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Cook-Stove.
Patent for "improvements in cook stoves or ranges; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in which two oven-chambers are employed, arranged one above the other in the same vertical plane, and in which the draft and products of combustion are caused to circulate beneath, around one end, and above each of the oven-chambers to thoroughly heat the same." (lines 7-16).
Date:
August 2, 1898
Creator:
Turbeville, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shackle
Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Perry, Charles Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars.
Patent for improvements on racks in railway-cars including more storage for smaller items, an adjustable rack for children or elderly persons to be able to reach without needing to stand on the car seat, a titled hinge that allows a rack to be pulled for ward and pushed back, and other improvements.
Date:
August 2, 1898
Creator:
Butler, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement-Block Mold.
Patent for a cement block molding machine, which can produce many blocks in a short amount of time.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Jordan, James T.
System:
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Caster.
Patent for a new and improved caster. This design consists in "the combination of a caster having an elongated stem provided with upper and lower annular supporting-shoulders, a poison-receptacle having a central opening in its bottom to receive the stem and provided with a central vertical tube having a top provided with an opening receiving the stem, said receptacle being supported by the lower shoulder, and a concavo-convex shield supported by the upper shoulder and arranged over the mouth of the receptacle and provided with a filling-orifice and having a pivoted cover" (lines 82-93).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Gordon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacking Brush.
Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design "relates to an improvement in boot-blacking brushes so disposed that fluid blacking may be used; and to this end [the design] provide[s] a reservoir at one end with a forwardly-projecting tube or nozzle therefrom, the said reservoir having a disk at one side, so that when pressed the liquid will be forced through the nozzle upon the boot" (lines 13-20).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
England, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent for a cotton or corn planter with detachable parts.
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Yarborough, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder.
Patent for a new and improved copy-holder. This design "is [for] an improved copy-holder intended especially for holding deeds when being transcribed to the records, and seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive construction by which the deed may be held and to and from which the deed or other paper may be adjusted without difficulty, such construction serving also to mark or indicate the particular line of the paper being copied" (lines 7-15).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Adair, Irvine James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps.
Patent for a new and improved air-compressor. This design "relates to improvements in air-compressing mechanism for the purpose of pumping for forcing from deep wells and performing similar work; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a larger and smaller air-cylinder, and the combination therewith of mechanism to force the air from the larger into the smaller cylinder to increase the air-pressure in the latter" (lines 22-30).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Adams, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for killing ants. This design "consist[s] of frame, levers, pivoted arms, piston-rod, piston provided with valves and openings, air-tight iron chamber having opening pipe, furnace provided with double lid, lugs, pipe, clamp, and wedge . . . whereby the flame as well as the poisonous vapors are injected into the insect chambers" (lines 50-58).
Date:
August 2, 1881
Creator:
Gray, Hiram Balderston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrap.
Patent for a wrap for babies, which encloses the body except for the face that is closed with hooks at the arms, legs and head, which can be opened to free any of those members.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Mercey, Nettie T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Word-Counter for Type-Writing Machines.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in word counters for type writing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 2, 1898
Creator:
Moseley, Marion S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake
Patent for an improvement in wagon brakes
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Templeton, Absalom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle roof. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rabbeted vehicle-top-supporting bows, of strips mounted in said rabbets and provided with overlapping upper ends, curtain-supporting frames, and clips carried by said frames and arranged to engage the overlapping strips" (lines 92-97).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
McCurdy, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board.
Patent for a new and improved ironing-board. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge of a table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjusted vertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or other support" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[a]n ironing-table comprising an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallel slots . . . the ribs secured to the lower face of the ironing-board and forming grooves or ways, a prop or leg composed of parallel bars adapted to fold in said grooves or ways" (lines 68-73).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Chapin, Frederick N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine Gun
Patent for improvements in machine guns. Improvements include the facilitation of the following mechanisms: The simultaneous discharge of multiple bullets in a sweeping pattern of trajectory; simultaneous discharge of cartridges arranged in the gun, magazine functionality in tangent with the gun's cartridges, and other items concerning fabrication, features, and capabilities.
Date:
August 2, 1918
Creator:
Clarence, Gregg
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "facilitate[s] the building of wire fences; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the transporting bed or wagon, its spindles for the spools of wire, and its transverse windlass-rollers and their ratchets and pawls" (lines 16-21).
Date:
August 2, 1881
Creator:
Morter, John Letcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Plow
Patent for a new listing plow that is "cheap and simple construction and readily adjustable to form wide or narrow beds and to be used in bedding of cotton or corn" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Leatherwood, Calvin Nathaniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in kitchen cabinets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 2, 1898
Creator:
Lackey, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Two-Horse Equalizers.
Patent for an adjustable device that redistributes weight so that two animals of unequal strength can perform their equal share of work. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 2, 1870
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator
Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date:
August 2, 1904
Creator:
Farrington, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
August 2, 1904
Creator:
Tally, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stationery for Transmitting and Recording Bank Collections
Patent for a stationary that can make accurate records of bank item collections, and can be adapted to a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Price, Jacob L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Standard for Logging Cars.
Patent for a new and improved standard for logging-cars. This design "consists of a pivoted standard connected by links to a lever a short distance from its pivot, so that when the lever is turned out of alignment with the links the standard will be firmly locked in position. . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a standard for cars and wagons which can be readily turned down out of the way when loading, and which, when turned up into position, will be firmly and securely held" (lines 7-16).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Minnock, Edmund Junius
System:
The Portal to Texas History