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Car-Coupling
Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Acuff, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Awning.
Patent for a new and improved awning. This design consists in "[t]he awning frame, consisting of the pivoted curved rods, pivoted sectional braces pivotally connected to said rods, and the holding or suspending bars pivoted to said rods and having series of adjusting-apertures engaging pins or studs of said braces" (lines 74-79).
Date:
January 14, 1890
Creator:
Allen, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater
Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Allen, William Bell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.
Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date:
April 25, 1876
Creator:
Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin.
Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date:
August 22, 1882
Creator:
Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.
Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Baton, Durham D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics
Patent for an improved device to measure textiles and other similar fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1877
Creator:
Bond, Virgil A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench
Patent for a pipe wrench with adjustable jaws.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Brightwell, Walter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for "a churn dasher to which a rotary movement shall be imparted by the resistance offered by the fluid to the dasher when the latter is given a vertical reciprocating movement in the ordinary manner, the rotary movement being constantly in one direction, irrespective of the direction of the vertical reciprocating movement" (lines 13-21).
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
Date:
December 20, 1921
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for an improved machine that cleans and transfers seed cotton to a gin. It combines exhaust fans and a cleaning mechanism, and is less expensive than similar machines.
Date:
April 11, 1893
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved liquid cooler. This design "provide[s] an apparatus by means of which a variety of liquids may be simultaneously cooled as required for use as beverages, and by which the glasses or drinking vessels may be at the same time cooled and protected from dust and insects" (lines 14-20).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Capps, Matterson F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device and Antikicker.
Patent for a folding milking device that prevents a cow from kicking over the milk bucket, from kicking the milker, and from switching the milker's face with its tail, including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Clark, Laura A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Truck.
Patent for a simple and durable lumber truck that is "arranged to conveniently load and carry lumber to and from kilns and other places" (lines 9-11). It has double flanged wheels in independent frames that are connected by crossbars.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Dodge, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Coating Composition.
Patent for a metal coating composition to form a protective coating on metals and steel to prevent rust and corrosion.
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Ethridge, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant
Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Pliers.
Patent for jeweler's pliers for settings rings, which prevent slipping.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
Feagle, Balfour
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Voting Machine.
Patent for a new and improved voting-machine. This design consists in "the combination, with the transverse bridge, through the opening of which are fulcrumed by means of a pin two parallel keys, said keys having pivotally connected to their fulcrumed ends to parallel pawls, the free ends of which mesh with teeth in two ratchet-wheels carrying hands indicating on a dial and having eccentrics upon their faces, two parallel narrow plates moved by such eccentrics to indicate the complete revolution of the hands, and a shield upon the top" (lines 124-134).
Date:
January 24, 1888
Creator:
Ford, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ashland Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
1978
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ashland Quadrangle
Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ashland Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
1964
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ashland Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
2013
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History