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Leveling Instrument
Patent for leveling instrument. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Akins, Henry King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Pressing Shingles and Slabs and The Like
Patent for a machine designed for manufacturing shingles and other building material. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Baade, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof and Waterproof Paint.
Patent for a fireproof and waterproof paint composed of English resin, pulverized alum, graphite, mineral red, hydrocarbon, gloss oil, and coal tar.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Barnes, James John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock Drill.
Patent for a new and improved rock-drill. This design "is to construct a simple and efficient rock-drill in which the forward feeding and rotating of the drill are accomplished automatically" (lines 15-18). It consists in "the drill-rod, a tappet-plate placed loosely on the drill-rod, clutch mechanism connected with the tappet-plate for engaging the drill-rod, a spring for impelling the drill-rod, a cam provided with conical ends for lifting the tappet-plate, and the guide" (lines 20-26).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Belt, Perley P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Thresher and Cleaner
Patent for a cotton thresher and cleaner. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Blain, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Earth and Stone Fences.
Patent for a new and improved mold for earth and stone fences. This design "consist[s] of the inclined adjustable sides, having inclined standards, removable boards, and boards, tables, and locking-bolts . . . [and] the sides having lower boards or metallic pieces, upper removable boards or metallic pieces, and inclined standards of the tables, locking-bolts, handles, and stakes" (lines 21-30).
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Budd, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railway-tie. This design "is to produce a simple and inexpensive tie which may be easily secured in a road-bed and to which the rails may be solidly and conveniently fastened and which is also adapted to be used in connection with wooden sleepers, being constructed so that it may be easily placed in position between wooden sleepers without tearing up the rails" (lines 9-16).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Removing Insects From Plants Or The Like
Patent for a machine for removing insects from plants or the like. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Busseell, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Clamp
Patent for a dental clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser
Patent for a cotton condenser. This invention applies multiple cylinders for seperating bats. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a shaft journaled at its lower end in the ordinary draw-bar and at its upper end in a bracket . . . and in the combination therewith of a brace . . . adapted to support the lower end of said shaft, a hook placed between the brace and the draw-bar, and a spring surrounding the shaft and arranged to hold the shaft and hook normally . . . It also further consists in . . . the hook, . . . a spring-actuated uncoupling-rod extending through a bracket . . . and a retaining-latch. . . adapted to hold the said rod in a retracted position" (lines 22-37).
Date:
July 26, 1887
Creator:
De May, Eugene A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Divin, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consists in the combination of a slotted lever provided with points at one end to catch against the side of the post and a hook over which one end of the chain is fastened, a sliding frame, a reel or drum, pawls, a guiding-pulley, a wire or chain, to which the clamp is secured, and a chain for fastening the stretcher to the post . . . [it] is to provide a slotted handle a sliding frame . . . so that when the strain of the wire being stretched is brought to bear upon the frame it will tighten" (lines 13-26).
Date:
July 26, 1887
Creator:
Dunbar, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in milk coolers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 26, 1898
Creator:
Estelle, Rhodes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug
Patent for a spark plug used in explosive engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Estes, Robert E. & Inman, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press
Patent for cotton press. This invention "is the production of a press adapted for baling cotton and other materials in cylindrical bales in which the material forming the bales is compactly arranged under heavy pressure in superimposed spiral layers or laps" (line 10-15). Illustrations inlcuded.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Fuller, James T. & Workum, Julius F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved sewing machine. This design calls for a clamp and a needle with a bend toward the eye so that the needle may easily be adjusted and changed out, depending on the task at hand.
Date:
July 26, 1881
Creator:
Fuqua, Marcellus B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved box-fastener. This design "is an improvement in cover-fasteners; and it has for its objects to produce a cover-fastener which will securely fasten the cover to a box, which will be simple, cheap, and effective" (lines 8-12). It consists in "the base-plate provided with a perforation adapted for the reception of a bolt, a movable plate mounted on the base-plate and having a perforation and a slot connected with the same and having its movement limited by guides and provided with an outwardly-turned lug, a bolt provided with a neck, and a gravity locking-pin" (lines 90-98).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Giesberg, John George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carriage-Axles.
Patent for an easily replaceable and self-lubricating carriage axle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 26, 1870
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Lowering and Raising Well-Tubes
Patent for a tool used for lowing and raising well tubes. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hardy, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Casing
Patent for a sectional well casing. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hardy, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank and Support
Patent for a liquid tank and a support stand. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder.
Patent for a combined buggy top shock buffer and rein and lap robe holder.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Holder.
Patent for a line holder for holding reins, while driving a vehicle.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History