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Car-Door Cleat.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car door cleats or guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Miller, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in chimneys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Glover, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved, simple, and effective car coupling that couples automatically and without anyone having to go between the cars. It consists of a drawhead with a slot on one side, upper and lower slides in the drawhead, a coupling pin that sits in the upper slide, a lever that is connected to the slide, a spring that holds the lower slide in place, and a bolt that connects the lever with the upper slide.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Cundiff, Middleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in locks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in milk coolers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Nash, William Ashley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snuff-Box.
Patent for a snuff box "in which the snuff may be conveniently packed for shipment and sale; and which is also adapted to carry the brush so that it is kept out of contact with the snuff and with the clothing, and to provide means for ejecting the brush handle when the box is open so that it may be conveniently grasped and used" (lines 20-27).
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Powell, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for an improved, simple, and durable fire extinguisher that can be used quickly conveniently, and effectively to extinguish a fire in a cotton gin. The extinguisher is built into the gin. The gin has a hole in its top, a lint chute on one side, a valve that closes the hole, a valve that closes the lint chute, a connection between the valves, and a rope that connects the valves to a guide.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Northcraft, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Gatherer and Pruning Implement.
Patent for a combination orchard tool that gathers fruit, holds it in a bag, and can sever fruit stems in order to pick them. After severing, the fruit falls into the bag. The operator pulls a string that falls along the long handle, and the knife springs up from the bag so that it can sever the stems.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Chambers, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Compound.
Patent for a new and improved rubber compound, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful hose coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Conley, Andrew Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and useful acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Camp, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Staple.
Design for a staple provided with series of barbs or spurs and intervening corrugations arranged in continuous series at the inner and outer edges of the staple.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
La Prelle, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History