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Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in railroad-car couplings, including illustration.
Date:
January 13, 1874
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas Rivers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Warren, Governor D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Flower and Meal Bin and Flour Sifter.
Patent for a new and improved flour and meal bin and flour sifter. This design "has relation to that class of flour-sifters in which the sifting mechanism is secured at the lower end of a bin or receptacle containing the flour or meal; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a device in which the bin is divided in two receptacles opening into the sifting mechanism, and having suitable cut-off slides" (lines 21-29).
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Williams, Robert E. & Trammell, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot Pan Lifter.
Patent for a new and improved potholder. This design is "to provide novel means whereby the various sizes of baking and other pans in the equipment of a kitchen can be conveniently and safely handled without danger of the pan being accidentally disengaged from the implement . . . to provide a novel hot-pan lifter which will in use have a positive toothed engagement with the rim of a hot-pan . . . to provide novel, simple, and efficient means whereby the lifter or implement can be promptly and conveniently released from . . .the pan . . . by the simple pressure of the thumb" (lines 18-31).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Penfield, Matie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutters.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that has simple and inexpensive frame with cutting attachments. The attachments are independently adjustable or adjustable as one unit, and can be adjusted and operated from the operator's seat.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Nehrmeyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for "nut-locks especially adapted for use in securing nuts upon bolts at the joints of railway-rails." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a planter and cultivator that plants three, five, seven, or more rows at the same time. The planters are interchangeably connected, and can be used for planting, cultivating, cutting, and other similar activities. It is not difficult for one person to operate.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Nehrmeyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton or Corn Planter.
Patent for an automatic cotton or corn planter that is simple and inexpensive, and is a line of planters that sows in parallel rows that does not need to be guided by hand. The devices are independently adjustable.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Nehrmeyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for a door for railroad boxcars, which locks tightly and does not swell.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Ward, Frank & Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet
Patent for a cabinet. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Dorsey, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp.
Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Stevens, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Sealing Newspapers, &c.
Patent for a new and useful machine for sealing newspapers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1900
Creator:
Holland, Claude Van Nuys
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Fuel Burner
Patent for a liquid fuel burner. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Phillips, Bradford R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandolin.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mandolins, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Simpson, Roy Berkeley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Press.
Patent for a cotton seed oil press, which produces more oil with less workers and less cost and is much safer than previous machines.
Date:
October 13, 1908
Creator:
Hiegel, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Solidifying Mortar and Concrete Formations
Patent for a process for making stone structures such as blocks, walls, slabs, etc.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Stubbs, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oiler
Patent for an oiler. This invention is designed to be attached to a broom for the distribution.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Allen, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw.
Patent for a saw toothed drums or cylinders (such as used for gins that denude cotton seeds).
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Garner, James C. & Reynolds, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roof Anchoring Device
Patent for a roof anchoring device. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Small, Wily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float Drive For Cotton Linters
Patent for a float drive. This invention is for cotton seed linters as a means for imparting rotative movement to the float. Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Kimbrough, Jacob Wheeler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Stand
Patent for a stepped stand having a compartment at each step where seeds may be kept. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Nicholson, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Storage-Tank
Patent for a multi-part/multi-section metal storage tank (also known as a knock-down tank). Parts are secured by a clamp.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Jefferson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator. This invention uses ice for cooling and designed to provided greater cooling efficiency. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Baer, Sylvan Titche
System:
The Portal to Texas History