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Corn Sheller.
Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the body and inclines slightly downward. When folded, the nubber-plate rests against the rear face of the body" (lines 39-52).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Price, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool
Patent for a wire working tool. Includes illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Tate, Newton J. & Coulter, Thomas Harris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Joseph John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning, Polishing, and Assorting Nuts.
Patent for a new and improved nut cleaner, polisher, and sorter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the nut-cleaning cylinder having the longitudinal door and transversely-arranged wire cylinders having doors, of the intermediate hopper, arranged lengthwise of the cylinder, as well as under it, and having apertures over the doors of the wire cylinders . . . and a series of sieves, successively increasing in mesh, of a perforated floor, an end plate terminating in [an] eccentric, an elevator, and a delivery spout" (lines 28-34).
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Koerber, Rudolph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Fuel Burner
Patent for a liquid fuel burner. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Phillips, Bradford R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay-Bales or Packages.
Patent for an automatic tying device for hay bales, while they are going through a hay press.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Leavitt, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Mortiser
Patent for a lock mortiser. The object of this invention "is to provide a light, portable machine arranged to be clamped to the work piece, so that the lock mortise as well as the key hole and the bolt opening may be conveniently cut with one adjustable of the machine" (lines 11-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
New, Luke Mosely
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lint Packing Appratus
Patent for a lint packing apparatus for collecting packing lint from a gin saw. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Cameron, George W.; Muennink, George & Muennink, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Thrashing-Machines.
Patent for "new and useful improvements on machinery for thrashing various kinds of grain, whereby the work is performed in a very rapid and perfect manner, without impairing the straw." (lines 28-32) Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
September 13, 1870
Creator:
Fuos, Matthias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Scraper
Patent for an improvement to scrapers so that "the handling of the scraper-bowl to load, convey, and discharge the dirt may be accomplished with little or no labor on the part of the operator" (lines 14-19).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Rath, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Washing-Machine.
Patent for a machine for washing and wringing clothes, which can be used with a furnace for heating the water but has legs for support when being used separately from a furnace. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Alfred L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Barrel Attachment.
Patent for a pump barrel attachment, which has a trap to catch any material falling off the valve.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Riddle, William Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Musical Notation
Patent for a notation which provides "a sheet in which the tones in their successive order of degrees by septenaries comprising the limit of the human voice from low to high pitch or from base to treble will be graphically indicated, and also to furnish a means whereby mechanical transposition of the notated characters may be effected" (lines 14-20).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Robberson, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spur
Patent for a spur. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Hanaway, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Bryant, William Hodges
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop
Patent for an envelop. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Robertson, Fannie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Controlling Device
Patent for improvements to the elevator controlling device. These improvements have to do with the main circuit being broken while the elevator doors are open, thus stopping the elevator from moving before the doors are fully closed.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Quick, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder.
Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Barb, Gustavas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Sifter.
Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Brewer, Johnson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists "[i]n a swinging gate pivoted at its lower inner end and suspended by a diagonal wire, upon which it swings in being opened and closed, the adjustable bar provided with a depending loop or staple for the suspending-wire, the point of suspension by said loop, being between the latch end of the gate and a vertical line drawn through its pivot-pin" (lines 51-58).
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Miller, Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "is mounted upon a hinge-rod, which is adapted for adjustment at its upper end within a rack fixed to the top of the hinge-post and provided with a pivoted keeper for said hinge-rod, the object being to set the upper end of the hinge-rod away from the latch-post as may be required to raise the free end of the gate to take up the sag, to support the gate a sufficient height above the ground to swing free of snow, and to allow of the passage of small stock when the gate is closed" (lines 12-22).
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Miller, Wilson B. & Bell, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design "compris[es] the pad having apertured ends, the buckle-frame, the loop therefrom having a beveled end provided with a lug or projection, the securing-plate having apertured ends, and the trace or tug" (lines 70-75).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Du Bose, Wade Hampton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizing Attachment for Plows
Patent for improvements in pulverizing attachments for plows used for furrow-slices as they are turned by plows.
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Maddux, Tapley, B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is rigid and locks in place.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
System:
The Portal to Texas History