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Improvement in Devices for Driving Light Machinery from an Irregular Power.
Patent for light machinery that runs on irregular power. Device stores power produced by wind-wheel.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wind-Wheels.
Patent for a new wind-wheel design with pivoted frame and adjustable wings.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pump.
Patent for a "submerged pump of very simple construction... one which will be efficient in its operation and not liable to get out of repair" (lines 16-20), illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1859
Creator:
Fagan, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Breaker.
Patent for a stalk-breaker that breaks "the stalks into small pieces and which will be under the control of the driver so as to be thrown in and out of gear at will, and in which the breaker mechanism will be so constructed that it will give when an unyielding substance is run against, thereby preventing breakage or damage to the machine" (lines 13-20).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy Frame.
Patent for an improved mosquito canopy frame using two different forms of locks and metal loops with screws or nails to increase the strength of the parts which “insure easy attachment and detachments of parts and at the same time preserve a close joint” (line 100-102), includes illustration.
Date:
March 10, 1891
Creator:
Jatho, Adam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Support
Patent for a portable support. This support improves previous portable support structures specifically based around transporting barrels or other cylindrical objects through rockers, pivoted legs, and supporting frames in order to increase movement and allow the frame to be tilted in alternate positions.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Morgan, Doctor F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for a new, improved gang-plow for preparing and cultivating land for planting. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 23, 1875
Creator:
Scheumack, Stephen S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire and Burglar Proof Safe.
Patent for a safe "constructed as to be safe from fire and burglars, and at which the same time may be made lighter, and may be less expensive in manufacture than when made in the usual way." (para. 4). Additionally, safe is airtight and water-proof.
Date:
March 18, 1870
Creator:
Wilkins, Samuel Adams
System:
The Portal to Texas History