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Improvement in Plow-Couplings.
Patent for a new and useful Improvement in Plow-Coupling including illustration.
Date:
August 19, 1873
Creator:
Thrasher, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle.
Patent for a new and improved bridle. This design "consists in a novel manner of constructing driving-bridles, whereby a leverage upon the bit and curb proportionate to the needs of any particular occasion may be drawn up so that it will be impossible to hold the bit out of control of the driver" (lines 7-14).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Roeber, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Satchel and Pillow.
Patent for a new and improved combined satchel and pillow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a valise or satchel, of an airbag permanently incorporated in the same to form one of the sides thereof, and having a mouthpiece upon the exterior of the valise, whereby the bag may be inflated without opening the valise" (lines 62-67).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Kiam, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon brake. This design consists, "with the vehicle, of the rock-shaft arranged upon opposite sides of the rear wheels, the bell-crank lever fulcrumed on the body between said shaft, the rod connecting the rear shaft and one arm of said lever, the bar pivoted to the other arm of the lever and the front rock-shaft, and the operating lever provided with the integral arm arranged at an angle to the lever and connected with the front rock-shaft" (lines 92-101).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Walton, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner.
Patent for a new and improved vapor burner. This design consists, "with the mixing-chamber having a burner connected therewith, of a water chamber and an oil chamber arranged beneath the said mixing chamber, the threaded tube seated in the bottom wall of the water-chamber and extending up into the mixing-chamber, and the air-induction tube leading from beneath the oil-chamber up through the threaded connecting-tube to the mixing chamber" (lines 112-121).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Drury T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Suspender-Buttons
Patent for an improved suspender button with a description and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Racer, Martin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.
Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Basom, Ransford W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Locks
Patent for an improvement for slide door fasteners and locks. Description and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Churns
Patent for improvements in the construction of a churn dasher. Descriptions and illustrations are attached
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses
Patent for an improved cotton and hay press that "... provides an economical and powerful press for cotton, hay, rags, &c., that may be worked by hand, horse, or steam power, in field, farm or factory." (lines 12-15) Includes description and illustration.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Rossell, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough
Patent for "a stock-feeder which shall permit of the feeding of a measured quantity of food to cattle in the barn or stable from a point remote, so as to enable the farmer or any of the members of his family to feed the cattle from the dwelling without going out into the weather" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Reed, Francis O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fork for Handling Cotton and Other Substances.
Patent for a new and improved pitchfork. This design "relates to a hand-fork for handling cotton in the seed and cotton-seed at the gins, as well as for other useful purposes; and it consists in the novel construction of the teeth and tines or head, together with the means for fastening the teeth to the head" (lines 9-15).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Shannon, Joel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shawl Strap.
Patent for a new and improved shawl strap. This design "relates to shawl, book, and other straps, and has for its object to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient article, which can be used with packages of any size, and fastened thereto easily and quickly without applying buckles to the ends of the straps" (lines 8-13).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Tharp, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figure Toy.
Patent for a new and improved toy. This design consists in "a pedestal or support and mount[ed] on the upper end thereof a vertically disposed rod having its upper end tapered or reduced, so as to afford the least possible friction to the whirling figure mounted thereon" (lines 16-21). In practice, "the toy is placed in a position to be struck by wind, and as the same comes in contact with the blades the object will simultaneously be whirled upon the rod and its arms move rapidly around its shoulders, thereby affording amusement" (lines 54-59).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Herron, James & Swaden, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributor
Patent for a device which destroys cotton worms "in which the cylinders [holding the poison] are adapted to be both vertically and laterally adjustable with respect to the height of the cotton and width of the rows" (lines 18-21).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Pressly, Thompson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt and Appliances
Patent for a more comfortable electrical belt with adjustable electrodes and an improved battery.
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener
Patent for can-opener which uses a fulcrum point that pierces the center of the can's lid and a circular blade to cut an opening around the circumference.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Pierce, Jesse Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine with altered construction for quick removal and insertion of clothing, while still working safely and quickly with a variety of fabrics. It uses a rotary table and a pounder.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Lawrence, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Tank
Patent for an improved water tank for livestock, connecting an elevated reservoir to a trough at ground level.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Wright, Wayne C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave Filler.
Patent for a grave-filling machine, which transports dirt into the hole of the grave.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Deering, Uriah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for improvements to non-refillable bottles to prevent tampering and/or re-filling of container with alternate substance. Item is designed to be used on any ordinary bottle.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Allen, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton gin that has a large ginning capacity (similar to saw types of gins) and also preserves the fiber (similar to roller types of gins).
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a new bale tie buckle made of wire material "in which the buckle is closed by the strain or stress on the bale tie" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History