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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
Passenger Mileage-Recorder.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in mileage recorders for steam railway coaches and similar vehicles" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
West, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Box
Patent for improved collapsible hat box, which may be folded into a small compact mass.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Use In Outhouses And Like Places
Patent for Receptacle For Use In Outhouses And Like Places. "This invention relates to an improvement in receptacles for use in outhouses and other like places, the object being to construct a simple and inexpensive receptacle which will not give out any offensive or unhealthy odors while being removed from the outhouse for the purpose of cleaning or for any other purpose." (lines 13-19)
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ
Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
England, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree Clip
Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Leasman, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill.
Patent for an invention relating to "boring drills of the type having roller forms of cutters" (line 9). Structure is explained and illustration of invention is included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind Stacker on Grain Separators.
Patent for an improvement in a pneumatic, wind-powered stacker for threshing machines, preventing straw or chaff from entering into the stacker.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Feeder.
Patent for a simple sheet-feeder that separates the sheets from a pile so they can be fed one at a time. The patent improves on the suction-roller mechanism that takes a sheet and rolls it into a printer. It does not use grippers or mechanical means for grabbing a single sheet.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor
Patent for device which would allow motorists to display road maps in their vehicle while driving. Would also include a light so maps could be visible at night.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Atkinson, Jackson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for a signal that is put on a fishing pole that helps see if a fisher has a bite at night.
Date:
August 14, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lyda D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pulling Implement
Patent for a pulling device with a "rotatably supported winding shaft" and "means for imparting the requisite rotation" (lines 16-18).
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Badley, Drury E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rope-Clamp
Patent for a rope clamp for plungers used in cotton presses. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 14, 1911
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Bruton, David Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bridge
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of draw bridges.
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Briggs, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "has relation to door-checks . . . for retaining a door or gate in any desired opened position; and it has for its objects to provide such a door-check in which the holding or clamping mechanism of the check is operated automatically from the latch or knob of the lock, to provide a strong brace for retaining the door in its adjusted position . . . a bolt casing slides upon a rail carried at the upper edge of the door and has a bolt operated from the lock of the door for engaging the said rail, and in which a brace or arm is pivoted to the door-frame" (lines 8-26).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Scarborough, William Daily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the beams having the arms provided with the openings, the beams having openings concentric with [the arms'] openings, the standards, the bolts pivoting the latter to the arms and extending through the openings, the plates having their lower ends secured on said pivotal bolts and adapted to engage the rear sides of the standards, the triggers, and the bolts to pivot the said triggers to the beams, said bolts being adapted to pass through either of the [beams'] openings" (lines 3-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Swearingen, Columbus Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for baling-press to press bales of cotton into rectangular bales including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Taylor, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for plows. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of the land-side of a turning plow, of an attachment for dirting the plants, consisting of a shank having a rearwardly and upwardly extending blade diagonally attached thereto, having a sharp curved lower edge and a curved upper edge, said edges forming a point on the outer end of the blade, said blade having a concaved upper face" (lines 7-15).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Tennison, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Oiling Device
Patent for a hand saw blade oiling device built into the handle of the saw. By holding stops and pulling back on the pistons of the device on the saw handle, oil is released and forced into nozzles which deliver oil onto the blade.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Stewart, Luther F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material.
Patent for an invention related to molds used to form plastic blocks for building purposes. Objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Hawkins, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History