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Improvement in Velocipedes
Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
Date:
February 13, 1872
Creator:
Maltby, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Binding Grain
Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
Date:
February 13, 1875
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher.
Patent for a new and improved device for detaching animals from vehicles. This design "relates to horse detaching devices, the object being to provide a device of this character of simple, inexpensive, and durable construction, and adapted to readily disengage the traces from the single tree. [The] invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 13, 1883
Creator:
Willson, Sam A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Damper-Regulator.
Patent for an automatic steam damper-regulator that is simply constructed, and can quickly close and open its damper in the flue of the boiler or furnace.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Gaston, Stephen M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Warren, Governor D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Boring Holes, &c.
Patent for a brace for boring holes through window sashes. It was invented "to enable [the inventor] the more quickly and better to apply my "sash lock", patented July 19, 1892, and numbered 479,152, but may be used for other purposes" (lines 20-23).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for a car-replacer that is simple and inexpensive and can be easily set and removed. The replacer has two blocks shaped like triangles and tie rods connecting the blocks.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Debose, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for a quilting attachment for sewing machines that has all its parts adjustable. This allows the attachment to operate with a quilt of any pattern.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Cassidy, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a switch-operating mechanism than "may be changed quickly and positively from a moving car" (lines 15-16).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Lott, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator.
Patent for a water-elevator that elevates huge amounts of water for ranches and irrigating. The elevator "can be easily operated by the direct pull of a single animal, which passes and repasses the well during the operation of raising and lowering the well bucket, and by this means contemplates dispersing with the necessity of winding drums or windlasses and horse powers, which are usually employed in connection with water elevators" (lines 16-23).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Campbell, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock.
Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Iversen, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot.
Patent for a new and useful folding cot, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Hutchinson, Searcy T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Keeping Count of Games of Dominoes.
Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for keeping count of games of dominoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Marler, Jack W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Puller.
Patent for a new and improved nail puller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Lubbock, William Lochart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Track Crossing.
Patent for a new and useful railroad track crossing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Friedsam, Samuel Andras
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for a new and useful sash fastener, which is "capable of holding a sash at any desired adjustment and of being arranged to lock the sashes against vertical movement on each other" (line 13 - 14).
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for a new and useful stirrup, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Percifield, Clarence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Reservoir For Stoves.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in water reservoirs for stoves, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Horsley, Robert Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover.
Patent for "new and Improved Churn-Cover" (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Hogue, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp.
Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Stevens, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Apparatus.
Patent for a new cotton-handling apparatus with cleaning mechanisms and a storage-house, including illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Tidwell, Albert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cow, Calf and Colt Weaner.
Patent for a weaner to be worn by cows, calves and colts "reducing inconvenience by the animal" (line 12) and allowing for the administration of medicine or antiseptic.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Horn, William Thornbrough
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut.
Patent for a lock-nut which prevents the nut from accidentally rotating on the bolt, including illustrations. The nut is locked in position when a locking key is introduced to grooves on the lower surface of the nut and the adjacent face of the washer.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads.
Patent for a mosquito net frame attachment designed to hold mosquito netting material over and around the bed frame, with illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
McCardell, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History