Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for the improvement on plows so that the operator can "readily adjust the moldboard or shovel into any desired inclination" (lines 14-15). The clamp is also adjustable.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Baker, Jessie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock. (open access)

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bolt, the nut having a dovetailed groove across its face, of uniform width throughout its length, and a recess at one side of said groove, and a key having tapered sides and sliding into the dovetailed groove from one side of the nut, said key having a pointed end to engage the bolt and also provided with a projecting part to be bent over into engagement with the recess in the nut" (lines 69-78).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Robinson, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Strap. (open access)

Hame-Strap.

Patent for a new and improved strap to be used as a hame strap or other tightening strap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Quincey, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastening Device for Fence-Runners. (open access)

Fastening Device for Fence-Runners.

Patent for a fastening-device for fence-runners that is a staple and tie-wire in one. The device will not be drawn or displaced regardless of its placement in relationship to the runner.
Date: October 20, 1896
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tackle. (open access)

Fishing Tackle.

Patent for a new and improved fishing tackle. This design is "to provide a snaring device which will, so far as possible, insure a capture; to so arrange the hooks as to prevent a loss of bait, and to provide a device capable of ensnaring as many fish as may at the time of lifting the snare by nibbling at the bait. . . . the invention consists in a spacing-ring, preferably formed of lead or other heavy metal and having a central hub and having a series of hooks radiating from the tub and secured to the ring, and in locating above the hub and at the center of a series of hooks a bait-support" (lines 11-24).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Mayer, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale. (open access)

Scale.

Patent for a new and useful scale, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Bell, Chester L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Replacing Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Implement for Replacing Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a device for replacing the inner tubes of pneumatic tires, designed especially for bicycle tires. The device "will take hold of the end of the inner tube without liability of cutting it, and that will grip it with a degree of tightness proportionate to the amount of force required to pull it through the outer casing" (lines 41-45). This is easier than previous methods of replacing inner tubes.
Date: October 27, 1896
Creator: McCutcheon, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing. (open access)

Journal-Bearing.

Patent for a journal-bearing that has an open spring ring that contains the journal and antifriciton devices in its center. The spring ring contracts to its minimum circumference when the journal and antifriciton devices are worn out. There is also a bearing-ring seat that allows contractions "without altering the disposition of the load" (lines 61-62).
Date: December 1, 1896
Creator: Woodworth, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Construction Car. (open access)

Railway-Construction Car.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Construction Cars..." (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1892
Creator: Brown, Carver C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Shipping-Box. (open access)

Refrigerator Shipping-Box.

Patent for a "new and useful Improvement in Shipping Boxes" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Andrews, Otis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Separator. (open access)

Ore-Separator.

Patent for an improved, efficient, simple, and durable ore separator that quickly separates precious metals from sand. The operator puts the unfiltered material in the top of the separator, the material goes down a slide, through a stirrer, and out the other end.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Dilworth, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Circuit -Closing Device. (open access)

Electric-Circuit -Closing Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in electric circuit closing devices.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Newman, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dynamometer for Locomotives. (open access)

Dynamometer for Locomotives.

Patent for a new and improved dynamometer for locomotives. This design is "to provide a novel construction in dynamometers for indicating the traction power of locomotives" (lines 9-11). It consists in "a draw-head, a chamber containing a liquid located therein, a piston operating in said chamber, means for connecting said piston with the opposite draw-head, suitable tubing connecting with the said chamber, and a pressure-gage mounted upon or attached to the said tubing and actuated by the said liquid" (lines 29-37).
Date: January 13, 1891
Creator: Innes, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Flower-Holder for Personal Wear. (open access)

Design for a Flower-Holder for Personal Wear.

Design for a flower-holder for personal wear that resembles a flower in and of itself.
Date: May 2, 1899
Creator: Littlehale, Cora N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Measuring Distances. (open access)

Device for Measuring Distances.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar And Can Opener. (open access)

Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.

Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1898
Creator: Schairer, John Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History