Centrifugal Machine (open access)

Centrifugal Machine

Patent for centrifugal machine. This invention is specific to centrifugal machines used as sugar-driers to separate the molasses from crystallized sugar.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Kennon, James Daniel; Dobbins, G.W. & Shields, L.T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar.

Patent for " invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar" (lines 5-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Ellis, Emmett A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of the draw-heads provided with forwardly-projecting portions having curved faces and notches in the rear thereof, bails pivoted centrally on vertical pins passing through the center of the draw-heads, springs exerting a rearward pressure on the rear ends of the bails, and chains secured to the forward ends of the bails to move them in opposition to the pressure of their springs" (lines 78-87).
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: Neal, Adam S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "in combination with the jaws . . . which are arranged to move laterally and simultaneously . . . each having two side hooks combined with the bar and springs . . . the levers, shaft, pulleys, and the chains which pass over the pulleys and connect the rollers with the jaws" (lines 86-96).
Date: March 8, 1887
Creator: Neal, Adam Sylvester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "for automatically coupling cars of various heights, and also to provide devices for uncoupling the cars without the necessity of going between them. [The] invention consists in a spring-pressed hook attached to or formed upon a rock-shaft extending to the top of the car, and provided with a hand-wheel, by which it may be turned. It also consists in the combination, with the hook, of a rod connected thereto and extending to the side of the car, for uncoupling the car from the ground" (lines 16-27).
Date: June 7, 1887
Creator: De May, Eugene A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a shaft journaled at its lower end in the ordinary draw-bar and at its upper end in a bracket . . . and in the combination therewith of a brace . . . adapted to support the lower end of said shaft, a hook placed between the brace and the draw-bar, and a spring surrounding the shaft and arranged to hold the shaft and hook normally . . . It also further consists in . . . the hook, . . . a spring-actuated uncoupling-rod extending through a bracket . . . and a retaining-latch. . . adapted to hold the said rod in a retracted position" (lines 22-37).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: De May, Eugene A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new automatic car coupling design for train cars, including illustrations.
Date: December 20, 1887
Creator: De May, Eugene A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and combination of the parts . . . the object of [the] invention being to provide a car-coupler which will automatically couple the cars to each other without the use of links or pins, and which is provided with means whereby the car can be uncoupled from the top of the car" (lines 17-25).
Date: February 10, 1885
Creator: Neal, Adam S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: O'Riordan, John Eldridge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bite-Tray. (open access)

Dental Bite-Tray.

Patent for a bite tray usable for an array of mouth sizes. The material provides better comfort in the mouth of the patient, as well as better comfort for the operator.
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Sanders, Mastin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food. (open access)

Stock Food.

Patent for stock food that can be perfectly rationed, useful for feeding cattle and hogs, and useful for building up working stock. It is inexpensive and will not deteriorate.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Eldridge, T. William.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for a "simple and relatively inexpensive burner" (line 9) for use in the kitchen with kerosene or other oil fuel.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Catron, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barn-Door Lock (open access)

Barn-Door Lock

Patent for a barn-door lock that "consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 34-37) and "which shall be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cast" (lines 29-31).
Date: 191X
Creator: Henrichsen, F.R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loading-Machine (open access)

Loading-Machine

Patent for a new and improved cantilevered arm to load hay and other materials onto wagons and other vehicles.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Senior, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wash-Boilers. (open access)

Improvement in Wash-Boilers.

Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Wash-Boilers" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1875
Creator: Mackli, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons. (open access)

Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons.

Patent for an improvement to running-gears for wagons, including "improved means for connecting the front axle and reach of a wagon or other vehicle" (lines 6-8) and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Fowler, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in Cotton-Plants. (open access)

Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in Cotton-Plants.

Patent for using a solution of water and arsenic for killing cotton pests.
Date: January 2, 1871
Creator: Mitchell, Thomas W. & Briscoe, Robert P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant. (open access)

Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.

Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
Date: June 30, 1874
Creator: Mitchell, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hoes. (open access)

Improvement in Hoes.

Patent for an improved, lightweight hoe with beveled blades used for "weeding cotton and other plants" (lines 13-14) and cutting grass without damaging the stalks, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: March 19, 1878
Creator: Eggleston, Walter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extracting Cotton-Seed Oil. (open access)

Process of Extracting Cotton-Seed Oil.

Patent for the process of extracting cotton-seed oil from cotton-seed meal with a hydrocarbon such as kerosene and making the hydrocarbon reusable in the process by producing a cotton-seed oil soap through adding caustic soda to the mixture of cotton seed meal and hydrocarbon.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Bird, Maurice
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Delinting Cotton-Seed. (open access)

Process Of Delinting Cotton-Seed.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in processes of delinting cotton seed, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1899
Creator: Cunningham, Edward B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Synthetic Adhesive Gum. (open access)

Synthetic Adhesive Gum.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in the production of synthetic adhesive gums, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1899
Creator: Cunningham, Edward B. & Thele, Felix C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Bolt Wrench. (open access)

Nut and Bolt Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design consists in "a wrench-head having a handle and a longitudinal slot through the wrench-head, a slidable bar having a jaw moving in said slot, a rack upon said bar, a worm-wheel in the wrench-head, meshing with the rack, and a jaw upon the wrench-head, jointly with a screw-driver inserted in the end of the slidable bar, said wrench-head having a plane outer surrounding surface in proximity to the longitudinal slot" (lines 1-10).
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Hoval, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for an improved farm gate that pivots in its center and can be swung in either direction. It is operated by a pull chord and levers. The pull chords are set on posts on either side of the gate, each side having two chords in order to open the gate in either direction. The posts also act as a brace to stop the gate from swinging further.
Date: December 26, 1893
Creator: Mulcahy, Richard T.
System: The Portal to Texas History