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Breech-Protector
Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Hann, Edmund Lyne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capsule Filler
Patent for a device that fills capsules with medicine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Patrick Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. This invention consists of a series of switches and a rotary switch run by electromagnetic key operating motor. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Washington Pounders by "having a series of concentric cones between the sides of which communication is had through apertures to carry away steam, and affords a suitable circulation of the water and air through the clothes." (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Toler, Henry Wilson.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for an improved combined cotton chopper and cultivator.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Summers, Dewett C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "form[s] the central opening of the draw-bar with a tup-bar having rearwardly a spiral spring. The forward end of this tup-bar is inclined forwardly somewhat at an angle at the top, so that when the said bar is pushed forward by the spiral spring at its rear end, the coupling-pin will rest upon this forwardly-projecting end of the bar, while the link will rest beneath, so that in dropping the pin will rest within the link, and not on the outer side, which would be the case if this bar were square" (lines 15-26).
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
McAllister, Sanders F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for improvements in bait-trigger traps for catching small animals, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1891
Creator:
Edwards, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for improved construction and variability of cotton chopping and cultivating devices. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1891
Creator:
Rains, Columbus R. & Lanier, Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Bottom and Brace.
Patent for an invention to "simplify and improve the construction of bedsteads and provide efficient and durable means for securing the slats to the bedstead and for securing the parts of the bedstead together," (lines 11-15) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1891
Creator:
Lightfoot, Walter Hamond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows.
Patent for "a device whereby the land-bar, which is connected pivotally with the plow stock or standard, may be adjusted vertically at its rear end," (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
Miller, Amanuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrows.
Patent for a new and improved harrow for more flexible use and easier cleaning.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Buckley, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Wright, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket
Patent for wire basket. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Kaspar, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Todd, James C.; Harvison, John A. & Howard, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in a device that is "adapted to take up slack in barbed and other wire fences," (lines 11-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 12, 1891
Creator:
Wilson, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for a device "whereby a trunk-strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Webb, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Blower
Patent for a well blower that is able to discharge the contents of a well at different air pressure levels. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for "lubricators adapted to be used in journal boxes of card, in shaft bearings, and at any other point...to provide a lubricator which will adjust itself automatically to the member to be lubricated and which includes wiping means for removing surplus" (lines 7-10 & 15-18).
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Maness, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Tower.
Patent for "skeleton towers of a character more especially adapted to support a wind-wheel" (lines 8-10) and that allow the wheel to be lowered.Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1891
Creator:
Walton, Jacob Gipson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scale.
Patent for a weighing-scale that is "of simple and improved construction which will instantly determine and indicate the weight of the article placed thereon" (lines 13-16). The scale uses revolving disks that have a chain around them which moves a lever to indicate the weight of the object being weighed. The object being weighed sits on a pan that is suspended by the same chains that hold the revolving disks in place.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle.
Patent for "axles for carriages, wagons, &c., and has for its object the construction of an axle in such a manner as to enable the spindle and stock to be removed and replaced by a new one when worn out without going to the expense and trouble of going to a blacksmith." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Morris, John Poke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This indicator if for the use with cars as a means for moving a belt that displays the name of streets. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Bell, Harry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Greene, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History