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Arrangement for Supplying Air to the Furnaces of Stem-Boilers from the Wheel-Houses of Steamers.
Patent for the "improvement in supplying air to furnaces on steamers" (lines 5-6), including illustration.
Date:
December 20, 1859
Creator:
Brandy, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of lint-rooms and cotton presses, including a description and illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1870
Creator:
Albertson, Ichabod H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Service Cock.
Patent for a new and improved automatic service cock. This design "furnish[es] an improved automatic valve to form the connection between the water-main or distributing pipe and the service-pipe of a building for regulating the flow and pressure of water in such service-pipe and preventing overpressure" (lines 7-12).
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins
Patent for an improvement to seed feeders "to improve and simplify the feed mechanisms of such machines or apparatus and provide means whereby a number of rigidly depending chutes
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new automatic car coupling design for train cars, including illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1887
Creator:
De May, Eugene A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter.
Patent for improvement in convertible cotton-planters. The mechanism has a seed-dropping mechanism and a rear or side plow covers the dropped seed.
Date:
December 20, 1877
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hunting Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern for hunting. This design "is to produce a light, cheap, and convenient lamp that can be carried upon the head with greater comfort, and at the same time be more efficient than any heretofore known" (lines 10-13).
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Brittan, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a keyed lock for nut and bolt that is removable and does not damage the threads.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Crisp, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Kindler.
Patent for a new fire-kindler which lists the composition of ingredients. Patent for "a new and improved fire-kindler can containing the composition" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new fire-kindler design, including illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Rogers, Silas M. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Kindler.
Patent for a composition of matter to be used for kindling fires. Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Boyd, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Brushing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary brushing-machine. This design consists "of the circular horizontally-rotating brush, the carrying-wheels having rubber tires, the castings in which the carrying-axle and the pivot of the brush are journaled, the handle or tongue rigidly connected to the casting below the axle, and the hounds connected with the main axle on each side of the casting" (lines 65-71).
Date:
December 20, 1887
Creator:
Hawkins, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines
Patent for a quilting attachment for sewing frames so that they can be easily folded up and stored, with durable and easy to use parts that are also inexpensive to make.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Dickey, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oar Lock Attachment.
Patent for an oar-lock attachment that allows the oar to be removed but not easily disconnected, using a hook on the oar with a spring plate and an eye on the boat gunwale, with illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Livingston, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeder or Grain-Planter.
Patent for "improvements in seeders or grain-planters, having reference more particularly to that class of inventions capable of planting corn, peas, wheat, oats, and cotton" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1887
Creator:
Robinson, Eustis P. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mole-Trap
Patent for a design for a mole trap that can be cheaply made but is also easy to set and use while also being reliable in trapping both moles and other small creatures.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Nelson, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein
Patent for an axle skein that holds the skein on the axle.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Bevil, Andrew H. & Bevil, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch
Patent for a automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
December 20, 1904
Creator:
Lee, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Smith, Henry D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Machine
Patent for an irrigating machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 20, 1904
Creator:
Smith, Warren W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket Strainer.
Patent for a well bucket strainer, which strains the water as it is pumped out.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Clay, Willim F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Station-Indicator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in station indicators for moving vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1898
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for an adjustable hydrocarbon burner for use in cement kilns.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Dietz, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Microtome Attachment for Microscopes
Patent for a microtome attachment for microscopes which aids in cutting thin plates. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Poe, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History