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[T.V. Munson House]
Photograph of the T.V. Munson House (located at 530 West Hanna Street) in Denison, Texas.
Date:
August 6, 1970
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[T.V. Munson House]
Photograph of the T.V. Munson House (located at 530 West Hanna Street) in Denison, Texas.
Date:
August 6, 1970
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
Patent for improving fire-escapes and provides a portable instrument that "may be used for letting persons directly down from buildings, or for carrying them from the upper stories of buildings to others buildings at a distance" (lines 9-12).
Date:
August 28, 1877
Creator:
Staples, George S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved wheel scraper. This design "is to provide a . . . device for scraping mud and adhesive soil from the outer edges and sides of the fellies of vehicle wheels to prevent an accumulation of mud or adhesive soil on the wheel rim or felly and between the spokes" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 12, 1884
Creator:
Whipp, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Locks
Patent for an improvement for slide door fasteners and locks. Description and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Gang-Plow and Cultivator
Patent for a new gang-plow and cultivator design, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 23, 1870
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Churns
Patent for improvements in the construction of a churn dasher. Descriptions and illustrations are attached
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressure Device.
Patent for a new and improved compacter. This design "has relation to portable pressure-devices for use in casks, boxes, barrels, or other receptacles; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pointed dogs and cam-levers pivoted together, and in the combination therewith of a pivot-bolt having its nut secured by means of a locking-key" (lines 20-27).
Date:
August 28, 1883
Creator:
Moore, William Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punching-Machine.
Patent for a simple and durable punching-machine for metalworking that punching metal and feeds it forward. The invention is made up of " a carriage adapted to support the sheet to be punched, and provided with a toothed bar, a rock shaft carrying a pawl adapted to engage the said toothed bar to move the carriage forward, and a punch lever adapted to receive a swinging motion from the said shaft, the said lever being connected with the punch to move the latter downward to punch the sheet" (lines 14-22).
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Walsh, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock meant to be used with railway joints and fish plates. It has a slotted locking plat that sits between two nuts and can be removed. It is simple and inexpensive, easy to use, and effective.
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Taylor, Harris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension bridge, which prevents vertical motion of the floor of the bridge and is cheaper to build than other models.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Greer, William H. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design is "so constructed as to permit of its ready adjustment to different gates, and also its adjustment, as may be required, subsequent to its attachment to the gate, without necessitating its removal" (lines 20-24). It "compris[es] the latch-bar having therein a longitudinal slot, the arm connected to the intermediate portion of said bar by a bolt or pin passing adjustably through said slot, said arm being curved forwardly at its upper portion, and a transverse handle-bar rigidly secured to the upper end of said arm" (lines 84-91).
Date:
August 2, 1892
Creator:
Fox, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engineer's Graduating-Valve.
Patent for an graduating valve that is used with air brake systems in railroad trains. The invention is meant to "produce a comparatively simple valve which is constructed in such a way that it is not likely to clog or get out of order, which is arranged so that successive regular reductions may be easily made in the pressure of air in the train service pipe, which is adapted to automatically act on the governor of the air pipe from pressure either above or below the main valve, which is constructed in such a way that if the train parts the pressure in the main reservoir will not be reduced, which generates excess pressure when the brake handle is in running position and acts through said excess pressure on the governor of the pump, which is not likely to leak, and which in general may be easily controlled and places the train brakes under the complete control of the engineer" (lines 11-29).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Pelham, Walter O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rocking Chair Fan
Patent for a rocking chair fan. Illustration included.
Date:
August 9, 1904
Creator:
Gilmer, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Tongs.
Patent for a new and improved pair of fire tongs. This design consists of "[a] guide device for preventing the legs of fire-tongs from crossing, consisting of a wing-plate having at one end an open eye to fit about one leg of the tongs, and attached thereto . . . and a slot-piece having open eyes to fit about the other leg, and a straight part attached to the said eyes and forming the slot through which the wing may move freely" (lines 91-99).
Date:
August 16, 1881
Creator:
Mangum, Wiley P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved shaft coupling. This design "relates to couplings for shafts and the like, and has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient means by which the shaft-rods can readily be adjusted at any desired relative angle" (lines 12-16).
Date:
August 29, 1882
Creator:
Davis, Micajah Read
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeder
Patent for a seeder used for sowing small grain including illustrations.
Date:
August 7, 1900
Creator:
Fitzgerald, John Thornton & Ramsey, John Shelton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators.
Patent for "an improved refrigerator for cooling lager-beer in the keg, and keep it cool for a long time with a small quantity of ice" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Bohart, John N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to A. G. Hopkins August 11, 1949]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to A. G. Hopkins informing that he has not received the glass containers.
Date:
August 11, 1949
Creator:
Hopkins, A. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Device.
Patent for an improved plaiting device that simplifies the steaming and pressing of dress goods.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Knaur, Laura L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Car.
Patent for a railway car that runs close to the railroad tracks, to prevent damage should it become derailed or in another accident. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Finley, Jefferson L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail.
Patent for a new and useful railroad rail, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Hariman, George V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Closet Commode.
Patent for a sanitary dry closet commode for areas that do not have a sewerage or water works system. The commode is "readily cleaned, simple in construction, practically odorless, and adapted to be emptied with facility" (lines 15-18). The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Mershon, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Pocket-Cuspidor.
Design patent for a pocket-cuspidor with a bowl that has an approximately trunco-conical shape.
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Pollard, Philip D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History