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Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames
Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Buckhannon, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracket
Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Cockrum, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fly Fish Hook
Patent for an artificial fly fish hook. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Caldwell, Charley D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus.
Patent for a cleaning and polishing apparatus for sand blasting various objects, such as furniture, which does not require an operator to be watching the operation.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Lister-plows
Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Mosely, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Jessie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Holder.
Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Edwin Ruthven
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for a wind-wheel "designed to secure a rapid descent of the pump-rod and thus enable the wheel to raise more water in a given time" (lines 8-10). Damaging the wheel proper with the forcefulness of rapidly descending water is avoided in this design.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Pippin, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Coupling.
Patent for an improved wagon-coupling, which is easy to manufacture.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Biggers, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Rail-Lubricators
Patent for "a lubricating apparatus for use on street and other cars for lubricating the track when the car rounds a curve" (lines 8-11) including list of parts and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1910
Creator:
Freeman, Frank S. & Doke, Fred L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator.
Patent for a new and improved ventilator. This design is "to provide a ventilator which shall automatically accommodate or turn the collecting-hood thereof to the direction in which the wind is blowing, to collect and conduct fresh pure air into buildings, cars, &c.; to provide means for regulating the distribution of the air to the compartments or different parts of the buildings, &c.; to diminish the friction and wear between the swiveled collecting-hood and its supporting devices whereby said hood and its attached vane are enabled to turn more freely and readily" (lines 17-29).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Sellars, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator.
Patent for a new and improved ventilator. This design consists in "[t]he improved combined flue and ventilator . . . consisting of an outer casing surmounted by a cap and provided with a central flue, funnels hinged to the outer casing and provided with flexible connections for elevating the same, and means for conducting the air downward from said funnels" (lines 8-15).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains.
Patent for improvement in spark-conductors for railroad trains by using a “horizontal flue in sections and use “other devices to engage and disengage the sections, where by to arrest and extinguish sparks and conduct the smoke, ashes, and cinders to the rear.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 27, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for improvement in seed-planters that is able to plant different kinds of seed by simply adjust the position of the lower ends of the end-plates in the seed-box. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 27, 1869
Creator:
Haupt, W. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Craft.
Patent for a "bathing float equipped with propelling means" (lines 10-11) and a "depressible platform combined with ... a diving rudder" to allow the front part of the craft to dive underneath the water (lines 13-15).
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Caldwell, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool.
Patent for "...a tool embodying certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and claimed" (lines 7-10) with illustration and descriptions.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Hutchins, John Pearce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mining Sulfur.
Patent for a method of mining sulfur and other things that have similar melting points that is less expensive and more efficient than previous methods. A machine sprays hot fluid at fissures where the mineral exists, melts it, and carries it away in the stream.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo & Carroll, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Washer.
Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Calvert, Walter Riley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug
Patent for an improved spark plug assembly used in explosive engines allowing for easier cleaning of the electrodes while the motor is running, among other enhancements over contemporary spark plug design.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Inman, John P. & Estes, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lace-Cabinet.
Patent for a lace cabinet which has many drawers with holders for spools of lace or ribbon and a slot in the front of the drawer, where the lace is pulled through to show what it is and allow easy dispensing of the product.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Thornton, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern. This design "has relation to that class of lamp in which the reflector is secured to the lamp, having an aperture in its upper portion for the passage of the chimney of the lamp, and in which the reflector may be adjusted to throw the light from the lamp in different directions without moving the lamp; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same" (lines 23-31).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Williams, Robert E. & Trammell, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Spout
Patent for a pump spouts. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Hutchison, James Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Stretching and Securing Wire.
Patent for a "new method of stretching and securing wire" (line 6).
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Coulter, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History