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Bird-Cage.
Patent for improvements in bird cages by "having a woven-wire casing the meshes of which cannot be penetrated by ordinary insects, such as flies,&c., will be lured into the cage to be devoured by the bird" (lines 16-21).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Flato, Fridrich W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stylographic Fountain-Pen.
Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Tevis, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved stock car for railroads. This design "has for its object to guard the cattle from such injury as is likely to occur to a car full of cattle by the sudden starting or stopping of the car; to furnish means for guiding the cattle into the proper compartment of the car, and to furnish means for working the device by a train-hand on top of the car" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 3, 1885
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a combined cotton and corn planter by having two wheel guards and graduators, one feed-wheel is mounted fixedly on the shaft, the other is removable; so that it can be easily converted from planting corn or cotton-seed, and vice versa, and regulating the planting of either. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Privy-Vaults.
Patent for an improvement of privy-vaults using a soil-pipe with sleeve adapted to be connected with the trap-door of the vault-floor into an air-chamber where a ventilating-pipe is placed directly above a furnace; the noxious gases along with the products of combustion in the furnace would be drawn from the air-chamber and carried off to the outer air. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter.
Patent for a cotton planter by using a pivoted spring-actuated tongue that has a feed-slot and regulating-slide to plant cotton or corn seeds easily and quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Scraper.
Patent for an improved cotton-scraper by applying a regulator (a rod) with a series of perforations to the rear of the scraper, for the purpose of adjusting the depth, at which the cutter shall run. Illustration included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Hobbs, James Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for an improved lawn mower by having a cutter-bar and finger-bar work together to cut grass that close to trees, fences and or other obstructions, including illustration.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Tug.
Patent for an improvement of harness and shaft-tugs by providing a sleeve to fit the tug closely, a bolt to secure the tug and a strap clamps to the shaft; for the purpose of limiting the movement of the tug. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Davies, Thomas William & Downey, George Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Single-Seed Planter.
Patent for a single-seed planter using “grasping-jaws pass through the seed box …to gather a seed and carry it to the discharge tube or place of deposit" (lines 9-12), illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler.
Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Beacham, Alexander Thacher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Abstract-Book for County Records, &c.
Patent for a "book leaf or page for abstracting county and like records" (lines 12-14) with illustrations included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Lutz, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for baling press for baling hay,cotton, and the like; is simple, durable and efficient.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Heinrich, Ferdinand, L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Petroleum-Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner for providing heat, light, and for cooking or baking. It super heats steam in two steam chambers to generate more heat.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Demory, Alexander F. & Barron, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Nut Attachment.
Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Carlton, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Purifier And Drier
Patent for Flour Purifier And Drier and it uses.
Date:
February 3, 1913
Creator:
Smith, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Flue
Patent for a flue which will not crack and open, due to settling or to transverse strain. Also to provide means whereby the flue may be supported from the joists of a ceiling, against settling.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple.
Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
McCanless, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lupton, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard for Hand-Planes
Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Westberg, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels
Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milling-Machine.
Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lakey, William Ray.
System:
The Portal to Texas History