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Windlass.
Patent for a new and improved windlass. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a frame having the cross-bars near its lower and upper ends, the windlass-shaft journaled in the side pieces of the frame and having the balance-wheels and the pinion, the operating-gears mounted in one side of the frame and one of said gears meshing with said pinion, an upright mounted upon the lower front cross-piece of the frame and having a guide-pulley at its upper end, arms extending laterally from said upright, and a guide-roller journaled in said arms" (lines 11-21).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Bridges, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Gin-Saws
Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, an d easily manipulated, and by means of which the teeth of gin-saws may be sharpened in a rapid, convenient, and effectual manner" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 1, 1890
Creator:
Smith, John Quince
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Motion.
Patent for "a variable cut-off valve-motion, and has for its object to provide simple and efficient and at the same time readily adjustable means for varying the points at which the ports communicating with the cylinder of a locomotive or other engine are opened and closed, in accordance with the load, the desired speed, &c." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Shelb, Peter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Boat.
Patent for an improved life boat that "consists principally of a central closed hull equipped with propelling machinery, and floats extending on the sides of the said hull and rigidly secured thereto, to support the hull in position." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
James, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table.
Patent for a simple and durable ironing table that is sturdy when in use and can be folded when not in use. The table is hinged to and held up by a vertical piece of wood. Two sets of legs cross and are centrally pivoted together, one being stopped by the vertical board. When not in use, the table swings up and rests on the board.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-Engines.
Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.
Patent for a new piano-forte action made of sheet-metal, including illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Roedern, George O. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps.
Patent relating to "an improved device for securing buckles, rings, and similar articles to straps" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator
Patent for "an apparatus for use in connection with a well, whereby the well-bucket will be automatically elevated and emptied into a trough by the weight of the cattle that may come to the well to drink, the apparatus be ing particularly designed for use in the Western countries, where large numbers of cattle come to each well in herds" (lines 16-23).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum Electric-Arc Furnace.
Patent for "an improved electric furnace having means to positively insure the thorough fusion or reduction of the substances placed therein without loss due to combustion or the oxidation of such substances, while at the same time providing an effective distribution of the heat and the prevention of the loss of carbon by combustion" (lines 17-25). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Wright, George Hudson & Clark, Daniel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manifold-Writing Tablet.
Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert, C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump and Sprinkler.
Patent for a new and improved pump and sprinkler. This design "consists of a portable force-pump provided with a capricious air-chamber, and having on the end of its discharge-pipe a sprinkler of novel form, which causes the liquid to be ejected in a fine spray. . . . [This] provide[s] a simple, durable, and effective device, designed especially for use in sprinkling cotton-plants with poisonous solutions, to protect them against the ravages of injurious insects and worms" (lines 7-17).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Polansky, Alois Josef
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for an improved stalk-cutter granted to Reuben L. Price. Improvements made to more effectively trim stalks over uneven ground.
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Price, Reuben L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for a steam engine, improving on the original design so as to "provide a steam-engine having few parts so as to avoid the use of eccentrics, slide-valve, valve-rod, piston and connecting rods, stuffing-boxes, and glands, thus increasing the actual power by decreasing the friction" (lines 26-31).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Saw Mill.
Patent for a new and improved portable saw mill. This design "is to produce a portable saw-mill of such cheap and economical plan as can be built and repaired in almost any locality. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 12-17).
Date:
April 1, 1884
Creator:
Rodgers, William Crittington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved back-band buckle and hook. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the buckle formed with the central cross-bar having the teeth and having the side hooks and having the outwardly-projecting tongue formed with the transverse aperture at its lower end, of the hook-plate formed with the reduced upper ends and the hook at its lower end having the opposite slots, and the locking key" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Crockett, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Bottom Camp-Bed
Patent for an improved, less expensive, and easier to use camp bed granted to William Green Holden.
Date:
April 1, 1884
Creator:
Holden, William Green
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Air-Compressor.
Patent for an improved hydraulic air compressor: "The principal object of my invention is to provide the cylinder with a pressure and water regulating device" (lines 7-9).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow, of the landside share attachment, provided with the horizontal blade, sloping outward from the point of the plow, made sharp on the said sloping-edge, and having the flange projecting upward from the horizontal blade, and the bolts for securing the said flange and plow together, and the removable landside attachment" (lines 81-89).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Cummins, John Randolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam, of the plow-standard hinged to a crank-rod journaled in the plow-beam, the tension-spring connected to the plow-standard and provided with the adjustable plate, and the key or rod for securing the adjusting-plate in place" (lines 83-88).
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
Ross, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam, of the staple secured to the plow-beam, the curved shank provided at its upper front end with the triangular loop having notches on its lower edge, which engage with the said staple, the bolt pivoted in the said plow-beam and connected to the rear portion of the shank under the handles, and the blades secured to the lower front end of shank under the staple" (lines 72-81).
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Nitschmann, Franz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Couch, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Vegetable Oils.
Patent for a process of purifying vegetable oils, specifically cottonseed oil, using a little or no soap-stock and without losing oil. It also improves the purifying process. This process is meant for crude oil, but can be used to further refine already refined oil.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Latting, Richard G., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "relates to mats between which cakes of ground cotton or other oil-yielding seed are held while being subjected to the action of the press which separates the oil from the cakes. The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in the construction of such mats, whereby they are made more efficient and durable than those in general use" (lines 9-17).
Date:
May 1, 1883
Creator:
Mann, Frederic C. & Schumacher, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History