Collection
Country
Decade
Month
Day
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement in ironing-machine which can iron clothes quicker and better with very little physical labor. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Toy Trumpets.
Patent for improvements in toy trumpets in which in addition to making sound, the movement of air through the instrument also causes a disk on top of the instrument to revolve by the force of the air on paddles that form the bottom of the disk. The top of the disk will have decorative figures such as soldiers.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Sterzing, Fred.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers
Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date:
December 12, 1876
Creator:
Pearre, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives
Patent for an improved design for bee-hives with the sloped V shaped interior designed to aid in warmth for the hive and reducing debris entering the comb. Illustrations included show several cross-sections of the hive construction.
Date:
December 12, 1876
Creator:
Snider, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Use in Reciprocating Churns.
Patent for a churn that has "the cylinder with angular perforations, in contradistinction to round perforations and long slots" (lines 18-20) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 12, 1878
Creator:
Forsyth, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for an improved, multi-piece harness-buckle that is attachable without the need of sewing, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 12, 1878
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Apparatus For Washing Dishes and Table-Cutlery
Patent for improvements to a dish washing machine with specifications and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 12, 1879
Creator:
Walling, Edmund, P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Baling-Presses
Patent for improvement to the construction of a baling press with descriptions and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 12, 1879
Creator:
Hall, Marcus C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Buckles.
Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.
Date:
August 12, 1879
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bullet.
Patent for a new and improved bullet. This design calls for a cavity at the base of the bullet and a tube of flexible material to be inserted snugly into the cavity. This results in less wobbling after the bullet has been fired.
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a jointed rod which has its lower end fastened to one of the hooks of the coupling and its upper end fastened to a vertically-moving ring that slides upon the brake-rod, whereby the coupling hook can be raised upward and supported in such a position that it will not couple when the cars run together" (lines 14-20).
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Band.
Patent for a sand band which will prevent sand and dirt from working in between the axle and hub and into the axle-box of a vehicle.
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Lupton, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for Spark-Arrester. The author claims his invention catches sparks and throws them to the bottom of the chamber to the discharge pipe. Used in locomotive smoke stacks.
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Swan, Robert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for a combined corn and cotton planter
Date:
April 12, 1881
Creator:
Hiram H. Carter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupler.
Patent for a new and improver coupler for railroad cars. This design "consists, first, in a transversely-arranged bar supported by suitable hangers secured to the end of the car a suitable distance above the draw-bar, each end of said transverse bar being provided with hand-wheels having a notch on their outer periphery, with which engage weighed pawls suitably pivoted to the side of the car; secondly, in an arm extending from said transverse bar for supporting the link" (lines 22-31).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Farnam, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Curtain Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved curtain fastener for carriages. This design is "an improvement upon that particular form of curtain-fasteners . . . in which a sleeve or barrel having a rotary and sliding movement on a spring-encircled shank or post is provided with a wing or projection for effecting the connection of said sleeve or barrel with the eyelet or grommet of the curtain . . . which will effectually prevent the accidental disengagement of the curtain" (lines 18-29).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Paschal, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Wood.
Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Smith, Bat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Attachment.
Patent for a new attachment for cotton gins. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a cotton-gin, of the carrier, feed-roller, having teeth or projections, and the adjustable sliding rake . . . [and] the combination of the carriers, the latter having covering, receiver, toothed feed-roller, adjustable rake, gin-saws, and brush" (lines 68-75).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Compton, Willis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Latch.
Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Rand, Anders
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "consists in combing with the plow a furrow-cutter for the purpose of cutting or dividing the furrow-slice and pulverizing it to a greater or less extent, like a harrow" (lines 13-16).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sun Shade Hat.
Patent for a new and improved sun shade hat. The hat is designed to shield the wearer's head from the sun to prevent heatstroke and keep the wearer's hands free to work. This design utilizes a clamp and washers to enable the hat to remain in the desired opened/closed state while off of the wearer's head, which represents an improvement over previous designs.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Ross, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stocking
Patent for the invention of stocking manufacture in two section, a leg section and a foot section- susceptible of being connected and disconnected by sewing for the purpose of renewing the foot-section when unduly worn by substituting therefor a new section [5-10].
Date:
April 12, 1882
Creator:
Preston, Leonidus, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amalgamator.
Patent for a new and improved amalgamator. This design "consists in placing in the bottoms of the chambers a number of iron balls or other suitable-shaped pieces of amalgamated iron, which have sufficient room to move freely among themselves, and then forcing up through the balls or pieces of iron, in contradistinction to forcing it down over their tops, the amalgamated ore and water, so as to cause the pieces of iron to vibrate, and thus to grind and break the pieces of quartz passing up through them" (lines 14-24).
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Schmidt, Erich Franz & Streernwitz, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beer Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved beer cooler. This design "consists in the detailed construction and arrangement of a cooling-chamber or refrigerator which is adapted to be attached to the faucet of the keg or barrel containing the beverage" (lines 24-28).
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Newman, George Morton
System:
The Portal to Texas History