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Composition of Matter for Removing Grease, &c.
Patent for a compound that is meant to remove grease, oil, paint, and similar things from delicate cloth. It is composed of gasoline, chloroform, sulfuric ether, alcohol, spirits of ammonia, powdered borax, powdered carbonate of soda, and saltpeter in lumps.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Ehman, Benedickt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Steamer.
Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Stewart, James Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient washing machine that consists of a casing, ribbed rollers, a belt with slats that is mounted on the rollers, a rubbing board, cross pieces on the rubbing board, and a counter-acting tension spring that holds a chord that is secured to the end of the board.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Haydon, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive.
Patent for a new and improved locomotive. This design "relates to a locomotive running-gear and motive-power connection; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts" (lines 15-18).
Date:
February 7, 1882
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for an insect trap that attracts insects with a light.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Wood, Robert N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to remedy chills and fever.
Date:
February 7, 1871
Creator:
Lister, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Tank
Patent for a food storage tank with ventilation. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oxygen-Generator
Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle.
Patent for tool handles relating to "improvements in handles for hoes, rakes, and similar agricultural or mechanical implements; and it consists in the novel devices hereinafter described and claimed (lines 10-15).
Date:
February 7, 1898
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Hole Auger.
Patent for a post hole auger that is easy to operate.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Mahon, John G. & Olschner, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration inlcuded.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Taylor, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.
Patent for improvements of manufacture of aluminum chloride, comprising "a method of utilizing certain oily residues which are the result of treatment of oils with aluminum chloride or with substances capable of forming aluminum chloride" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for useful improvements to surface-treating machines with a "rapidly moving surface treating member," (lines 12-13) including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep Attachment.
Patent for a sweep attachment that connects to a cultivator for plowing cotton.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Lundell, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing.
Patent for improvement in swings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Goebel, Herman A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Planter.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and durable grain planter that plants large grains like corn, peas, and wheat. The improved machine is perfectly timed and does not crush the seeds.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Yarbrough, Orceneth Fisher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing System.
Patent for a fire extinguishing system with improved hydrant connections and sprinkler systems in buildings.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Corneliussen, Ivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing.
Patent for a new and improved piston packing. This design consists in a "piston head cast entire and having radial arms bored out, in combination with the piston-segments, the steam-ports in the piston-plates, and stems of said segments, packing expansible rings on said stems, and the expansible packing-rings inclosing the said piston-segments" (lines 87-93).
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
St. James, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Madeley, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch.
Patent for a railway switch that is triggered by a shoe on a train car.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Rousseau, Lawrence C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car
Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Anson, Warren J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Table
Patent for a folding table. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Moore, William Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the fence-wires, the stay-rods having their lower ends fitted in the ground and provided with a series of steps or rests fitted to the fence wires, a series of tie-wires securing the fence-wires to said steps, and braces twisted around the stay-rods near the upper ends thereof and having their ends secured to buried anchors" (lines 59-66).
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Lott, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History