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Improvement in Cotton-Seed and Corn Planters
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton seed and corn planters which lists the design specifications.
Date:
November 6, 1877
Creator:
Palmero, Joseph Rafael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "improvements in car couplings and it has for its general object to provide a coupling embodying such a constructions that two cars may be connected together or disconnected without the objectionable necessity of a trainman going between them." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Tunnell, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "relates to that class of windmills in which semicircular wings are employed upon a vertical shaft; and it has for its object to provide simple and efficient means to govern the speed of the same, and also to throw the windmill into or out of operation when desired . . . A further object of the invention is to provide a windmill of the above-mentioned class which will possess merit in point of durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-21).
Date:
November 6, 1888
Creator:
Moore, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "is supported horizontally over a proper fireplace or stove and . . . water introduced to fill it to a point just below the perforated detachable bottom, and the pump mechanism then set in motion. When the plunger ascends, it draws water from the water-space and extension through the valve up into the pump-chamber. When the plunger descends, it forces said water upward past the valve into the water-spaces . . . through the perforations . . . and into the washing-chamber, the water . . . washing quickly and thoroughly the articles" (lines 78-91).
Date:
November 6, 1888
Creator:
King, Charles Rufus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that "deposit[s] a portion of the loosened soil in the bottom of the furrow" (lines 17-19). It is an improvement on double shovel plows, especially on how the sheaths are spread and braced.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Whatley, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design's "object is to provide a motor possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, easy operation, and general efficiency" (lines 11-14).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Watkins, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive swinging gate that is strong, durable, and doesn't sag. It can be fully opened and easily conteracted.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Hefner, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter
Patent for "a new and improved filter which is simple and durable in construction and easily and conveniently cleaned without disturbing the gravel" (lines 13-17).
Date:
November 6, 1889
Creator:
Fretz, Emil & Waespi, Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon Holder.
Patent for a new and improved ribbon holder. This design consists in "[a] rotary ribbon-holder case made in sections having slots and arc-latches, and the removable rotary-spindles, having squared portions to engage the spools and projecting heads, formed with necks to engage the arc-latches and key-sets" (lines 70-75).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Lane, Isaac Theophilus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "an improved attachment for the mold-boards and landsides of plows, the object being to furnish a plow or similar impliment with an attachable and removable covering for the landside and mold-board, which will prevent the adhesion of soil thereto" (lines 12-18).
Date:
November 6, 1889
Creator:
Miles, Fredrick Alanson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore Concentrator.
Patent for a new and improved ore concentrator. This design has for its object "to facilitate the removal of the lighter and worthless parts of the ore from the heavier and valuable parts" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Mabry, Hinch P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of beam, the notched cleat, the handle cross-bar, and the hooks, whereby the hopper may be conveniently attached and detached . . . [and] [t]he pivoted gates, having extensions with a series of holes, with the hopper-bottom plate having holes besides the regular seed-outlet, and the pins" (lines 64-72).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Lindsey, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coat Rack
Patent for a coat rack. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Gragg, Joe Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for a bale-tie buckle.
Date:
November 6, 1911
Creator:
Armstrong, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. This clothing pin is made of wire and designed to be used for hanging clothes on a line. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Luster, Thomas A. & Stewart, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Land, Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal Lubricator
Patent for a journal lubricator. This lubricator is specially designed for rail car axles journals. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Peeple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella
Patent for an umbrella. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Mangelsdorf, Gustav A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mirror Attachment for Bureaus.
Patent for an adjustable mirror attachment for bureaus.
Date:
November 6, 1900
Creator:
Horton, Mary Blanche
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Stewart, Warren Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple.
Patent for a grapple, a device "for handling brick - that is, for moving brick from one point to another" (lines 13-14).
Date:
November 6, 1900
Creator:
Brownfield, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal
Patent for a signal. The signal is meant to "provide a flag holder or staff which will normally conceal a plurality of flags or similar signals of different colors or significance, arrangement being made for bringing any one of these flags into view" (lines 11-16). Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Ruggles, Clifton P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod Coupling
Patent for rod coupling. This invention is for a type of rod couplings formed in sections for use as plunder-rod for wells. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Lynn, John McKenzie
System:
The Portal to Texas History