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Improved Medical Compound.
Patent for improvements in medical compound.
Date:
January 7, 1868
Creator:
Taylor, Daniel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating car-axles
Patent for an improvement in axle lubrication involving an oil-elevator, axle-box and journal-box. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cotton Plows.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the plow-stock provided with a staple near the lower end of the standard, having an opening formed with a series of parallel sides, and a staple on the beam . . . consisting of a series of bails of the fender-plate rigidly secured to the rod, the lower end of said rod being formed in cross-section of a series of parallel sides, said end adapted to fit and be adjusted in said staple, the upper end of the rod being adapted to be adjusted in any one of the bails of the staple" (lines 7-18).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Collier, Johnathan T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head provided with the hole through its under side and the vertical guide-grooves in its exterior sides, of the stirrup sliding in said grooves and provided with a tongue at its lower and hooks at its upper parts, and a lifting-device—such as a rod or bar—adapted to engage with the upper part of the stirrup for raising it in the said external guide-grooves and causing the said tongue to raise the coupling-link in the draw-head" (lines 4-14).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mason, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Trestle.
Patent for an improvement to extensible trestles for masonry and carpentryscaffolding and other uses, including both instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Bogusch, Robert J.; Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tackle.
Patent for a new and improved fishing tackle. This design is "to provide a snaring device which will, so far as possible, insure a capture; to so arrange the hooks as to prevent a loss of bait, and to provide a device capable of ensnaring as many fish as may at the time of lifting the snare by nibbling at the bait. . . . the invention consists in a spacing-ring, preferably formed of lead or other heavy metal and having a central hub and having a series of hooks radiating from the tub and secured to the ring, and in locating above the hub and at the center of a series of hooks a bait-support" (lines 11-24).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mayer, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay press. This design consists, "with the frame, of the pivot-pin mounted in the end of the frame and having a crank disk on its lower end, the pitman pivoted to said disk, the spring secured to the pitman and the frame, the double-cam secured on the pivot-pin, the sweep loosely mounted on the pivot-pin above the said double cam, and the dogs pivoted within the sweep and bearing on the cam" (lines 59-67).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mayes, Thomas T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dam.
Patent for a new and improved portable dam. This design "consists in the combination of the timbers which form the dam, the vertical uprights between which the timbers are place, the braces which support the dam in an upright position, the rider placed upon the braces, the wires, and the hooks to which the wires are fastened" (lines 13-19).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Williams, Stephen P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-tie. This design "has for its object the provision of means for broadening the gage of a road at curves thereof and the production of a metallic tie that is extremely simple in construction and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing obtained thereof" (lines 19-25).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Letter and Paper File Case.
Patent for a new and improved file case. This design consists in "the combination, with a pedestal, of a staff rising therefrom, a series of revolving racks having a marginal flange and radial compartments, and a cap having a socket in its under side and bearing on the upper end of the staff, whereby the pans and racks may be freely rotated" (lines 90-96).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mundy, Eusebius Bainbridge
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Protecting Electrical Circuits.
Patent for an apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, and is an improvement on a previous patent (No. 537,932) issued to the inventor. This patent consists of "an electrical circuit, an alarm or indicator, a continuously-operating signal-transmitter at the protected structure operating to affect or influence the alarm or indicator, and a second or duplicate continuously-operating signal-transmitter located at the watchman's station, operating in unison with the first-named signal-transmitter to affect the alarm or indicator equally and oppositely as regards the first-named transmitter, whereby a signal is sounded or an alarm given only when the two transmitters are out of unison or when one is changed, varied, or interfered with in an unauthorized manner" (lines 72-86).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Alarm.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and durable automatic electric alarm that allows people in house or hotel rooms, mines, ships, shops, etc. to signal for another person. The alarm is wired to a clock so it can be programmed to go off at a certain time.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Stansel, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Alarm.
Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Williams, George Bayley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Heel-Sweeps.
Patent for a simple and durable brace for heel-sweeps. The wings of the sweep will not close, and "that portion of the sweep through which the heel-bolt passes will be materially strengthened" (lines 14-16). It also braces sweeps whatever their size, and all the brace's parts are adjustable.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Ferrell, Augustus C. & Hamrick, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Loading and Weighing Device.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cotton loading and weighing device for wagons. It can be easily put onto or removed from any wagon. This invention has a unique way of "clamping-loop or wire support by means of which the main inclined beam or support of the device is firmly and securely upheld and braced with relation to the tail-gate of a wagon with which said clamping frame or loop is adapted to engage" (lines 25-31).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Paolucci, Henry Emanuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Meter.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive electric meter that measures and records "the time during which an electric translating device, such as a motor or light, is connected with the source of supply, such as a dynamo-electric machine, located at a central station" (lines 11-15). Anyone can understand how it works, and it is more accurate than other meters.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
McGrath, William H. & Oram, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sight-Feed for Planters.
Patent for a sight-feed for planters with a rotable feed-disk brings the seed to the spout. "The operator who is following the planter may be enabled to accurately observe the workings of the same and the delivery of the seed, and thus see at all times that a proper planting is taking place" (lines 17-21).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook.
Patent for a snap-hook that holds together the miscellaneous parts of a harness and dispenses "with a spring for holding the parts together and which cannot in use accidentally open" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Nalley, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.
Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date:
January 7, 1902
Creator:
Allison, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum Clip Board.
Patent for an improved clipboard, which provides different clasps to support checks and other sized items at specific points.
Date:
January 7, 1902
Creator:
Dickey, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney
Patent for a chimney. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1905
Creator:
Palladino, Gaetano
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an Acetylene gas generator with an improved building method for holding the carbide tank above the generator tank.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Walsh, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters.
Patent for a cutting apparatus for a corn harvester, which allows the rotary wheel to be closer to the main driving shaft.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Piling.
Patent for sheet piling, which has closely fitting joints to make it watertight and can be varied in width.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Pyle, Jesse Theodor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History