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Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.
Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale - Ties.
Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Cain, Washington G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Eldridge, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved bicycle wheel. This design calls for an inner tire wrapped in uniformly distributed elastic bands to connect it to the outer tire. This new tire allows for the spring and comfort of pneumatic tires while rendering the pneumatic tubes of the latter obsolete.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Neild, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot.
Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design "has relation to that class of coffee-pots in which the body of the pot contains a cone-shaped chamber provided at the apex with a tube for the discharge of the boiling water as it passes through the same into a receptacle containing the coffee; and the object thereof is to improve the construction of this class of coffee-pots" (lines 12-19).
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Covington, Philip A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Brace.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead brace. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails, the end rails, and posts, of the hooks secured to the inner faces of said posts, the eyes on the inner sides of the side rails and located a slight distance apart, the wires secured to the hooks and passing through the eyes, the plates having openings, through which the wires pass and the screw bolt and nut connecting said plates" (lines 60-68).
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Durham, John William & Alexander, Winston Buchanan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "removable-jaw wrenches which can be converted into a pipe or monkey wrench at will." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Ezzell, Fletcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for knee pads that are "simple, inexpensive, and durable, and which is so constructed as to hold the knee of the user in an elevated position above the ground or other surface upon which the pad may be placed, thereby preventing the knee contacting with the ground or other surface and causing injury to the knee (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 29, 1897
Creator:
Rice, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hook for Spoon-Handles.
Patent for a detachable hook, made of wire, for spoon-handles and the like, and is used to prevent a spoon or similar article from slipping into the vessel in which it is placed. It can be easily removed from the spoon-handle.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Gannon, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for improvements in gate latches, which "may be adjusted toward or from a gate on a post to be engaged by the latch proper and enable compensation to be made for spreading of the posts upon which the gate is supported and to which it is secured by the latching device." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Car.
Patent for improving the construction of street cars which turn upon the truck. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for the improvement of shovel plows "to so construct and arrange the several parts of the device that they may be easily and quickly adjusted to adapt the implement to different kinds of work," (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Kersh, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawer.
Patent to "provide the drawers of a bureau, a desk, or other piece of furniture with anti-friction devices to prevent their binding." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1891
Creator:
Baldwin, John. H, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic coupling that can be used in any car and without replacing the existing draw-head. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Taylor, Debos & Taylor, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current-Controler or Rheostat.
Patent for an electric-current control or rheostat to be used when a "close, accurate, and absolute graduation of the current is necessary" (lines 15-16), in places "where a very delicate graduation is necessary either in passing the plain galvanic current or where the current is used for producing anesthesia" (lines 19-21).
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Werner, Ernest Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch
Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Hardtmann, Julius R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate or Coop
Patent for a coop for the transportation of livestock which can be folded compactly to occupy smaller space. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
La Bauve, Odelon Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-brake
Patent for a car-brake that improves the ability of a train to stop its forward motion.
Date:
December 29, 1900
Creator:
Wise, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Utilizing Sulfur-Containing Petroleum
Patent for an apparatus for using the sulfur content of petroleum found in the oil fields of Texas. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Eggleston, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon
Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Robertson, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater operated by heating pipes and coils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Wood, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Operating Mechanism for Presses
Patent for a valve operating mechanism for presses. This invention is meant to be an improvement of baling mechanism effecting the automatic regulation and control the motor fluids. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stuart, John Marcus
System:
The Portal to Texas History