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Gas-Generating Machine.
Patent for "...an improved method of and means for generating hydrocarbon vapors for heating and lighting purposes; and it consists in the novel manner in which the process is carried out and in the novel construction and combination of parts comprising the generating apparatus..." (lines 18-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Mitchell, Francis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seals for Vessles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a simple, easily applied, and inexpensive seal for vessels containing liquids. The seal goes over the vessel's stopper and must be partly broken away before removing the seal totally. The seal cannot be replaced once it has been removed.
Date:
June 9, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Nicholas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in sash-locks, the object in view being to provide a cheap and simple arrangement adapted to be applied to the ordinary upper and lower unbalanced sashes and to so construct said device as to form a convenient means for operating the upper sash without the necessity of reaching uncomfortably therefor and to be able to lock said sash against movement in either direction at any point of elevation. A further object is to adapt the lock of the lower sash to automatically engage at any point of elevation of the lower sash" (lines 7-19).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Monday, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful sewing marching attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Girardeau, St. Julian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in a plow-beam "having a downwardly-projecting extension or arm at its rear end and a plow-standard pivoted to the beam in front of said extension, of a plate connecting said standard and extension and adapted to slide vertically thereon and an adjusting screw for operating said plate" (lines 1-7).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Swiedom, Ernst J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molding Sash-Weights.
Patent for a new mold design for sash-weights which describes "a mold of simple and improved construction whereby a number of weights can be cast at the same time" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Mann, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted for steady and easy running, capable of combining therewith various styles of shovels or shears, and so constructing said plow as to be readily adjusted to form furrows of varying depths" (lines 9-14). This design consists, "with the beam and the loosely-depending standard provided at its lower end with a shovel, of the angular brace pivoted at its angle to the standard, adjustably connected at its upper end or branch to the beam, and having its lower end adapted to travel along the furrow in rear of the shovel" (lines 7-14).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Peterson, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "a quilting-frame with equalizing bar and means for adjusting the same so that the quilting-frame shall at all times be held in a level position" (lines 8-11). This invention has a new method for suspending the quilting-frame and for supporting the rail where the traveler operates.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Chenoweth, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Organ Protector
Patent for a new and useful Oran protector "to prevent the entrance of vermin through the Knee-swell slot" ( line 9 - 11).
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Oliver, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for an improved, simple, inexpensive, and efficient quilting-frame and makes quilting much faster. "The frame is provided with a longitudinal bar having a groove to form a track, in which travels a gage-wheel, which is adjustable and held by a spring-arm, which serves, also, as a means of changing the position of the wheel" (lines 22-26).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Delany, Charles William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting - Frame for Sewing - Machines
Patent for a new and useful improvements in quilting frames for sewing machines. This invention is to " provide a simple, cheap, and efficient quilting frame adapted to be suspended from an overhead support and to be used in connection with an ordinary sewing machine" (line 13-17).
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Heacker, Edwin W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pumps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Gardner, Felix G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Net Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito-net frame. This design "has for its object to provide a frame . . . capable of convenient attachment to or of detachment from any bedstead, and which when attached will be firmly braced and firmly held against lateral movement" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the standards having tenons at their upper ends, the rear and side bars having eyes receiving said tenons, and a front bar connecting the front ends of bars, of the horizontal angle-plates mounted at their rear ends on the ends of the bar" (lines 22-28).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Lottman, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pinless clothes lines" (lines 10-11) that uses spring-clamping fingers that are part of the line instead of detachable pins; including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Lane, Fernando G. & Kelly, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Job Printing Presses.
Patent for a new and improved gage. This design consists in "the gage-bar provided at both ends with spring-clasps for engaging the platen, combined with gage-pins doubled upon themselves at their inner ends and engaging the gage bar and adjustable laterally" (lines 83-88).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Jones, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and useful plow to "provides means whereby a shovel, plow, sweep, or other soil-working device may be connected with the beam or standard of a sulky or walking plow" ( line 7 - 10).
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Wells, Louis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bar for Locomotives.
Patent for an improved draw-bar for locomotives that consists of a frame, a pilot and draw bar, a counterweight that moves vertically in the pilot, a coupler head with a knuckle and a toe and a guide arm, and a release mechanism for the locking device on the bar.
Date:
January 9, 1894
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Case.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in egg case, that "relates to folding boxes or crates such as are usually employed for packing and shipping eggs and various other articles" (line 10-12).
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Prechtel, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Cultivator
Patent for an improved "disk cultivator that will be adapted for the various purposes to which such devices are ordinarily applied. The invention consists in certain details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-18)
Date:
August 9, 1898
Creator:
Brock, Andrew L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Hatchet or Ax Head.
Design patent for a hatchet or ax head that is marked by a substantially wedge-shaped claw configured to the head.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Charpiot, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Hame Attachment.
Design patent for a hame attachment that is symmetrical in configuration making it adaptable to be used in either the right or left hand.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Surghnor, Daniel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derrick.
Patent for a portable derrick "in which the derrick-frame is rotatable, the same being especially adapted for use in handling bales of cotton, baggage, ice, and other heavy articles." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, George V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Burner.
Patent for a new and useful cactus burner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1898
Creator:
Edmunds, Eddie
System:
The Portal to Texas History