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Wool-Press.
Patent for a wooden machine that is used to compress wool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Brooks, David F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the stretcher-frame composed of side bars and a cross-bar which connects them, the hinged loop attached at one end of said side pieces and the rotary shaft arranged in bearings at the other end, the ratchet and pawl, the rope having catches, and the sheave attached to the cross-bar of the frame" (lines 15-22).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Huling, Williams Neyland
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drive-Wheel.
Patent for "driving-wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Wheel.
Patent for a perfectly balanced wheel for locomotives. It is meant to "materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel" (lines 15-18).
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improvement in windmills by providing “a number of converging blades which are arranged to the inner side of a casing, midway between the front and rear series of feathering wings or sails. These blades are arranged at opposite angles to the normal position of the feathering wings or sails. These blades are stationary and serve the purpose of deflecting the wind after it has operated upon the front set of wings or sails and directing it squarely against the rear set of wings or sails.” (Lines 90-101) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved scale. This design consists in "[a]n improved apparatus for containing and weighing shot and powder, the same consisting of the box [which is] slotted . . . the pivoted bottles and connecting cords and knobs, the pan pivoted and projecting through the slot, the weighing device proper, and indicator located on top of the box, and having a rod pendent from it and supporting the said pan" (lines 13-21).
Date:
December 1, 1885
Creator:
Irvine, William Fielding
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "is supported horizontally over a proper fireplace or stove and . . . water introduced to fill it to a point just below the perforated detachable bottom, and the pump mechanism then set in motion. When the plunger ascends, it draws water from the water-space and extension through the valve up into the pump-chamber. When the plunger descends, it forces said water upward past the valve into the water-spaces . . . through the perforations . . . and into the washing-chamber, the water . . . washing quickly and thoroughly the articles" (lines 78-91).
Date:
November 6, 1888
Creator:
King, Charles Rufus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Polishing Shoes.
Patent for "an improvement in machines for polishing shoes" (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bright, Joseph Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for "driving wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving-wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotion due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Force-Pumps.
Patent relating to "that class of force-pumps which are to be submerged and are double-acting" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 8, 1879
Creator:
Finney, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket.
Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Military Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved military saddle. This design is "so constructed that the valises and other equipments may be connected with the saddle in such a way as to distribute and balance their weight, and at the same time make the saddle comfortable for the rider. The invention consists in constructing a saddle with appliances to receive valises, a pair of girths, a gun, and an overcoat" (lines 19-28).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for a new and improved projectile. This design consists "[i]n combination with the ellipsoidal projectile having a truncated base, a plano-concave sabot or driver whose plane face is contiguous to the base of the projectile, and whose periphery is grooved for the attachment of the charge-container" (lines 75-80).
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Hopson, Lucien
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile
Patent for an explosive projectile for use of penetrating and exploding ironclad and steel-clad ships, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hopson, Lucien
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manure Distributer.
Patent for a new and improved fertilizer distributor. This design consists in "the rotating shaft having the stirring apparatus, the wheels loosely mounted on the said shaft, the detent to engage the shaft and prevent it from rotating, and the clutch mechanism to secure one of the wheels to the shaft" (lines 5-10).
Date:
April 12, 1887
Creator:
Harrell, Solomon James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater.
Patent for a rotary tire-heater that used for and movably supported near a blacksmith's forge, where it can be swung over for use when needed. It economizes time and fuel, and is automatically adjustable.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Callaway, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a hay press that is both efficient and easy to use so that the bales may be "rapidly and firmly compressed" (lines 18-19).
Date:
October 18, 1892
Creator:
Mealer, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge.
Patent for a two-way roller hinge for gates, doors, shutters, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for general "improvements in engines, and while one feature of our invention is adapted for use on all styles of engines, the invention in the complete form ...is especially suited for use on locomotive engines designed to exert high tractive power and to attain high speeds" (lines 12-19).
Date:
February 19, 1895
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z. & Barton, Alexander M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separable Button.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable separable button that does not accidentally separate or unfasten. It consists of two disks connected with a stem, and the disks are different sizes.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind Engine.
Patent for a new and improved wind engine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable frame, of the shaft, having wind wheel or drum, provided with rods having wings and arms or cranks, and laterally projecting brackets, having bell-crank levers, loaded at their lower ends, the connecting rods, sleeve[s], washer, spring, and . . . having pivoted rods connecting said sleeves with the arms" (lines 94-102).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Fletcher, George Ephraim
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shearing-Machine
Patent for "providing [a shearing machine, patent no.384,545] with what I designate an improved wrinkle-guard, and also in various other changes or improvements"
Date:
November 12, 1889
Creator:
Richardson, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the washing machine "which shall enable the washing of clothes or garments to be effected with but little exertion to the operator and with but comparatively little wear to the garments themselves." (Lines 19-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1891
Creator:
Smith, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep Shearing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved sheep-shearing machine. This design consists in "the plate having the teeth with the concave faces and cutting edges, in combination with [another] plate operating on [the first] plate and having the teeth, with the concaved lower faces and cutting edges adapted to operate on the cutting edges of teeth" (lines 10-16).
Date:
November 19, 1889
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History