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Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a simple and durable lifting jack for wagons that is easily operated and does not move the hoisting lever in the post.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Ball, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists, "with the sliding latch provided with a handle, of a pivoted stop having a portion to engage said handle and a cam portion at its pivot end and an elongated hole in which the pivot works" (lines 18-22).
Date:
July 5, 1892
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a combined cotton and corn planter by having two wheel guards and graduators, one feed-wheel is mounted fixedly on the shaft, the other is removable; so that it can be easily converted from planting corn or cotton-seed, and vice versa, and regulating the planting of either. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which "the condensing and bat-forming devices will condense and press the lint-cotton so close that the spring of the cotton is broken, thereby avoiding the necessity of providing additional compressing-rollers intermediate the condenser and the press-box. A further object of my invention is to arrange a condenser in such a manner as to save room in the gin-house and to provide means for carrying off the dust and air made by the gin and condenser to the outside of the building" (lines 12-24).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rule Gage.
Patent for a new and improved rule-gage. This design "relates to improvements in gages for carpenter's rules; and it consists of a gage formed of sheet metal adapted to be detachably applied to an ordinary two-foot rule to convert it instantly into a gage-rule" (lines 7-11).
Date:
May 27, 1890
Creator:
Dickins, Sam
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Gibbs Family in a Portrait Studio]
Photograph of a portrait of Moses and Francis Gibbs with their children. Moses, left, sits in a chair with a toddler. Frances, right, sits in a chair with an infant. A young boy stands over a young girl in the center. The children are named Joe, Paul, Rosa, and Silas.
Date:
1898
Creator:
Dyer, Joe M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pumps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Gardner, Felix G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Repairing Apparatus.
Patent for a new, simple, and efficient axle repairing apparatus for "facilitating the repairing of worn axles without the removal of the wheels or the axles from the vehicle-body" (line 10 -12).
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Hammer, Willie Alice
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator for Insects.
Patent for a portable fumigator for insects that uses poison laden steam and has a simple, compact, and inexpensive construction. It has a "tubular casing having a liquid-containing tank located within the same, and also having a tampering heating chamber and smoke flue, of a steam pipe located within said tapering chamber and a suitable spirit lamp" (lines 16-20).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Hammer, Willie Alice
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Holder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bolt holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Higdon, Jasper S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to mold-boards for plows; and it has for its object to provide a combined wooden and metallic mold-board which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-14).
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improved washing machine that is meant to "provide a machine which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic in construction, and wherein clothes may be washed expeditiously and conveniently and without injury thereto" (lines 9-13).
Date:
June 6, 1893
Creator:
Jones, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Twine-Cutter.
Patent for improvements in rope-cutters by designing a “cutter having a slotted bracket with a lateral extension or bearing that has a longitudinal slot and a stop,” with a “combination of a lever-handle having a projecting knife-blade, registering with the slot in the bearing.” (Lines 81-86) This enable the rope to be cut in a single operation without sever the fibers. (Lines 74-76) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
Maulden, Chester Doctor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Corn and Cotton Planter, Stalk-Cutter, and Roller.
Patent for a convertible corn and cotton planter, stalk-cutter, and roller. It has a main frame, a supplemental frame that has its front end hinged to the front of the main frame, a roller with circular journaled in the supplemental frame, transverse segment-plates with removable blades attached to the supplemental frame, spaces between the segment-plates, an axle, driving-wheels, a sprocket wheel and chain, feed-boxes, means for feeding the grain, and wheels for laying the ground and the coverers.
Date:
April 28, 1896
Creator:
Mauldin, Columbus Scott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper and Cotton-Thinner.
Patent for improvements in stalk-cutters and cotton-thinners by making the cutting-blades and scraper-blades interchangeable, “so as to use the apparatus either as a stalk-chopper or a cotton-thinner; or may be changed to a dropper as may be desired.” (Lines 19-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 15, 1891
Creator:
Mauldin, Columbus Scott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway- Rail Joint.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railway-rail Joints.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Mauldin, Doctor Chester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel.
Design patent for a hoeing wheel that has a circular body having a plurality of flat arms that are regularly spaced.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
McGuire, John A. & Williams, Richard S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. B. Moore to Linnet, May 23, 1895]
He is glad to hear she is having a good time. He advises her to take advice from Serena and to spend time with Solomon and Lila. He mentions that Henry is not doing well. He talks about the lack of rain. He mentions what John, Daisy, and Mrs. Priest have been doing. Old Uncle Aleck Buchly got married. Mr. Rose has the chills and Mr. Hill will teach next at the school. He is going to let her stay til Emmet's school closes and he hopes she will behave herself.
Date:
May 23, 1895
Creator:
Moore, C. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame for sewing machines. This design consists, "with the track and the carriage consisting of the U-shaped bail formed from a single piece of metal, having the ends bifurcated and provided with grooved wheels" (lines 97-100). It also consists "of the screw-threaded rod having a head at its lower end, passing through an aperture in the bail, the burr or nut consisting of the interiorly-sccrew-threaded collar, with which said rod engages, the beam having an aperture, through which said rod loosely passes, the depending bars, the side bars, and the rollers" (lines 1-8).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Moore, George McNair & Steen, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History