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Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
High-Pressure Suction Fan and Blower.
Patent for "a fan which will operate in a continuous and highly efficient manner and increase the air pressure with a reduced power of operation" and "may be used either in conjunction with a cotton gin...or it may be used for any other purpose where suction or blast fans are used" (lines 31-33, 10-15). It includes an illustration.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Tack or Nail.
Design patent for a tack or nail that is both useful and ornamental.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Bogar, Fred A.
System:
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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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe.
Patent for a hoe with "a colter shank at the oval top, affording means whereby the hoe may clear itself from large branching weeds, which is frequently a trouble met with in using hoes having a shank in the center."
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Clark, James Robert.
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.
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress
Patent for "an improved cotton-compress adapted to be used in connection with a cotton-baling press for increasing the density and reducing the size of the bales formed in the press."
Date:
August 26, 1902
Creator:
Denton, John L.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
System:
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Railroad-Rail.
Patent for a new and useful railroad rail, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Hariman, George V.
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.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Hook.
Patent for a new and improved check-hook. This design is "composed of the U-shaped frame having a threaded stem projecting from its lower end, and having the lugs extending from its vertical branches, the spring, and the cross-bar pivoted at one end between the lugs, and having side depressions near its other end to receive the lugs, and having its end adapted to be engaged by the spring and provided with the thumb-piece or horse-head" (lines 90-100).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Matchette, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turbine.
Patent for a turbine engine powered by steam.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
May, Reynolds
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Stem Packing
Patent for "valve-stem packing for locomotives and steam engines." (lines 8,9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
McComas, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sugared Nut Candy
Patent for sugared nut candy. No illustration.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
McDonald, Joseph H. & Hopson, Charley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballast-Scraper.
Patent for new and useful improvements in ballast scrapers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
McElvaney, Charles T.
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cake-Stripping Machine
Patent for a cake-stripping machine which provides novel means for stripping cloth off the oil cake. It is also to provide means for trimming the cake after the cloth has been stripped off the cake. The scope of the invention is to improve generally and enhance the utility of devices of that type.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History