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Bale-Tie
Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Brigance, Alice Osborne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Valve
Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Rigsby, Lewis J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Plant.
Patent for new mixing plants materials and procedures, "comprising novel means for handling, conveying, and mixing the several materials which constitute the feed and for accurately determining the proportion of each such materials" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1906
Creator:
Binnings, Charles Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffin.
Patent for "a coffin of improved construction and composition, to so construct the same as to render it impervious to the action of water or moisture, and to render said coffin strong and durable and admit of the same being produced in a neat and ornamental form." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1896
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster and Insect Guard Combined.
Patent for a new and improved combined caster and insect guard for furniture. This design consists "[i]n a combined caster and insect guard, the combination, with a suitable spindle, of a segmented cup or vessel having a central upwardly-extending bearing for such spindle, and provided on its under side with a recess the edges of which are provided with bearings for a wheel or caster" (lines 95-101).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Michalson, Lewis Abraham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder" (lines 9-17).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Archer, Roger Williams
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an improvement in churn by using a combination of a sliding bar, a cord secured to the dasher-shaft, and vertical rods to create a mechanical movement that would wind and unwind the cord in order to operate the churn. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1891
Creator:
Crouch, Riley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counting-Machine.
Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Davis, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Forward, Chauncey B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Brake.
Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Matthews, Dudley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a live animal trap that uses a trigger and allows for live bait. Wire fabric is used to prevent animals from digging and escaping.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Williams, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Brake.
Patent for an improvement in automatic vehicle-brakes by using sliding rods that are movable within staples or guides and a brake-bar indirectly attached to the rear axle by means of a coiled spring. When the brake bar moves forward, it forces the break-shoes from contacting the wheels. When the brake bar moves backward, it forces the brake-shoes into contact with the wheels, thus stopping the vehicle. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1891
Creator:
Gregory, Joseph Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants
Patent for a machine that filters out the pulp from fibrous plants to obtain their fiber. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Hartman, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Wheel
Patent for improvements made to windmill wheels. Improvements include windmill wheel blades that can easily be taken off or fixed onto the wheel hub, improvements in construction for easy assembly and disassembly, and construction from economic materials.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Mason, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Cup for Stove Pipes.
Patent for a new and improved water-cup for stove pipes. This design "relates to water cups or vessels arranged on the outside of stove-pipes, and whereby the heat of the pipe of the stove is made to evaporate the water for the purpose of imparting moisture to the air of the apartment containing the stove and so improving the healthiness and pleasantness of the atmosphere of the room" (lines 8-15).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Levers for Presses.
Patent for improvements on locks and fasteners of shutters.
Date:
March 3, 1873
Creator:
Gates, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds
Patent for improvement in insect,specifically cotton worms, destroying compounds . Included list of chemicals and measures of amount used.
Date:
March 3, 1874
Creator:
Johnson, Jehu W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap for Crustacea
Patent for a trap used to catch various crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic-Gates.
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Farm-Gates" (lines 3-4) allowing persons riding to open and close a swinging gate.
Date:
March 3, 1874
Creator:
Kenney, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Press
Patent for a printing press design that has a "type carrying member" which is a "circular rotary disk," and a "mechanism for elevating the ink supplying rolls and paper carrying platens to permit of the passage of the type therebelow without being affected," (lines 11-12, 23-26) including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Sadovsky, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press-Head-Operating Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in press-head-operating apparatus “to provide means for rotating the connecting member and also means for retaining the parts in their relative positions.” (Lines [20]-[23].) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Pool, Charles R. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History