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Improvement in Quilting-Frames
Patent for an improved quilting frame that is designed around a folding trestle-frame and two parallel rollers on which a quilt can be rolled, leaving the material between the rollers to be quilted/worked on. Illustration includes a perspective and detail view of the frame.
Date:
January 16, 1877
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Weighted Horseshoes.
Patent for improvement in weighted horseshoes, which are used in horse training for gait improvement. The horseshoes have removable weights received by a flange and held in place by screws. The weight may be formed in various shapes to correct different issues.
Date:
January 16, 1877
Creator:
Seixas, Eugene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock.
Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design is of "an improved plow-stock, which shall be so constructed that various kinds of standards, according to the various kind and size of the plows to be used, may be attached to it, which may be adjusted to take and leave land, as may be desired, and which shall be simple in construction and easily adapted" (para. 4).
Date:
January 16, 1877
Creator:
Weber, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell Cord Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved bell cord coupling. This design consists in "[a] cord connecting and tension device comprising essentially a shell or tube, a spiral spring, and a pair of slotted balls arranged therein, and a flat strip having round ends adapted to slide through said balls . . . [and] a sliding spring-encircled plate provided with screw-threaded and split end portions, and nuts fitted on the latter, in combination with a tube or shell, and balls arranged in said tube" (lines 89-100).
Date:
January 16, 1883
Creator:
Tumey, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Buncher.
Patent for a new and improved cotton buncher. This design utilizes a wheel that "is to press down the plants and weeds that are to be destroyed, so that the plows, whether used along with the wheel or afterward, will cover them up with fresh earth, and thus assist in destroying them, and at the same time cultivating the plants to be retained and facilitating the subsequent thinning process" (lines 62-68).
Date:
January 16, 1883
Creator:
Goodin, James Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Car.
Patent for a new and improved hand car. This design consists in "[a] hand-car constructed with a frame-work . . . and provided with a propelling mechanism consisting of the bent pipe-lever in combination with the rocking lever, provided with the socket, the connecting-rod, driving wheel, and pinion" (lines 92-98).
Date:
January 16, 1883
Creator:
Johnson, Roberto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter
Patent for improvements to telephone transmitters by transmitting the sound waves into electrical currents.
Date:
January 16, 1883
Creator:
Crawford, Witsius A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a mechanism that presses cotton, wool, hemp, hay, or other similar substances that improves on a previous patent granted to the inventor (No. 451,846). This patent improves on the previous patent by improving the construction of the press.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line.
Patent for a pinless clothes line that consists of a series of links that have spring coils and spring clasps. The links also have a loop that is concave on one side.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Kirk, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaking device that allows for the operator to hold the watch wheel in one hand "while the instrument is fastened upon the roller by the other" (lines 20-22). The invention also has a centering device and auxiliary appliances that make all movements by the extractor accurate and even. This device does not injure the staff or pivot.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Bricker, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in buggy tops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1900
Creator:
Hughes, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "combined cotton - seed and corn planters". (line 11 - 12).
Date:
January 16, 1900
Creator:
Schofield, James Drummond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede.
Patent for a new and useful velocipede, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1900
Creator:
Myers, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Hat.
Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Herndon, Florence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Screw Swivel Lifting-Jack.
Patent for an improved double screw swivel lifting jack, including illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Morris, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism
Patent for a driving mechanism. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for transforming reciprocatory motion into rotary motion. It can be adapted in order to connect to other mechanisms.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Rail-Brake.
Patent for "a new and improved emergency rail-brake" (lines 1-5).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in hydraulic swivels" (lines 1-6).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mortising-Tool.
Patent for a mortising-tool which is a device for mortising door-frames to get a hinge.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Huber, Frederick K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Quick, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines
Patent for improvements to a steering gear for traction engines by means of a steam-cylinder and a valve to control the steam flow, including illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Cantelou, Peter Louie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Device.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in switch-operating devices" (lines 1-6).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Chun, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck.
Patent for an elevating truck, which will improve the ability to use a hoist to lift heavy loads.
Date:
January 16, 1912
Creator:
Wadlington, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freezer
Patent for a freezer. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 16, 1912
Creator:
Carroll, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History