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Gate-Latch
Patent for the invention relates to improvements in gate-latches. The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of gate-latches and to provide an automatic one adapted to lock the gate when the latter closes and capable of automatically setting itself in proper position for engaging and locking the gate should it be closed instead of open or in position to receive the gate.
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Jones, Albert Sidney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner
Patent for a gin saw cleaner that can clean saws while in rotation.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Flowers, Malon I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gopher Trap.
Patent for a new and improved trap for gophers and other subterranean animals. This design utilizes for the first time the combination of spring, jaw, treadle, trigger, and baseboard to ensnare gophers and other varmints.
Date:
July 5, 1881
Creator:
Norris, Abram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stake-Pin.
Patent for stake-pin that improves upon previous stake-pins that are used for picketing horses and attaching the ropes. This design allows for the rope to stay out of the dirt. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1880
Creator:
Carnes, William, Sr. & Penfield, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Gin Saw Cleaners
Patent for an improvement on a previous patent relating to a gearing for gin saw cleaners. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 11, 1917
Creator:
Robertson, Osborn Bragg
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fork
Patent for a mechanical fork that is operated using the thumb or finger.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Denman, Hugh Emery
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for a simple, durable, and effective drill that "automatically expand[s] in the bottom of the well below the tubing, to cut a hole sufficiently large for the tubing without requiring a second drilling or reaming process" (lines 11-15).
Date:
September 25, 1894
Creator:
Lindholm, Charlie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-traps
Patent for an improvement in ant traps. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1872
Creator:
Stell, Japhthah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design calls for "the rear side of the cross-piece [to be] provided with a recess . . . to receive the back of the tongue-joint, so that the latter shall not be in the way when the strap is to be passed between the cross-pieces . . . after being adjusted upon the tongues or studs" (lines 35-41).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Bugbee, George Gooding
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie.
Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Joynt, Dudley Layng
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes
Patent for a signal lock for mailboxes used to "indicate the presence or absence of mail matter in the box" (lines 10-11).
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel & Wiseman, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal Lock For Mail Boxes
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes. This "invention relates to devices for locking the signals used on house letter-boxes, and has for its object the provision of a signal lock secured to the inside of the mail-box" (lines 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel & Wiseman, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Cleaner
Patent for a seed-cotton cleaner that has an adapted cleaner attached to it. The cleaner allows the operator to choose whether or not to pass cotton through the cleaner on its way to a cotton gin.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Flowers, Malon I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for 'buckles for harness or other purposes, adapted for connection to a strap or billet without sewing." (lines 6-8)Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
November 25, 1879
Creator:
Bugbee, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for improvements in buckles used for multiple purposes including illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1879
Creator:
Carnes, William James Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Billiard-Tables.
Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Waldie, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for an improved, multi-piece harness-buckle that is attachable without the need of sewing, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 12, 1878
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed and Corn Planters
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton seed and corn planters which lists the design specifications.
Date:
November 6, 1877
Creator:
Palmero, Joseph Rafael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking Device.
Patent for a new and improved merchandise tag. This design consists of a stick "provided with means for holding it fixed in its position after it has been inserted and having hinged to its outer end the tag having a strip of suitable material secured around its edges, as shown, so as to form on both sides of the tag the flanges adapted to receive the removable, reversible, and interchangeable cards (lines 1-8).
Date:
August 25, 1885
Creator:
Brown, Sampson Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists "[i]n the combination, with the double mold-board, of the recessed plow-blade, constructed in two parts secured to the mold-board, the said part having flat points, which are provided with cutting edges and raised portions extending from the crotch of the cutting-blades to the rear, in order to turn the soil to each side" (lines 84-91).
Date:
October 7, 1884
Creator:
Schulz, Carl A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock.
Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design "has for its object to provide an implement of peculiar novel construction, whereby the different forms of plowshares, shovels, or other cultivating implements or combinations of different cultivating instrumentalities may be varied, interchanged, and adjusted at will to suit the character of the soil, the nature of the crop, or the requirements of the occasion" (lines 8-16).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Brooks, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock.
Patent for improvements to a plow stock to be adjustable so that the angle of the plow blade may be controlled causing the plow blade to enter the ground at the proper angle based on the type of ground being plowed.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Partin, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History