is secured to the windowsill and locks the bolt, so as to unfasten the blind both hands are required—one hand to operate the catch, the other hand to operate the bolt" (lines 16-30).
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved self-oiling axle box. This design utilizes a sleeve with several small, oil-filled holes to be placed between the spindle and the axle box, which lubricates the machine and reduces friction. A nut keeps the spindle and axle box together.
Date:
April 26, 1881
Creator:
Barnes, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Tables.
Patent for ironing tables in use with ironing machines. Consist of adjustable frame for stretching and holding garments for ironing.
Date:
April 2, 1878
Creator:
Becker, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Distributer
Patent for seed cotton distributer. This "invention relates to apparatus for distributing seed-cotton to a battery of gins; and the principal object is to improve the construction of such apparatus by providing for the separation of trash from the cotton" (line 8-12). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Brown, Monroe Crafford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Cross-Tie.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive metallic crosstie that has elasticity and the same vibration as a wooden cross-tie and does not require bolts or nuts. It can easily be placed or removed from rails.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Case for Rural-Mail Carriers.
Patent for a device to enable rural mail carriers to efficiently carry and store postal items for sale. The storage unit (device) is water-resistant to protect the items inside from inclement weather while delivering mail.
Date:
April 24, 1917
Creator:
Campbell, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clutch.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive clutch used for transmitting power. The clutch has "independent rotable disks that act on peripheral eccentric proportions, which are so arranged that the said disk will be held free from contact with the drive-shaft and the entire bearing of the clutch mechanism thrown on the grip members, whereby the shaft-apertures in the disks can be made sufficiently large to overcome any irregularity of the bearing-faces of the internal cam portions and obviating the necessity of providing outside collars" (lines 17-27).
Date:
April 28, 1896
Creator:
Carleton, Ernest WIlliam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Gang-Plows and Cultivators.
Patent for an improved gang-plow and cultivator, including illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1875
Creator:
Clements, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Head
This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Collier, William Reid
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tuck Creasing and Marking Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved tuck creasing and marking attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a simple and effective tuck creaser or marker to be operated directly by the needle-bar of a sewing machine; and it consists, essentially, of a creaser and an arm attached to the needle-bar and carrying an indent-piece, which strikes the creaser to mark or crimp the tuck. The creaser is formed upon a slide adjustable upon a graduated plate or bar attached to the plate of the sewing machine" (lines 15-24).
Date:
April 2, 1889
Creator:
Crawford, Alice Ann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Lamp Socket.
Patent for an improved electric lamp socket "having a pair of switches which are alternately closed and opened, and having means for the attachment thereto of three conductors, whereby it is possible to light the lamp by means of a main switch" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Elliott, William Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Mosquito-Canopy.
Patent for an adjustable, simple, and easily used mosquito-canopy for beds that fits over any style and size of bed, and is easily removed.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a wave motor including an apparatus within a wave disturbed liquid using a power converting mechanism to convert energy in a more convenient form, including illustrations.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Fousek, Karl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn for separating butter. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "brake-shoes [which] are jointed by pivots to brake-blocks of the usual form, which are suspended from the truck-timbers by suitable suspending links or clevises, so that they may have a free longitudinal movement when acted upon by the actuating mechanism, and said blocks and brake-shoes are separated by transverse brake-bars, in order that they may be kept truly in-line with the car-wheels at all times" (lines 16-25).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Greer, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Turbine.
Patent for improvements to wind motors for turbines "and has for its object to provide a wind turbine of novel structure or arrangement and including means for varying the admission of air currents to the wheel thereof" (lines 10-13).
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Gustafson, Claes Viktor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Scraper.
Patent for improvements in tongue-scrapers in which it will “not only used for scraping the coating from the tongue, but also for removing the small particles from the papillae which remain after the scraping operation.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Hagerty, Ida
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date:
April 15, 1884
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Fastener.
Patent for an adjustable hat holder using a band and fasteners, with illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Huppertz, Lina
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Point Protector
This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Koch, Charles Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Krueger, Gustav Adolf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saws.
Patent for improvement in saws by way of the construction of beveled edged teeth with concave sides.
Date:
April 26, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incinerator
Patent for improvement in incinerators by unique arrangement of receiving passage and receiving post closing the lower end with a second passage inclining.
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
McCutcheon, Joe Alford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Spindle
Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Messer, Jeremiah Clark
System:
The Portal to Texas History