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Improvement in Farm-Fences.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1873
Creator:
McKenzie, Winfield S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
Patent for an improvement on sulky-plows which allows it to be adjusted for different uses.
Date:
August 28, 1877
Creator:
Renfro, Roberson A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Construction of Jails.
Patent for improvement in construction of jails; in which a system of flues in between layers of a double floor provide ventilation through grates in the walls and upper layer of the floor, without compromising security.
Date:
October 19, 1875
Creator:
Seeber, John A. & Croxton, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt and Nut-Lock.
Patent for "a nut-lock of such construction that it may be used either as a permanent nut-lock or one in which the locking feature may be thrown out of engagement when it is desired to remove the bolt for any purpose." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1896
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antirefilling Bottle.
Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Tablets
Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.
Date:
February 25, 1896
Creator:
Loving, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener.
Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Brownwell, John A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Ketchum, Joel Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lines 111-120).
Date:
June 26, 1888
Creator:
Godwin, John Calhoon.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ejector-Pump.
Patent for an improved ejector pump that operates using air or steam pressure, and pumps water any height or distance. The invention is easily operated and practical.
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines.
Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
System, Method and Apparatus for Energizing Vehicle Brake Lights
Patent relating to the system, method and apparatus for energizing vehicle brake lights.
Date:
August 20, 2010
Creator:
Marlowe, Kenneth Adam; Cotanch, Bryan & Parker, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Fikes, Bosiar Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Reed, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Brunner, Burel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightner
Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Steadham, John S. & Steadham, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller
Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, Lewis Livingston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.
Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Tabler, Guy T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser
Patent for a steam condenser. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Hartman, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Bracket
Patent for a lamp bracket. Illustration included.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
Holder, William J. & Corry, J. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History