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Mop Holder
Patent for an improved mop holder that will hold the mop head and the handle.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Anderson, Isaac Nerie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for a new and useful churn dasher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
West, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt
Patent for an apparel belt. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Reynolds, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for a new and useful churn dasher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
West, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with an improved dasher-operating mechanism. It simply and effectively combines a "rotary and reciprocatory movement to a churn-dasher to hasten the separation of the butter" (lines 11-13). The dasher is attached to a frame, and is operated through a crank. The churn rests on a platform also attached to the frame.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Wright, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a simple and effective cotton cleaning machine that removes foreign matter from cotton before or after ginning. This enhances the cotton's worth and quality. The cotton will not get torn during this process.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Smith, Jonathan N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Harrow and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined harrow and cultivator that can easily change between the two. It consists of a beam with front and back removable tooth-seats, handles, adjusting holes in the beam, a perforated plate on the top and bottom sides of the beam, pins, and a wedge-shaped key between the bar and a slot in a tooth.
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
West, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] car-coupler having a hook formed thereon . . . an open recess in the rear thereof, pins or projecting supports adjacent to the recess . . . a trigger pivoted to the coupler and projecting beyond the hook, so as to support the link . . . independent of the coupler and adapted to pass over the hook" (lines 64-75).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Richardson, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cotton Plows.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the plow-stock provided with a staple near the lower end of the standard, having an opening formed with a series of parallel sides, and a staple on the beam . . . consisting of a series of bails of the fender-plate rigidly secured to the rod, the lower end of said rod being formed in cross-section of a series of parallel sides, said end adapted to fit and be adjusted in said staple, the upper end of the rod being adapted to be adjusted in any one of the bails of the staple" (lines 7-18).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Collier, Johnathan T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved automatic car brake. This design "consists, first, in the combination of the draw-heads . . . connecting-rods . . . and a partially-rotating shaft provided with suitable slotted cams, which cams are attached to the brake-beams, so that when the draw-heads are forced inward or drawn out the brakes will move out of contact with the wheels; second, in the combination, with the slotted cams and a mechanism for moving them, of the rods which are connected thereto, and which pass through the brake-beams, the sliding sleeves, the springs, and the nuts" (lines 13-27).
Date:
January 22, 1884
Creator:
Miller, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Hopper.
Patent for swinging adjustable breast for Cotton-Gin Hoppers designed to regulate the density of cotton. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date:
January 20, 1883
Creator:
Horne, Edward G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke.
Patent for a new and improved animal poke. This design "is to construct a device which may be secured to horses, cattle, and other animals, and which will effectually prevent fence-jumping, while at the same time allow the animal free use of [its] head and limbs, doing away with any tendency to cramp the wearer" (lines 17-23). It consists, "with bar and a means for suspending it beneath the animal's body and the bar, which is secured at its outer end to the animal's head, of a hinge to the opposite side of which the adjacent ends of the said bars are pivoted" (lines 78-83).
Date:
May 17, 1892
Creator:
Stracener, Upton W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for a planter, in particular, a planter in which the hopper is provided with an agitator in the bottom, which will prevent the seed from clogging the feed opening and this produce a continuous and positive flow of seed.
Date:
November 1, 1921
Creator:
Catlett, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
This patent focuses on a single-stock plow featuring an innovative attachment designed to enhance stability without requiring material structural changes. The attachment ensures improved steadiness during operation, providing an ease of use comparable to a turning plow
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Gage, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Brake.
Patent for an improvement in automatic vehicle-brakes by using sliding rods that are movable within staples or guides and a brake-bar indirectly attached to the rear axle by means of a coiled spring. When the brake bar moves forward, it forces the break-shoes from contacting the wheels. When the brake bar moves backward, it forces the brake-shoes into contact with the wheels, thus stopping the vehicle. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1891
Creator:
Gregory, Joseph Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Baling Vines, Hay, And The Like In Cylindrical Form
Patent for a machine that bales vines, hay, and the like into a cylindrical form. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Scott, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrench.
Patent for improvements in monkey wrenches.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers which "consists in hanging the scoop to the carriage in such a manner that it may always be made to scrape in horizontal planes whether the carriage run on a level surface or on a hill side; and also in certain devices for holding the scoop suspended above the ground while moving from place to place." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 26, 1872
Creator:
Coy, Elihu E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon.
Patent for a wagon with an end gate, which is specialized for the unloading of scoop-able grains into bins without spillage.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Housworth, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Body Lifter
Patent for a wagon body lifter. Illustration included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Smith, Jonathan N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide.
Patent for an insecticide for boll weevils, which is made of oil of sassafras, chalk, water, and sulfate of magnesia.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Taylor, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter
Patent for new and useful improvements in Wagon-Body Lifters. (Line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1905
Creator:
Reneau, Charley William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Oscillating Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements to steam-engines that employ oscillating cylinders for the drive-shaft.
Date:
July 6, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lamps
Patent for the construction of a combined oil burning lamp and candlestick.
Date:
August 3, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History