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Book-Sewing Machine.
Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.
Date:
July 16, 1867
Creator:
Sims, Ferdinand
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of brick-machines, consisting in the arrangement, with the molds, of one or more valves of flood-gates in the bottom of the pugmill, for the purpose of controlling the flow of the clay into the molds, and a roller and knife upon each side of the mill for pressing the clay into the molds and dressing the tops of the bricks. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
July 16, 1872
Creator:
Houghton, Gideon H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Switches.
Patent for improvement in railroad-switches by “mounting a frog on a plate, and provided with pivoted rails or rail-sections, arranged for operation in connection with fixed rail-sections upon the plate, to form a continuity with either line of main rail, and connected below the plate by pivoted bars or levers, to secure a relative action or adjustment of the pivoted or movable rail-sections, whereby a very perfect and simple frog operating to prevent break in the main line or lines is obtained, and which is capable of being adjusted by passing trains in opposite directions of travel.” (Lines 5-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 16, 1872
Creator:
Fitzsimmons, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines" for which "the novelty consists in providing the tank with two separate apartments or boxes for containing, respectively, suds and clear water, and in arranging the separating partition so that an ordinary wringer may be attached thereto and used on the clothes as they pass from the suds-box to the clear-water box."
Date:
July 16, 1872
Creator:
Newman, Greer J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Swinging Berths.
Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.
Date:
July 16, 1875
Creator:
Brown, Bartlett W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a new mechanism by which corn planters may be converted into a machine for planting cotton.
Date:
July 16, 1878
Creator:
Clary, Stephen S. & Clary, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gins.
Patent for improvements in the manner in which cotton is separated.
Date:
July 16, 1878
Creator:
Etheridge, Daniel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of the draw-heads provided with forwardly-projecting portions having curved faces and notches in the rear thereof, bails pivoted centrally on vertical pins passing through the center of the draw-heads, springs exerting a rearward pressure on the rear ends of the bails, and chains secured to the forward ends of the bails to move them in opposition to the pressure of their springs" (lines 78-87).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Neal, Adam S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "the combination of the two overlapping fulcrumed or pivoted levers having handles and forward ends of flattened crescent shape bent in reverse directions to cause their extreme reduced ends to abut to form nippers, and provided with beveled shoulders at the bases of their inner edges to form cutters and with serrated projections in rear of the pivot or fulcrum, and an angular arm movably attached to said pivot or fulcrum, carrying a receptacle adapted to be adjusted under the nippers for the reception of staples" (lines 29-42).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Carter, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air and Steam Apparatus for Sinking Wells
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive apparatus for drilling the rock and earth until sufficient loose material has accumulated in the shaft, and then remove such material by the pressure of an aeriform fluid - such as steam or compressed air" (lines 23-29).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Goodrich, Hervey K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricant
Patent for "a new and useful composition of matter to be used for the prevention of heat caused from friction and attrition in the use and operation of all kinds of machinery, including railroad engines and cars, and all parts thereof" (lines 5-9).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Corder, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Drilling Wells.
Patent for improvement in "tools for drilling or boring Artesian, oil, and other deep wells; and it has for its object to prevent the loss of the drill or auger or of any portion of the drill-rods" (lines 9-13) via an "improved means for connecting the tool to the lower end of the drill-rod" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling meant to "provide in an automatic car-coupling improved means for holding and guiding the link into the draw-head" (lines 9-12).
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Rowell, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grubber.
Patent for a simple and durable grubber that has "a frame preferably carrying a caster-wheel at front, guiding-handles at rear, vertical cutting knives or shares at its sides, penetrating shares or points at the lower ends of said knives, and a transverse or horizontal knife or share at rear of said points, preferably in substantially the same plane therewith, and adjustable mounted to be tilted or inclined out of the horizontal and adjusting handles for the transverse share" (lines 20-30).
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for an efficient lubricator apparatus that is made up of a reservoir for lubricating oil, a discharge pipe, another pipe that feeds water or condensed steam into the reservoir to displace the oil, a sediment container that has a valved discharge outlet on the bottom, a filter that cleans oil from the discharge pipe, a pipe that lets fluid into the sediment receptacle, and a steam pipe above the oil reservoir.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Herold, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle.
Patent for a riding-saddle with a "short rigid tree, which constitutes the front or forked portion of the saddle, and [the inventor] construct[s] the body and cantle of pieces of thick but duly flexible leather" (lines 21-25). This makes the saddle more comfortable for both horse and rider.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle Point.
Patent for a vehicle-axle point that does not require repair. The "invention consists of a thimble that is to be shrunk, pressed, or fastened onto the axle by clips, bolts, or set-screws" (lines 20-22), so that the point does not need to be taken off.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Ford, William Gardner
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe-wrench that has a shank with a fixed jaw, a handle for the shank, a movable jaw with two loops for the shank to pass through and a movable upper loop, a ferrule attached to the handle with a long opening, an adjustable screw with a milled collar in the movable jaw, and a pin attached to the shank.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
McElroy, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of making blocks of fuel
Patent for improvement in methods for making blocks of fuel, the object of which is to intimately mix and combine solid and liquid ingredients in such manner and proportions that the resultant block is highly combustible, compact, and practically impervious to moisture.
Date:
July 16, 1900
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening
Patent for "a simple and thoroughly-practical form of bale-band fastening or cotton-tie buckle easily fitted to the band and comprising positive and reliable means for effectually preventing the band from slipping or rending without injuring or fracturing the band, so that the original strength of the latter may be maintained" (lines 19-26).
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Mullane, Dennis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Footboard and Guard-Rail for Street-Cars.
Patent for street car foot boards and guardrails that fold up and close the side passageways.
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Wassenich, Frank W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Exterminating Johnson Grass.
Patent for a method to kill Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) by repeatedly breaking up the ground around the plant during winter.
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Harpold, Clay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Signal.
Patent for improvement to the "construction of railway-signals and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one adapted to utilize the light of a telegraph-office or other structure and capable of housing and protecting parts and of being readily operated for displaying either white or colored light" (lines 10-17).
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Walker, Millard Fillmore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Seay, Mark Machel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History