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Furniture-Handle.
Patent for a plate that improves the security of drop-handle furniture handles with posses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Fastening for Plastic Ties and the Process of Making the Same.
Patent for " an improvement in rail-fastenings for plastic ties and the process of making the same." (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Percival, Herbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Frame for Implements.
Patent for a new and useful improvement to riding frames used with implements utilized for agricultural purposes.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Plummer, Alson Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Cleaner.
Patent for a connection with the suction-head portion of pneumatic street sweepers that provides a dust or dirt disturbing element in the form of a brush or broom.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Duke, Holmes
System:
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Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Walters, Loren B.; Davis, Will H. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Lock.
Patent for a new and improved bicycle lock for "application to bicycles and comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed" (line 11-13).
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Nordhausen, Otto Von
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for certain new and improvements in chain pipe wrenches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Bohner, Philip Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Electric-Car Line.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated electric car lines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Cooley, Joe H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slate-Operating Means For Shutters.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in slate operating means for shutters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Cordray, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Twine-Holder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement in twine holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a combined stalk cutter and cultivating machine comprising a rotary stalk cutter and a gang of plows and it consists in the features of construction and novel combination of devices in a machine adapted for the various kinds of agricultural work" (lines 9-15).
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Snodgrass, George Melvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flood-Gate.
Patent for a flood-gate meant for use in mill-dams, races, and levees. Its intended use is to allow water to come to a certain height, and automatically release water once it gets past that point. When the water returns to a reasonable height, the gate automatically closes.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Dean, Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improved farm gate that pivots in its center and can be swung in either direction. It is operated by a pull chord and levers. The pull chords are set on posts on either side of the gate, each side having two chords in order to open the gate in either direction. The posts also act as a brace to stop the gate from swinging further.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Mulcahy, Richard T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preparing Fruit for Canning and Preserving.
Patent for a process of skin removal from various fruits that leaves the peeled fruit in "good condition" (line 12) for making preserves or for use in other preparations.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
McDermett, Ida L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable spring bet bottom that consists of a frame, slats, separate inverted cone-shaped coiled springs that sit on the slats and that loop together at the tops, clamps that hold the springs onto the slats, and hooks that hold the upper coils to the frame.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Crowder, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable frame upon which a revolver or pistol is secured, a treadle which is secured to the front end of this frame, and a suitable spring and levers, by which the fire-arm is discharged when the animal steps upon the treadle" (lines 14-20).
Date:
December 26, 1882
Creator:
Williams, James Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Harrow
Patent for "a cotton chopper, the combination, with the wheeled vehicle, of the side and central section-bars carrying the inclined knives, the handles secured to the central section, and double rack connecting said handles, the adjusting-levers pivoted to the central section, and the pivoted perforated arms connecting the levers and outer section bars" (lines 40-47).
Date:
December 26, 1882
Creator:
Roberts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Station Indicator.
Patent for a new and improved train station indicator. This design calls for two drums or rollers around which a banner with the different train station names and phrases written sequentially. A hand crank turns the drums, moving the banner to the desired name or phrase, as well as ringing a bell to alert passengers.
Date:
December 26, 1882
Creator:
Holloman, Harvey A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1876
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
System:
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Improvement in Combined Axle-Boxes, Sand-Bands, and Casings for Carriage-Wheel Hubs.
Patent for improvements in combined axle-boxes, sand-bands, and casings for carriage-wheel hubs. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 26, 1871
Creator:
McNalley, Micheal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for a "new and improved cotton-press" (line 5) relating to "improvements in friction-clamping apparatus used on vertical bars or rods of presses for holding the follower and lever in working the follower in passing the bale" (lines 11-14) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 26, 1871
Creator:
Simpson, Thomas D. & Lamkin, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History