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Machine for Sawing Marble in Obelisk Form.
Patent for "a new and Improved Machine for Sawing Marble Blocks in Polygonal Taper Form" (lines 4-6), including illustration.
Date:
April 15, 1856
Creator:
Haviland, J. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Distilling Turpentine.
Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for distilling turpentine to permit continuous distillation.
Date:
April 15, 1872
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Hinges.
Patent for an improvement in the design of gate-hinges, including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1873
Creator:
Stone, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Food
Patent for "combustible compositions which, when ignited, produce a gas or gasses which have preservative and purifying effects upon various substances and surfaces or places exposed to the fumes. It is more especially designed, however, for preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, and other perishable articles." (lines 12-19).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Radam, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lamp-Burners.
Patent for a new improvement for Lamp-Burners that helps prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1879
Creator:
Beeman, Geraldo A. & Ramsey, Haley S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists in "[a]n improved back-band buckle with hooks, consisting of a body portion formed of a single piece of wrought-wire, the meeting ends of each bent downward, upward, outward, and again downward to form chain-holding hooks or loops, and the tongues pivoted upon the said body portion" (lines 89-95).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date:
April 15, 1884
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flower Pot Trellis
Patent for a flower pot trellis which is used "to be applied to flower-pots of various sizes to support plants or vines without interfering with their roots" (p.2).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart, of Galveston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel.
Patent for improvements in paddle-wheels by transferring the combined power of the outer paddle-wheel and the inner drum to the shaft thus increased the driving power of the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Glardon, Henri
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprayer.
Patent for improvements in insecticide sprayers by enabling the sprayer to "continuous stream of liquid and that it may be placed in a vehicle and operated by means of the running-gear or carried by hand." (Lines 18-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Chandler, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for improvements in swinging gates which “can be opened in either direction and capable of being operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Plaster, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Baler and Rake
Patent for a hay baler that can bale as fast as it can rake.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Symank, Johan H. & Kitzler, Rudolph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle or Tank.
Patent for receptacle or tank for underground storage purpose is to use metal to construct a tank for strength to resist the pressure upon its walls. To protect the tank from the corrosive action of the earth by lining the surface of a tank “with a protective coating composed of alternate layers of asphaltum and tarred-felt paper, a fabric layer imposed upon the outer layer of asphaltum, and a final layer of asphaltum covering the fabric.” (Page 2, lines 109-113.) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Stewart, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Body.
Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Saxon, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Charles Mack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant
Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Duey, Otus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes.
Patent for "a new and Improved Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Cross, Ralph Waldo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.
Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Attachment
Patent for a footrest attachment to a child's wagon allowing the operator to push the wagon like a scooter.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Hammond, Jay D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improved mechanical movements "applicable to windmills for operating pump-rods and the like" (lines 10-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Ward, Ziba G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same.
Patent for "a new and Improved Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same" (lines 5-7) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Graley, Morton Adrian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flat Iron Heater
Patent for "a receptacle insertible within a stove opening in which the irons to be heated are placed" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Martin, Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History