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Leveling Instrument
Patent for leveling instrument. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Akins, Henry King
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopper for Leaching Ashes.
Patent for improved ash-hopper that is composed of suitable frame, two side boards, two triangle end boards that can be used to improve leaching ashes.
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Alexander, Abbington B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Knocker.
Patent for a new and improved stalk knocker. This design consists in "the combination, with the running-gear of a wagon, of a frame-work mounted thereon and provided with vertically-adjustable hangers at its rear end carrying stalk-knockers and their shaft, a diagonal adjustable brace connecting the hanger and the frame-work, and a driving-pulley formed in sections, having spoke-embracing lugs, and connected to the knocker-shaft by means of a belt" (lines 10-18).
Date:
November 8, 1887
Creator:
Allen, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Brace for Railway Tracks.
Patent for rail brace for railway tracks. The brace "acts as a chair for the rail preventing sagging ; as a brace for the base of the rail, and also bracing the head, and prevents both rails from spreading though not in any way secured to the tie" (lines 100-105).
Date:
July 8, 1913
Creator:
Barfield, Alfred M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Concrete Tombstones.
Patent for "a new and useful composition of matter for concrete tombstones and a process for manufacturing the same whereby a perfectly white substantial rock will be produced that will be very durable, will not be liable to peeling, cracking, or turning dark, but will bleach out in the weather and become very solid, so as to form a permanent and substantial tombstone." (Lines 10-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1896
Creator:
Belcher, Jeff D. & Hendley, Marion J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom.
Patent for a broom that has replaceable straw sections.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Blasingame, Frank P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1880
Creator:
Booker, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pruning Implements.
Patent for "an improved implement for trimming hedges and for cutting and laying down hedges" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Booker, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinning Machine
Patent for a cotton thinning machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 12, 1912
Creator:
Brawner, William Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock, which stops the nut from rotating.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Brown, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest.
Patent for an automatic gate or door for a hen's nest enclosure that will swing shut to keep out intruders when a hen enters and open when the hen leaves.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File
Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Gate
Patent for gate for rail and train tracks.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Burress, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Making Concrete Monuments.
Patent for "an improved method of and apparatus for making concrete monuments and tombstones" (lines 9-11) and makes harder and sets faster than other methods. The end result is meant to look like polished stone.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Railroad-Brace.
Design patent for a railroad brace that has an essential feature of possessing peculiar shape and configuration.
Date:
October 4, 1898
Creator:
Cater, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporating-Pan.
Patent for a evaporating pan for use in making syrup from green juices that helps strain impurities out of the juice and boil it down by having a variety of compartments that the juice flows through throughout the pan.
Date:
May 14, 1907
Creator:
Chamblee, Wilson G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun Muffler
Patent for a gun-muffler. This design if for use with fire-arms to muffle the discharge sound. Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Childress, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements Fruit-Cutters and Juice-Extractors" (Lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Cooper, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for wrench improvement. Allows for "instantaneous initial or preliminary adjustment to fit any size object within its capacity, and a final adjustment to engage the object firmly and securely and to provide a simple, practical, and efficient wrench of strong and durable construction, and equipped with ratchet mechanism for affording a quick adjustment of a sliding jaw and a threaded connection . . . " (13-21)
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Cunningham, Ira
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a "simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive wrench of strong and durable construction" (lines 12-14) with a sliding jaw.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Cunningham, Ira & Flowers, Haywood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Darnell, David E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher.
Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Davis, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter and Dropper.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter or dropper. This design utilizes a hopper, a shaft provided with cups, a bevel having a countersunk opening provided with a recess, a gate hinged in said recess and held in contact with the cups on the shaft by a spring, and a concave partition fitting the periphery of the shaft, all constructed and arranged in a novel way (lines 68-75). Additionally, this design utilizes a wheel, the motion of which dispenses the seed.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Dawson, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree Hook.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree hook. This design is for a whiffletree hook that is easy and cheap to make. Additionally, it cannot easily become detached from the whiffletree, the tongue of the wagon, or the trace chains.
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Dossey, Daniel Jasper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History