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Improvement In Gun-Locks.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Dixon, Shadrach
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.
Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Bihl, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys
Patent for improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys. This object is to be used with the brick chimney on top of the roof to provide air circulation. It consists of an iron-lined inner flue secured within an outer casing with suitable bottom and top perforation for establishing air current around the flue.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Hickley, Walter R & Dibrell, Charles J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.
Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Green, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Plow.
Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Dean, John Rowe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Inkstand and Pen-Rack.
Patent for a inkstand with a magnetized pen-rack. If the pen or pencil isn't metal, a metal sleeve is provided to put around the utensil so it can sit on the rack. There is a space for ink-wells, pen-boxes, and a space for advertisements. It is meant for customers to use in lobbies.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Moyer, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Varnish
Patent for invention a new and used varnished to be used is on wood, metal etc.
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Smith, Henry Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening and Gumming Saws.
Patent for a machine that sharpens and gums saws for cotton-gins. It does so quickly and does not fatigue the operator. It automatically feeds "the saws so as to bring the teeth successively into position to be operated upon, and which will cut the teeth uniformly, thereby preserving the circular outline of the saws and preserving the teeth of a uniform length and appearance" (lines 15-20).
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Hulme, William A. & Hulme, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a device that efficiently stretches wires for fence-strands.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Folk, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Churns.
Patent for improvement in operation of churns by using a spring-bar to press the flanged wheel against the driving-wheel to cause the dasher-shaft to revolve, thus the cream will be churned quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Conner, Laurance H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning Hides.
Patent for "an improved process of tanning hides in an expeditious and economical manner, and to produce a fine quality of leather" (lines 8-11). The limed and haired hides are baited thrice, afterwards the hides are packed into "tanning-vats with bark and covering them with a solution of alum and water" (lines 80-82). The hides are then leached in salt water and scoured and dried.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Rogers, John Charsley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a new and improved surgical tool. This design consists "[i]n a surgical instrument, the combination, with the rod having the stepped head provided with grooves, of the springs, the pin, the stepped shell having offsets, the sliding sleeve, and the [other] pin" (lines 14-18).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Poynor, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slat Fastening.
Patent for a new and improved slat fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the eyes, of the notched slats adapted to receive said eyes in the end notches and the hooks pivoted to the slats and adapted to engage the eyes" (lines 64-67).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Keith, Stephen Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon and Braid Holder.
Patent for a new and improved ribbon and braid holder. This design "consist[s] of [a] V-shaped wire having the cross-piece and the pin, having eyes at its ends, through which eyes the shanks of the V-shaped wire pass freely . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the roll, having the central aperture" (lines 55-61).
Date:
July 14, 1885
Creator:
Stone, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for improvement in quilting-frames by providing “screw-eyes on the end pieces of the frame for the purpose of holding the frame together and at the same time serving to run in the rollers to carry the frame along,” (Lines 25-31) and an interchangeable roller-gages would enable either straight or curved or fancy quilting to be done. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Implement.
Patent for a cleaning tool for cleaning chicken coops, sidewalk edges, or removing ice, which combines a scraper/digger, broom, and brush and which fits in small spaces.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Kuettner, Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive number Plate and Holder Therefor
Patent for a locomotive number plate and holder therefor. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Lape, John K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Tool
Patent for a veterinary tool designed to drenching, floating or treating animal teeth. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Jenkins, Thomas E. & Cator, Bert O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box
Patent for a rail-car journal box with "an anti-friction side and end bearing for axle, having means for supplying a lubricant thereto in any desired quantity the rings serving to constantly distribute said lubricant around the roller bearings" (lines 73-78).
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Washington, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Fastener
Patent for railroad track fastener. This invention is made of metallic track fasteners and uses a joint for meeting together the ends of the rails. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Hutchins, William Dennis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. This invention combines tools for a variety uses and box to hold small items. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Brunl, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Paper Bags and Other Articles
Patent for a holder for paper bags and other articles. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Laird, Edwin C. & Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a planting attachment for cultivators. This attachment is designed to raise and lower equally to contours of the land. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Benton, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History