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Steam-Engine.
Patent for a steam engine which is more economical than other steam engines. "Steam is cut off in the earlier or later part of the stroke, according to the conditions of the work" (lines 15-17), according to a governor or engineer.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Dickson, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a simple and efficient knee-pad "made of leather or other pliable material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the wearer" (lines 9-11). It prevents gravel, moisture, and other things from injuring the knee of the user.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dowling, Stonewall Jackson
System:
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Hypodermic Syringe.
Patent for a new and improved hypodermic syringe. This design consists in "the combination of a barrel, a sleeve secured to said barrel and having a diaphragm adapted to close the end of the barrel, a needle-carrier having a cylindrical projection working in the sleeve, an outlet-tube secured to the needle-carrier and extending through the diaphragm in the sleeve, and a coiled spring arranged around said tube within the cylindrical projection of the needle-carrier" (lines 71-80).
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Dunbar, Addison
System:
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Boat Propeller
Patent for a boat propeller. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Edgar, Samuel Nooley
System:
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Improvement in Plow and Seeder.
Patent for a plow and seeder that has an added "rotating flanged drum composed of two perforated cylinders" (lines 10-11) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Elliott, Pinkney H.
System:
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Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This invention is for keeping track of a grocer's list. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Ellis, Harley Sigal
System:
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Car-Brake.
Patent for an improvement "in the application of power to car brakes, whereby the slack is quickly and automatically absorbed, and a powerful leverage is secured, and a perfect equalization of the leverage at each end of the car is obtained, and the convenient and safe adjustment of the brakes in regard to the wheels is effected, and any particular alignment of the brake cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder may be placed across the car body or at any angle desired to secure convenience of application" (lines 8-20).
Date:
June 20, 1893
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for a car brake that "automatically absorb[s] the slack in car brake connecting rods which slack is induced by the wear of the brake shoes and fastening and the stretching of the parts by the strain in applying the brake" (lines 7-12). It is adjustable, inexpensive, and adjustable.
Date:
March 14, 1893
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the draw-head, the coupling-hook supported therein and having a limited longitudinal movement, the front edge of said hook being formed with inclined faces . . . and a vertical face arranged to engage proper faces in the draw-head, the forward movement of said hook being limited by [the] inclined faces . . . and vertical face, and its backward movement of bolt or stud and its upward movement by engagement of [one] surface with [another] surface" (lines 93-103).
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
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Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.
Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
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Recording Door-Lock
Patent for "a continuous-recording lock suitable for bonded warehouses, factories, stores, public buildings, offices &c., and by a slight modification applicable, also, for private residences" (lines 7-11).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
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Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in car-couplings" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a cheap, durable, and simple car-coupling, which shall be automatic and positive in its action, and which uses the ordinary link and takes the draft in the same way as the common pin, and which will also fit any car, and will not get out of order from being battered. It consists, mainly, in the peculiar construction of a coupling device, in combination with a spring for holding it to the open or closed position, and co-operating with the same for automatic action" (lines 11-22).
Date:
September 8, 1885
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement of automatic car coupling and uncoupling devices.
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for automatic car-coupling for passenger and freight cars.
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
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Car Door.
Patent for a new and improved car door. This design "has for an object to provide a simple and convenient construction by which the door, which is mainly intended for grain-cars, may be pressed firmly against the bottom of the car and fastened, so it will not shake loose in making a trip, may be easily started in opening, and will be efficient and durable" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
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Car Door.
Patent for a new and improved car door. This design "has for an object to provide a simple construction by which the door in its open and closed positions may be pressed firmly in against the side of the car, and by which the door may more perfectly protect the contents of the car from the weather than the doors of ordinary construction" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
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Rail-Joint
Patent for an improvement in rail joints, including illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
System:
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Well Bucket
Patent for a well bucket. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Fleet, Charles B.
System:
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Churn
Patent for a churn
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Floyd, Ellis E.
System:
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Churn
Patent for a new churn, an improvement on the device shown in prior Patent Number 944,129 granted December 21, 1909.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Floyd, Ellis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Nut-Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that is used to fix railroad tracks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1886
Creator:
Forbes, Alston J.
System:
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Rotary Engine
Patent for rotary engine. This invention "is to provide means whereby the steam supply from the boiler can be controlled. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Frazer, Terry H. & Vanlandingham, William W.
System:
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Fumigator.
Patent for a fumigator for spraying boll weevil insecticide on cotton, which generates the insecticide gas, sprays it while moving across the field, and keeps the gas in close proximity to the plants for a short time for thorough treatment.
Date:
July 23, 1907
Creator:
Fuller, Menzo Reed
System:
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