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Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.
Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Darden, George Albion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center Foot for Cultivators
Patent for "an improved center foot or standard which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a beam or beams of a cultivator adjusted thereon and adapted for the attachment of a shovel, plow, or sweep of any kind required" (lines 8-15).
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Greathouse, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for "a clothes pin or clasp which will have a clamping-spring action and which can be conveniently manipulated to apply or remove it to and from a holding position and one wherein the clamping members mainly he within the same plane" (lines 7-13).
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke that is worn on the head of the animal to prevent it from breaking or going underneath wire fences.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Carter, Joel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Bit.
Patent for a new and improved bridle-bit. This design consists "[i]n a bridle-bit, the combination, with the bit-bar, provided with the loops of the angle-levers mounted on the said bar and having their corresponding arms respectively connected by the curb-chain and provided with rein loops or rings and the studs or pins on the levers engaging the loops" (lines 70-76).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bowles, Zachary Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad-cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the draw-head, the trip-block pivoted on the upper side of the same, the trigger secured to the upper side of the draw-head, and the spring bearing on the trip-block" (lines 82-86).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Woolsey, Charles Alexander & Woolsey, William Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Railroad Cross Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-ties. This design "pertains to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties, having for its object the production of a metallic tie extremely simple in construction, and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing is secured for said rail" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved axle lubricator. This design "consist[s] of a box provided with bearings in which the axle works, and with a cellar below the said bearings for the reception of the waste for containing the lubricant; [and] . . . of a frame in which the box fits, . . . being provided with screws for elevating or depressing the box, whereby it may be kept always in contact with the axle . . . The object is to produce an axle or journal lubricator . . . [that] will keep the bearings of an axle or journal shaft thoroughly lubricated at all times, thereby preventing the same becoming heated and swelling" (lines 14-35).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Good, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "a press of this character by means of which a direct stroke will be given to the plunger, the latter permitted to rebound by the recoil of the hay, and the hay properly held in position" (lines 8-12).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Hallam, Leigh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Matches, &c.
Patent for a new and improved matchbox. This design "relates to boxes or cases of the class having folding securing flaps or covers . . . To this end [the] invention comprises . . . a box or case open at one extremity for insertion and removal of its contents, and provided with a slot or opening extending from its open extremity to or nearly to its opposite extremity to permit access to and removal of its contents, and having a folding flap or cover adapted to close its openings and be detachably secured so as to effectually confine and protect the contents of the box" (lines 8-27).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Marshall, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved axle-box for locomotives. This design "has relation to self-adjusting wedges for axle or driving boxes for locomotives, and has for its objects to produce a wedge that is controlled by a spring, which can be readily and easily adjusted for removing the pounding and lost motion between the axle-box and pedestal" (lines 11-17).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Carlson, Frank August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle and Back Band Hook.
Patent for a new and improved buckle and back-band hook. This design "contemplates certain improvements in combined buckles and back-band hooks; and it consists of a buckle having, or to which may be separately applied, a peculiar hook or tongue" (lines 10-14).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Munger, Ennis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee Hive.
Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Walton, George Slaughter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buttonless Neckband.
Patent for a buttonless neckband eliminates collar buttons "which would have a tendency to discolor the neck of the wearer" (lines 21-22).
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Narmore, Missouri A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.
Patent for a device which is completely detachable from the steering column, can be quickly applied and removed from the steering wheel, and securely holds the steering wheel from turning on the steering column. The purpose of this device is to prevent unauthorized use or theft of a vehicle.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Grimm, Max F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Stop
Patent for an automatic train stop. Used to simplify the construction where fewer magnets and changeable switches are necessary. To provide an automatic train control mechanism with a normally closed circuit, the breakage or disarrangement of any part that would ensure the stopping of the train.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher
Patent for a machine for removing boll-weevils from growing cotton
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hitt, Reed R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt-Buckle
Patent for belt-buckles that design "to be worn around the waist, without injuring or mutilating the ends of the belt (lines 13-15)."
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hall, Cyrus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Bed.
Patent for a retractable crib and mattress attached to side of bedstead, folding underneath for storage when not in use. When fully extended, allows crib mattress and bedstead mattress to be in the same plane.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Myers, Daniel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camp-Cooker.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a form of camp cooker, or camp stove and particularly appertains to a folding and demountable cooker" (lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hanson, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Machine
Patent for a wire winding machine for well screens that allows for winding wire around a tube with notches for the wire to fit into.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Stancliff, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastening Clip.
Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Dunk, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Stiles, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Well-Augers.
Patent for an improved well-auger, includes instruction and illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Glass, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History