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Trace.
Patent for a trace in which the "portion of the trace in which the eye is located, and which is adapted for engagement with a single tree, will be rendered as durable as any other portion of the trace" (lines 9-13).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Saettler, Ernest S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester
Patent for "improvements whereby the sparks from a locomotive will be passed directly from the flues through the stack and the outer air will be admitted, which will keep the cinders in motion and force them through fine perforations and against the hard surfaces until they are thoroughly pulverized and all the fire therein is extinguished, and which .will thereby prevent the danger to combustible products by fire thrown from an engine and which will not in any way decrease or interfere with the efficient work of the locomotive" (lines 17-29).
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Curran, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to double-mold-board plows, such as lister or middle-breaking plows. Its principle features are the depressed center bar, the removable point upon the center bar, and the removable shares" (lines 8-12).
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
Tebbetts, Lewis B.; Pope, Charles H. & Stewart, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Folding Poultry-Coop
Patent for "an improvement in portable folding poultry-coops, and more particularly to a'coop or crate used in the transportation of fowls to market by rail or boat" (lines 8-11)
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Yoakum, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Strainer.
Patent for a pump-strainer that cleans and separates water or other liquid that is drawn from wells or reservoirs.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Durant, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that improves on a previous patent granted to the inventors (No. 507,854). The improvements are that the "stock may be used in connection with any form of share needed for working a crop" (lines 14-16) and the plow provides "a sweep-stock with a point which will be integral with its shoe or foot-bar, and which will assist in holding the share in position" (lines 20-23).
Date:
April 28, 1896
Creator:
Symmank, Herman & Matthijez, Ernst
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tree Protector.
Patent for a new and improved tree protector. This design "provide[s] the means whereby fruit-trees, ornamental trees, and other trees may be protected against the ravages of the cutting-ant and other crawling insects" (lines 35-39).
Date:
February 28, 1882
Creator:
Hornung, August & Fuos, Adolph Hermann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sheet-music holder. This design consists "[i]n a music-holder, the combination of the base-board, the tension arms, the frictional spiral-swings, the plates perforated to receive the screw, and having the countersunk perforation to receive the knots in the ends of the elastic cords, and the knot receiver" (lines 50-55).
Date:
April 28, 1885
Creator:
Frampton, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved riding plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bent axle having the vertical curved portion, the draft-bar secured to the axle, the plow-beam pivoted at its front end to a bracket secured to the draft-bar, rack secured to the plow-beam, pinion secured to the axle and engaging with the rack, sprocket-wheel on the shaft with pinion, sprocket-wheel journaled above [another] wheel and having a crank, and the endless sprocket-chain connecting the wheels" (lines 30-39).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Miller, Tedor T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved sulky-plow. This design "has for its objects to provide simple and efficient means whereby the plow may be caused to run level when breaking upon uneven ground, or, when after breaking, when one wheel is run in a furrow previously formed. These objects [the design] attain[s] by . . . the mechanism for lowering or elevating the [plow] for the purpose of leveling it" (lines 10-20).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Brown, Peter C. & Bragg, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design consists in "[a] nut-lock key having a body or wedge portion and a head, and having such head provided at its inner edge with flanges or extensions, the inner edges of the flanges or extensions being separated from the body" (lines 70-74).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
French, Stephen H. & Maltby, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine motor. This design has for its object "the production of a motor capable of rapid and convenient adjustment to permit operation by hand or foot . . . Heretofore motors have been provided for [this purpose] but the difficulty experienced in these machines is that during the operation of the machine by hand the treadle forms no substantial support for the feet, the pitman simply being disconnected from the driving-wheel and thrown back. . . . [T]he present invention . . . will obviate the above objection" (lines 10-22).
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
Briggs, Emma Flora
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky.
Patent for improvements in sulkies by using materials such as curved springs, cross-bar and braces to support the body of the vehicle and making it rigid, with a sturdy frame, the sulky would vibrate freely in every direction. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
Harper, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a churn-motor that provides "an improved churn-operating mechanism which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, easy to operate, and readily adjustable for all the purposes for which occasion may require" (lines 15-20).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
McAfee, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive nut lock that securely locks a nut onto a threaded bolt and can be easily unlocked. It also is simply constructed. It consists of a plank-like spring tongue that fits over the bolt and under the nut.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Taini, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for an improved stock-car for transporting cattle and horses on railways.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Jones, Jeremiah C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil-press mat. This design "produce[s] a mat which is provided with three leaves, whereby two cakes can be pressed at the same time, and the three leaves to be flexibly connected together in such a manner that the mat can be readily and easily handled, at the same time that it is made strong and durable and lasting" (lines 25-31).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Mistrot, Jean Jacques
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for a light and durable stirrup that can be used in light and heavy saddles and has an improved construction.
Date:
April 28, 1896
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for improvements in hay-presses by simplify and increase the efficiency of the power head, so that it is capable of baling more hay in a given time. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
McNeill, Charles DeWitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Index and Alphabetical Record.
Patent for a general index and alphabetical record that organizes records in an index instead of a book.It is a chest of shallow drawers, each having a letter of the alphabet printed on its front. Attached to each drawer is a blank book.
Date:
July 28, 1896
Creator:
Ward, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Car.
Patent for a new and improved hand-car. This design has "such construction and arrangement of the cranks and levers of hand-cars that the maximum amount of the power exerted upon the levers by the operators will be applied to the propulsion of the car" (lines 7-12).
Date:
March 28, 1882
Creator:
Sessions, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay or Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "[i]n a hay-press, the combination of the box or casing having suitable doors in its top, bottom, and side, and supported on longitudinal base-strips, a main lever having a short toggle-arm, a semi-rotating fulcrum thereof, auxiliary arms pivotally connected with the main lever, reciprocating followers, and a drum and cord" (lines 26-33).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Bragg, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw-Sharpening Machine
Patent for improvements of gin saw sharpening machines.
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Behan, William & Friensehner, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Register.
Patent for a new and improved grain register. This design "is to furnish registers for recording the quantity of grain measured and sacked, and which shall be simple in construction and accurate in operation" (lines 12-15).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Richardson, William Blewford
System:
The Portal to Texas History