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Process of Tanning Hides.
Patent for "an improved process of tanning hides in an expeditious and economical manner, and to produce a fine quality of leather" (lines 8-11). The limed and haired hides are baited thrice, afterwards the hides are packed into "tanning-vats with bark and covering them with a solution of alum and water" (lines 80-82). The hides are then leached in salt water and scoured and dried.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Rogers, John Charsley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Fastener
Patent for railroad track fastener. This invention is made of metallic track fasteners and uses a joint for meeting together the ends of the rails. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Hutchins, William Dennis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Replacing Transmission-Covers on Ford Cars.
Patent for removing and replacing the transmission covers on Ford cars.
Date:
July 14, 1919
Creator:
Lueders, Edgar T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Fastener
Patent for "improvements in tag-fasteners...which can be applied to [a] package with great rapidity and which will not easily become detached" (lines 6-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Walshe, Denny Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a new and improved surgical tool. This design consists "[i]n a surgical instrument, the combination, with the rod having the stepped head provided with grooves, of the springs, the pin, the stepped shell having offsets, the sliding sleeve, and the [other] pin" (lines 14-18).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Poynor, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. This invention combines tools for a variety uses and box to hold small items. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Brunl, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Paper Bags and Other Articles
Patent for a holder for paper bags and other articles. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Laird, Edwin C. & Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a planting attachment for cultivators. This attachment is designed to raise and lower equally to contours of the land. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Benton, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. This invention is "especially directed to gates which are adapted to swing downward form a vertical to a horizontal position and lie flush with the surface of the ground." (line 7-11) It is designed to allow the wheels of vehicles to move the gate. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Terry, Hiram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heating Device
Patent for a heating device. This invention is for using the heat from the device to pass through to an oven for the purposes of cooking. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Henderson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. This is an improvement on a previous patent, No. 693,724. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Ledbetter, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Stanchion
Patent for a cheap and simply constructed cattle stanchions. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Reck, Emile & Reck, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greasing Device
Patent for a greasing device. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Overall, Ida L. & Bock, T. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scrip Holder.
Patent for "a scrip holder, designed particularly for housing in a conveniently accessible manner the usual railroad scrip" (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Cleveland, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slat Fastening.
Patent for a new and improved slat fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the eyes, of the notched slats adapted to receive said eyes in the end notches and the hooks pivoted to the slats and adapted to engage the eyes" (lines 64-67).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Keith, Stephen Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Scraper.
Patent for a road scraper for excavating, which "automatically returns to an upright position after having been dumped" (lines 12-14).
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Heyer, Friedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon and Braid Holder.
Patent for a new and improved ribbon and braid holder. This design "consist[s] of [a] V-shaped wire having the cross-piece and the pin, having eyes at its ends, through which eyes the shanks of the V-shaped wire pass freely . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the roll, having the central aperture" (lines 55-61).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Stone, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a turning plow with "a wheel for operating in the bottom of the furrow in rear of the lower end of the standard, which...serves the purposes of an ordinary land side-plate..."(lines 10-13).
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Ausburn, John H. & Ausburn, Vivian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Shelling Machine.
Patent for an improved peanut shelling machine that can be regulated according to the size and quality of peanuts. The machine also improves upon the cylinder and concave tension, that would allow the machine to be more easily maintained.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Huston, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for improvement in quilting-frames by providing “screw-eyes on the end pieces of the frame for the purpose of holding the frame together and at the same time serving to run in the rollers to carry the frame along,” (Lines 25-31) and an interchangeable roller-gages would enable either straight or curved or fancy quilting to be done. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nebulizer.
Patent for a nebulizer, which has a spraying mechanism for delivering medicinal sprays through a nozzle to the nose, throat, or lungs.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
McGregor, Ringling R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers.
Patent for a safety device for steam boilers, which activates an alarm when water levels are too high on the fuse box that gives an earlier warning, does not allow the fuse box to be changed without the chief engineer being alerted, and prevents false alarms.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Smith, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Protector.
Patent for a plant protector, which forms a canopy over young plants to protect them from the weather.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Caruthers, Martha J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling Marble Slabs.
Patent for improvements to devices used to transfer marble slabs, of which will transport without the danger of damaging the materials.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Griffin, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History