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Improvement in Saddles.
Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.
Date:
September 13, 1873
Creator:
McGrath, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.
Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.
Date:
November 25, 1873
Creator:
Stevens, Hennell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for 'buckles for harness or other purposes, adapted for connection to a strap or billet without sewing." (lines 6-8)Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
November 25, 1879
Creator:
Bugbee, George G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book Support.
Patent for a new and improved book rest. This design consists "of an upright pivoted in a support or base, a sliding lower supporting cross-bar, an upper sliding supporting-bar, both bars having sockets upon their rear sides sliding upon the upright and provided with set-screws, and leaf-clamps consisting of a piece of spring doubled at one end to form slides sliding upon the arms of the upper cross-bar, forming curved yielding portions, forming transverse eyes at the other ends, having flat blocks hinged at the said eyes, and provided with thumb-pieces" (lines 72-83).
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Johnson, William Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved combined planter and cultivator. This design has for its object "to facilitate the planting of seed and the cultivating of plants, and to promote convenience in adjusting the machines for the different kinds of work. The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts" (lines 21-27).
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Shannon, Thomas Brandon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a new type of plow granted to Anton Schindler.
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Schindler, Anton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark arrester. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the stack, of the upper and lower portions . . . of the inner cylinder, separated by the annular opening, the spiral wing-guide, the collar-flange, between the stack-wall and [a] section, and the cylindrical partition below said collar-flange in the flue" (lines 73-79).
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Jones, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine
Patent for "an improvement in cartridge-loaders adapted to load cartridge shells automatically, the machine being operated by suitable power. It consists in improved power mechanism and devices which may be arranged and combined with the loading mechanism of a machine cartridge-loader" (lines 38-45).
Date:
November 25, 1890
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a [sweep-]plow . . . [that] is extremely light in draft, may be run deep or shallow, and will plow or cut its entire width at all times and without turning the ground" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the plow-standard provided at opposite sides with adjustable brackets, of a triangular-shaped convexed sweep bolted to the brackets and having the angles of its base in the same plane with the apex or point and its rear edge disposed at a right angle to the beam, and opposite triangular wings" (lines 3-10).
Date:
November 25, 1890
Creator:
Marley, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Closure
Patent for an improved bottle closure.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Parks, Leonard D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Ore-Concentrator.
Patent for a dry ore concentrator with illustrations included.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammock-Support.
Patent for hammock support which is securely fastened and can be readily removed.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interlocking-Bar Grating for Jails.
Patent for gratings used in jails. "In these structures as ordinarily made upright and horizontal bars are provided which are located at right angles to each other, these bars being necessarily secured together at their points of intersection to prevent their being spread apart" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like
Patent for Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like. The Linings whether employed in Jail-Cells or other Similar Buildings , and the object thereof is to provide a structure made up of parts which may be placed within a room or enclosure and securely built therein without necessity of using patch-bolts or screws.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for an improvement to combination-locks for doors, safe, and bureaus, "with readily-operated means for holding the combination-disks inactive and in position to permit a locking-bolt to be freely operated by a key when so desired, which means will also permit the combination to be set so that the bolt cannot be moved by a key until the disks of the combination have been brought to proper position." (lines 11-18)
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Dalton, Lewis & Cross, Dick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nursing-Bottle
Patent for nursing bottle with a removable side wall so the it can be easily cleaned.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Opera-Chair.
Patent for opera chairs that can be used in audience halls. It is mentioned as seats that are rotatable with foldable arms providing enough space for the exit.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Wilkinson, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Conveying Surface for Electrical Separators.
Patent for “ore-conveying surface for electrical separators, and particularly to a structure adapted for use with static electricity.” (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Magnetically and Statically Treating Ores
Patent for "a process for magnetically and statically treating ore to separate the valuable metal therefrom during its passage through a single machine" (lines 11-14). In particular, the treatment helps to remove magnetic particles that have sharp corners or points that may interfere with other processes.
Date:
October 5, 1901
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Lister
Patent for an improved sulky-lister for planting listed corn, cotton, and other crops.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Engelmann, Gustav
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a new windmill design with improvement to the "mechanism for transmitting the motion of the wheel shaft to the pump rods."
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Morrisson, Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bumper for Log-Wagons.
Patent for an improved bumper for log wagons that is "mounted to roll on a wagon bolster and adapted to collapse below the carrying surface of the bolster" (lines 11-13); including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Jones, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights.
Patent for extending and retracting wires that are used to connect a light bulb to power and an illustration.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Pritchett, Ponder L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Machine.
Patent for for the creation of a mechanism for the cotton chopper machine. The " provision of a cotton chopper machines comprising a wheel supported frame on which is arranged a particular form of revolving and reciprocating hoe mechanism." (lines 12-16)
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Penn, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History