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Improvement in Fluting-Irons.
Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1876
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band for Paper, Currency, &c.
Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
Date:
September 6, 1887
Creator:
Matthews, Oscar Semmes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Proof Safe.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "relates to burglar-proof safes, the object being to provide a safe with non-explosive seams; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-17).
Date:
September 6, 1881
Creator:
Gerard, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Seat
Patent for "a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied" (lines 14-24).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Padgitt, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Ash-Pan
Patent for "improvements in dumping locomotive ash-pans which will not only effectually and tightly hold the ashes within the same until it is desired to dump the pan, but also to provide means whereby the requisite draft can be obtained and constantly supplied to the fire in regulated quantities" (lines 10-16).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Eads, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine with a "revolving drum or clothes-carrier, of a steam-chest" (lines 79-80) surrounding the drum, a removable cover with "perforated steam-pipes" (line 83), which go around the drum.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine.
Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvement in fences using wire rails, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1879
Creator:
Temby, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Door.
Patent for an mine door that has an improved locking mechanism. A rope is strung through pulleys, and is operated by pushing a lever that moves the rope and the door swings open.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Warren, Governor D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that "deposit[s] a portion of the loosened soil in the bottom of the furrow" (lines 17-19). It is an improvement on double shovel plows, especially on how the sheaths are spread and braced.
Date:
November 6, 1894
Creator:
Whatley, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reflector for Lamps.
Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design "consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the handle and reflector can readily be detached from the lamp-body and replaced thereon when desired" (lines 15-19). Further, the handle has a hole by which it can be hung.
Date:
September 6, 1881
Creator:
Ludwick, John Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter
Patent for "a new and improved filter which is simple and durable in construction and easily and conveniently cleaned without disturbing the gravel" (lines 13-17).
Date:
November 6, 1889
Creator:
Fretz, Emil & Waespi, Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "an improved attachment for the mold-boards and landsides of plows, the object being to furnish a plow or similar impliment with an attachable and removable covering for the landside and mold-board, which will prevent the adhesion of soil thereto" (lines 12-18).
Date:
November 6, 1889
Creator:
Miles, Fredrick Alanson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Cleaner.
Patent for a dish-cleaner that improves on previous patents for washing machines granted to the inventor (No. 377,765 and No. 427,601). The dish cleaner is especially adapted for use on plates, cups, dishes, and similar things, without an operator working to clean dishes.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement in car-couplings by using many separate parts to work together to connect cars; and it can be operated without the operator going between the cars. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Goss, Wilson Lumpkin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1898
Creator:
Wheeler, Houston J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1909
Creator:
Dobbs, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1900
Creator:
Sidoti, Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date:
September 6, 1904
Creator:
Priest, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Shade Roller And Lock.
Patent for new and useful improvements in a combination shade roller and lock, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1899
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert M
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch
Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1907
Creator:
McGee, Richmond M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Albreekt, Niklaus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Spreader.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1900
Creator:
Trice, Sinnette Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underground Electric Railway.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in underground electric railways, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1900
Creator:
Smith, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History