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Bedclothes-Clamp.
Patent for new clamping device that holds the mattress and bedding of a folding bed in place, is adjustable, and is not in the way when the bed is in use.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Baley, Katie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Heater and Smoke Consumer
Patent for a combined water heater and smoke consumer. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas; Rodgers, A. N. & Wade, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash Pan
Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Attachment.
Patent for improvements in "the construction of buggy-top attachments and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be easily and quickly attached to and detached from the top of a buggy or other vehicle and capable of forming a complete extension of the same to protect the occupants of the vehicle from the weather" (lines 11-18), including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Stockton, Harris C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Hook.
Patent for a new and improved check-hook. This design is "composed of the U-shaped frame having a threaded stem projecting from its lower end, and having the lugs extending from its vertical branches, the spring, and the cross-bar pivoted at one end between the lugs, and having side depressions near its other end to receive the lugs, and having its end adapted to be engaged by the spring and provided with the thumb-piece or horse-head" (lines 90-100).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Matchette, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for an improved clothes washer that is made up of a cylinder, a piston that is two disks attached together with notches and flared edges, and a packing strip in the groove of the disk edges.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Lewis, Nathan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Baade, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Awning Bracket.
Patent for a new and improved awning bracket. This design "relates to awning-brackets of that class which are secured to the wall of the building over the sidewalk, and secure themselves without the use of posts, &c. The invention has for its object to provide a self-sustaining bracket possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-16).
Date:
August 14, 1883
Creator:
Rodgers, Ranzil H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.
Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
McCullough, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Potts, Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching Spool-Carrier.
Patent for a wire-stretching spool-carrier that can be easily mounted to the back of a wagon and can stretch wires to the desired amount of tension. Coils are on the mount on the wagon.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Williams, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Table and Cabinet.
Patent for a combined table and cabinet for use in the kitchen, intended to aid "invalids or weak persons to accomplish considerable work without inconvenience or fatigue" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Brack, Mary S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill.
Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sweeper.
Patent for a light weight lawn sweeper that doubles as a shovel for lawn debris. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Caruthers, John Irving
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.
Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1877
Creator:
Gingras, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Padlocks.
Patent for improvements to Padlocks which can be opened with a key in conjunction with maneuvering the tumblers or locking-bolt.
Date:
August 14, 1878
Creator:
Jacobs, Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramping Mechanism.
Patent for self-throttling tramping apparatus to be used in conjunction with cotton gin.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Boyles, Homer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a vending machine designed to dispense liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Elder, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mode of Straining Saws by Atmospheric Pressure.
Patent for the improvement of the reciprocating saw by simplifying the arrangement of cylinders, pipes, and exhaust pumps to produce the necessary vacuum, including illustration.
Date:
August 14, 1855
Creator:
Brown, A. & Coffin, Abel, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Gable, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post auger. This design "has relation to that class of post-augers which consist of a number of concavo-convex cutting blades secured upon the lower end of a shaft having a cross-handle at its upper end, and provided with means for expanding the said blades for the purpose of boring holes of different sizes; and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of parts of the same" (lines 19-27).
Date:
August 14, 1883
Creator:
Miles, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine Illusion Apparatus
Patent for a Marine Illusion apparatus. This invention is to fit between two boats so that passengers can travel from one boat to another that is attached to a dock. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
White, Francis Marion & Langever, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Cleaning Seed-Cotton
Patent for mechanism for cleaning seed cotton before cotton is distributed into gins, including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Graber, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punching-Machine.
Patent for a simple and durable punching-machine for metalworking that punching metal and feeds it forward. The invention is made up of " a carriage adapted to support the sheet to be punched, and provided with a toothed bar, a rock shaft carrying a pawl adapted to engage the said toothed bar to move the carriage forward, and a punch lever adapted to receive a swinging motion from the said shaft, the said lever being connected with the punch to move the latter downward to punch the sheet" (lines 14-22).
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Walsh, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History