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Improvement in Presses.
Patent for new improvement in press, including illustration.
Date:
February 10, 1874
Creator:
Fields, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and combination of the parts . . . the object of [the] invention being to provide a car-coupler which will automatically couple the cars to each other without the use of links or pins, and which is provided with means whereby the car can be uncoupled from the top of the car" (lines 17-25).
Date:
February 10, 1885
Creator:
Neal, Adam S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent for an improvement of a corn-planter using a combinations of, a rotary seed plate that has a circumferential series of perforations, a spherical weight or ball acts as ejector, and a hopper that has a circular opening on the bottom to work together “to prevent too large quantities of seed from entering the seed-cups, but which shall also serve to forcibly eject the seeds at the proper time” (lines 19-22), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Case.
Patent for a bottle holding case using wires to encircle the inner groove of the case as re-enforcement, then use metal bands or wires woven around the encircling wires; these metal bands or wires would then wove around the necks and bodies of the bottles to secure the bottles inside the case. Illustration is included
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Marlow, Claud E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall and Ceiling Polish.
Patent for an improvement of a polish mixture for wall and ceiling which is water-proof and has a glossy finishes; instructions and ingredients for the mixture are included, no illustration.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Neavitt, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket.
Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a wire basket formed of a circular bottom, and a wire frame bent to form a cylinder, in the lower part of which cylinder the circular bottom is held" (lines 13-16).
Date:
February 10, 1885
Creator:
Elliott, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for a mechanical movement using a crank to operate the lazy-tongs through the medium of a pitman, guided by a pair of parallel wires and, a reciprocating bar guided by a socket to produce the reciprocating motion. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Baker, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pan Lifter and Turner.
Patent for a pan lifter and turner using a bent handle, a curved plate is secured at the end of the bent handle; extending upward from the curved plate with a series of teeth to engages the crimped rim of a pan for lifting. At both ends of the curved plate provided with curved notches or recesses to receive and engage the rim of a pan for turning. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Ericson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uterine-Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved pessary, or uterine supporter. This design "provides an easy and flexible support . . . and one that will adapt itself to the flexions of the body . . . and one that can be readily removed" (lines 36-40).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Long, Cornelius Pruett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design "relates to that class of gates which are used to close and open passages through fences; and its object is to compensate for shrinkage of the gate in dry weather and swelling thereof in wet weather, in order that the bolt or latch may at all times extend the right distance from the edge of the gate to properly engage the gate post or jamb" (lines 9-16).
Date:
February 10, 1885
Creator:
Magruder, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension-bridge “which will permit the main cable to expand and contract in different temperatures without materially affecting the principal parts and causing them to become displaced by reason of the slack of increased camber” (line 24-29, p.1), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Attachment for Inkstands.
Patent for a new and improved fountain attachment for inkstands by using a hollow float, having a central vertical aperture on the bottom, the float is placed in a vessel filled with ink. After ink is being drawn from the hollow opening of the float, the float is forced into an uppermost position thus closing the vessel to prevent the air from passing the ink contained in the vessel. The ink is confined in an air and dust proof stand, which can be easily cleaned. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Bergen, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Ballot-Box.
Patent for a recording ballot box to "indicate accurately and instantly the result of an election" (line 10-12).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Buck, James G. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Austin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rivet-Set.
Patent for an improvement in rivet-sets which having various sizes of holes and cavities for cutting and setting; it can be riveted by hand or machine. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Wilson, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improvement in washing-machine by attaching two horizontal "braces" to the supporting legs of the suds-box, and making the supporting legs adjustable both vertically and laterally. This feature would allow the adjustment of the suds-box’s position and to spread the legs for a firmer support of the suds-box. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Schrib, Juni
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Puller.
Patent for an improved machine for pulling cotton-stalks by making “the pulling-wheel turned in a direction to cause its side engaging the cotton-stalks to move rearwardly or in a direction opposite to that in which the machine is advancing” (lines 87-91), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Womack, Lewis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements
Patent relating to an instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements.
Date:
May 11, 2006
Creator:
Acevedo, Miguel F.; Waller, William T. & Nebgen, Gilbert B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails
Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Johnson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Ledger
Patent for a Bank-Ledger
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Ford, Earle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for a combined street-car and air-brake coupling.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Transplanting Machine.
Patent for Vegetable transplanting machine, it describes about new technique of planting a crops with effective irrigation technique
Date:
February 10, 1902
Creator:
Carroll, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vermin-Destroyer.
Patent for a device to exterminate burrowing animals.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Phillips, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History