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Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables
Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1872
Creator:
Maxwell, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for "an improved fastening or tie for cotton-bales, &c.; and it consists of two angular plates, secured at the rear part to one end of the band generally used in baling cotton, &c., and the front part thereof being provided with V-shaped jaws, which engage with angular slots in the opposite end of the band." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1877
Creator:
Hanson, Asbury J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for a new and improved cotton bale tie utilizing a simple and fast pronged buckle tie which is simple and cheap to manufacture.
Date:
January 30, 1875
Creator:
Jones, Henry Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that is simple and can be inexpensively manufactured. The invention's object is "to provide a link controlling device to be used in coupling cars together where the cars have draw-heads of the same or different heights which will render it unnecessary for a person to go between the cars during the operation" (lines 11-16).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Smart, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and improved clevis that can be easily manufactured and employed to a draft-beam. It can be used without a lapring in order to connect to a singletree. The singletree can have its "staple or eye...disposed in a plane with the said singletree" (lines 16-17).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Word, Aaron Matthias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard that has comprising rollers which can be independently and easily replaced. The bars that hold the rollers can also be easily removed.
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Lefléve, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slat-and-Wire Fence-Machine.
Patent for a simple and compact wire-fence machine that can be hand operated and aids in the construction of a wire fence. The machine stretches and maintains tension while twisting and securing the wire to a post. The machine also twists wires together.
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Haley, Anslem J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for a cotton-cultivator that brings unevenly planted cotton plants to "stand" quickly, effectively, and without much effort. "Five or more stands can be obtained at one operation of the machine" (lines 23-25).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Nehrmeyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive combined ice cream freezer and milk shaker that makes different flavors of ice cream at the same time and can also make a milk shake or lemonade. The machine consists of five receptacles lined up on a frame, with a crank going through the middle of each. The crank mixes the contents of the receptacles.
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Harton, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear for Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved running-gear for wagons. This design consists "[i]n a running-gear for carriages and wagons, the combination, with the axle provided with the collars of the stationary and rotary disks, and interposed anti-friction rollers mounted on arms projecting from disks, which are mounted on bolts, constituting axles for the rotary disks and the horizontal wheels and in the boxes" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 30, 1883
Creator:
Mackey, Thomas Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaker for Mixed Beverages.
Patent for a new and improved shaker for mixed drinks. This design utilizes a spring and a hinge to enable a lid with holes for straining to be attached directly to the cocktail shaker. This eliminates the chance that the straining lid would not be at hand when mixing a drink as well as the chance of losing the straining lid.
Date:
January 30, 1883
Creator:
Murphy, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a "simple and effective railroad tie for supporting the rails and rigidly holding them in the position of use" (lines 19-21).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Lee, John Chester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck Bolster
Patent for a car-truck bolster. The design improves upon existing versions to bolster a car or truck in order to readily makes repairs in a simple and expeditious manner. The bolster can be taken apart which allows for each part to be replaced separately.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Fowler, T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool that provides "a novel form of tool-head arranged to interchangeably carry a plurality of tools of different characters, whereby the single tool-head may be employed in various capacities" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Spicer, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Stove Attachment
Patent for a cooking stove attachment. The attachment goes inside the oven of the cooking-stove to prevent food from being burned while cooking. Moisture is supplied to the oven to prevent blistering of bread while baking and improve the general baking and roasting qualities of the oven.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Green, G. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Wheel
Patent for a water wheel adapted for use in running machinery such as pumps. It uses a series of connected buckets mounted to turn on an axle, alternately charging the buckets with water.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Verde, Giuliano
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Step.
Patent for a new and useful vehicle step, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Erikson, Eduard August Olef
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Corder.
Patent for "Improvement in Trunk-Corders." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Kessee, Walter Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for new and useful improvements in insect-traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Boyd, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bread-Pans
Patent for a bread pan with attached lid that slices bread as it bakes. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Jefferson, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Trimmer.
Patent for a new and useful lawn trimmer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Luke, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel-Register And Advertising-Card Cabinet.
Patent for a new and useful hotel register and advertising card cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Duncan, Selden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Strainer and Support Therefor.
Patent for a milk strainer that prevents splashing and spilling of milk. The strainer will rest on top a separate supply tank that collects milk without the need for a person to hold the strainer.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Ebner, Hermann J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack.
Patent for an improved version of "operating pumps and similar apparatus" (lines 8-9).
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
York, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History