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Improvement in Shingle-Bolting Machines.
Patent for a shingle-bolting machine.
Date:
December 1, 1874
Creator:
Fletcher, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n combination with the standard and bracket, the hinged arm having [a] bearing, oscillating driving-wheel, belt, belt-tightening wheels, dasher-wheel, and socket" (lines 94-98). It facilitates churning.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
White, Frank Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Trip Gear for Power Presses.
Patent for a new and improved trip-gear for power-presses. This design "consists in providing the lever connected with an ordinary reversible gearing with a cord and weight, so that when in its normal position and not in use the small friction-wheel will not come in contact with either face of the large friction wheel. The upper end of the press is provided with a notched metallic plate connected with the reversing-lever, so that when the follow-block in its upward passage passes the said plate the lever will be released, and, falling back into its normal position by the press, is immediately stopped" (lines 24-36).
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for an improved fumigator that's primary purpose is to kill insects within corn storage units without damaging either the corn or the building. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Bozarth, Stephen P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Wrench.
Patent for a combination wrench that combines a sliding-jaw wrench with a tallow box, hammer, nail claw, horseshoe-pick, plow-paddle, and screwdriver.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
McKenzie, Winfield S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher designed "to provide simple and efficient means for twisting the terminals of a broken fence-wire together for connecting them, and also to enable a wire to be readily severed when desired." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
Morrow, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an improved wire-stretcher that tightens fence wire.
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Mullinax, Eli Stephens
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved scale. This design consists in "[a]n improved apparatus for containing and weighing shot and powder, the same consisting of the box [which is] slotted . . . the pivoted bottles and connecting cords and knobs, the pan pivoted and projecting through the slot, the weighing device proper, and indicator located on top of the box, and having a rod pendent from it and supporting the said pan" (lines 13-21).
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Irvine, William Fielding
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie
Patent for a railway tie that can be "firmly secured in the road-bed and which will hold single or double rails" (lines 10-11) so that they cannot be accidentally displaced, including illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaving and Sawdust Conveyer.
Patent for improvements that increase the efficiency and safety of conveyers that move sawdust shavings from the saw mills to the furnace or storage rooms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1891
Creator:
Ross, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for a device "that will combine in one all the tools actually necessary in building or repairing an ordinary wire fence." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
Orton, Lewis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing.
Patent for a journal-bearing that has an open spring ring that contains the journal and antifriciton devices in its center. The spring ring contracts to its minimum circumference when the journal and antifriciton devices are worn out. There is also a bearing-ring seat that allows contractions "without altering the disposition of the load" (lines 61-62).
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
Woodworth, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie and Collar Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved tie and collar fastener. This design consists in "[a] fastener for securing the proper relation between the shirt-band, collar, and necktie, consisting of a spring adapted to fit inside the shirt-band and next to the neck, in combination with a hollow stud on the middle of the convex side, having a separable head with spring-catches, and the bent hook-sections, toothed . . . and arranged to separate the shirt-band, collar, and necktie" (lines 66-75).
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Coffey, Robert Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator used for sub-soiling and cultivating small grain.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
Thomas, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for a new design of kitchen cabinets with doors that open downward. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
Webb, Samuel Baxtern
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers and thinners by using a combination of “a rectangular frame having the transverse arch, the axle having the ground-wheels and the drive-gears mounted on the axle, a stirrups shafts, cogs, rotary cutters, and a bifureated cam” (p. 2, lines 85-92) to construct the chopper. This new construction will “provide means for easily adjusting the knives or cutters, and for regulating the distance between the stands of cotton.” (Page 1, lines 12-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1891
Creator:
McCaul, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Scraper and Cleaner
Patent for a boiler scraper and cleaner. This invention is designed to remove incrustation and sediment that collects on the bottom of boilers. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Miller, Hugh C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch-Bed.
Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Hunter, Emily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Cover
Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Pratt, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Stop
Patent for "carriages or other vehicles, and more particularly to that portion of a vehicle which is known as the 'prop stump or stop,' which usually projects outward on each side of the vehicle-body at the rear end of the seat for support of the vehicle-hood props when the hood or top is lowered." (lines 9-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1905
Creator:
Smith, William Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brush
Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1905
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Orr, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Banks, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History