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Window-Shade-Operating Device
Patent for a window-shade-operating device that "revolv[es] the shade roller and [retains] the roller in position whereby the shade is held at the desired point" (lines 14-17).
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Gearing and Lock
Patent for a window sash mechanism that allows the upper and lower portions of a window to be adjusted and locked independently of each other.
Date:
March 1, 1921
Creator:
Peaden, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretchers. Illustration included.
Date:
December 18, 1906
Creator:
Bradshaw, Richard A.
System:
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Wooden Bridge
Patent for a wooden bridge with a focus on increased durability of the structure and effective drainage for moisture from the timbers and for the free circulation of air between, around, or through the structure.
Date:
April 9, 1891
Creator:
Ferguson, Benjamin F.
System:
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Ink Fountain for Printing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved ink fountain for printing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the shell-shaped frame having an inclined bottom, a hole in the lower part of the front end wall, and a socket provided with a thumb-screw, a vertical arm passing through the said socket and provided with a clamp at its lower end, a roller for distributing ink, journaled at the front of the shell and vertically adjustable therewith, and the removable reservoir having a gate, an inclined bottom, and an opening corresponding with the hole in the shell" (lines 17-27).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements for internal combustion engines. Improvements include a more compact design, easier to access for repairs, and increased durability and efficiency.
Date:
June 17, 1919
Creator:
Ward, John Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose Leaf Binder
Patent for a loose leaf binder. The invention consists of two adjustable sections in order to lengthen or shorten the post. Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Bickley, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Grinding Disks.
Patent for improvements in grinding-machines in which it can “hold the disk rigidly at a desired angle and can be adjusted from or toward a grinding device;” (lines 13-15) by using a “combination of an adjustable gear, a grinding-wheel and means for imparting motion from the grinding-wheel to the gear; of a spring-pressed roller above the gear and adapted to hold a disk thereon in contact with the wheel.” (Page 2, lines 65-70) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1903
Creator:
Shipp, Abijah T.
System:
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Machine for Washing Clothes, Renovating Feathers, Canning, &c.
Patent for a clothes washing and feather renovating machine with a stove for heating water. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 24, 1911
Creator:
McNorton, John T. & Stanley, John S.
System:
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Windmill
Patent for Windmill that is adapted to be held in various positions. This Windmill device will be strong, durable, and easy to construct.
Date:
June 10, 1913
Creator:
Houston, John J.
System:
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Weather-Strip.
Patent for "an improved construction of metallic weather strip which may be readily applied to the lower edge of a door and will effectually exclude rain, snow, sand or dirt, and prevent the same from entering between the lower edge of the door and the threshold" (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Faires, Elisha J. & Dulaney, Joseph F.
System:
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Lock.
Patent for a screen door lock which is both rotatable and slidable.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Stockburger, Charles W.
System:
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Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an adjustable wire stretcher.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Tompkins, Walter L.
System:
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Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements.
Patent for improvements in machines for dressing surfaces of wooden or block pavements that may be operated by a traction-engine of known construction, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Love, Robert Hamilton
System:
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Vault Cash-Indicator.
Patent for a vault cash-indicator meant to "provide a new and improved indicator, designed for indicating an amount of money, commercial articles, &c.; for instance, indicating the amount of money contained in a safe or vault" (lines 7-11).
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Hamilton, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut
Patent for an improvement in nut locks that incorporates a pin that secures the lock and works with a spring and a notch to make it easy to remove.
Date:
October 12, 1911
Creator:
Oden, James R.
System:
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Knee Pad for Cotton Pickers &c
Patent for a knee pad for cotton pickers with a pneumatic cushion.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Herron, William Patrick
System:
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Leveling Device for Traction Engines
Patent for a leveling device for traction engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
Brown, Daniel T.
System:
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Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus
Patent for Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus which "consists in the provision of a rack adapted to be connected to the bed of the wagon" (lines 17-19); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Southern, Wills
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows
Patent for sulky plow improvements plow beams, pivot studs, and plow frame.
Date:
June 5, 1877
Creator:
Fowler, Albert A.
System:
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Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in waching machine design, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Millegan, William E.
System:
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Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.
Patent for a device "for the purpose of tightening or loosening tires on wheels belonging to any kind of vehicles without shrinking or cutting the tires." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1875
Creator:
Horton, Henry A. R. & Hayes, Amos P.
System:
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Improvement in Riding-Plows.
Patent for "an improved riding or sulky plow which shall be so constructed that the plow may be readily lowered into, raised from, and adjusted to run at any desired depth in the ground, and which may be adjusted to take or leave land, and to hold the carriage level when both wheels are running upon unplowed land, and when one wheel is running in a furrow." (Lines 14-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1877
Creator:
Florance, James L.
System:
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Improvement in Solutions for Preserving Meats.
Patent for preserving perishable foods. The "Texas Meat-Preserving Process." (lines 9-10)
Date:
March 26, 1878
Creator:
McCulley, Franklin
System:
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