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Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Adams, William Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede.
Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same time all the benefits arising from this class of exercise are obtained" (lines 27-34).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
Akers, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Holder for Reading-Stands.
Patent for "a book holder especially designed to receive large books for reference, such as a dictionary for example, and to so construct the mechanism of the holder that a cradle will be provided for the reception of the book, which cradle will be adapted to be carried upward and outward from the holder in a manner which will bring the book in proper position for consultation, and which mechanism will also act to lower the book, without jar or injury to it, within the holder when the book is no longer required." (Lines 14-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reading-Stand.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate for Shipping Bananas.
Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Vent.
Patent for a certain new and useful pipe vent, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Austin, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Baade, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam Condenser.
Patent for an exhaust-steam condenser meant for steam-engines in places where water needs to be conserved. It also "prevents the use of water for cooling the surfaces of the condenser" (lines 14-16).
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A. & Goeth, Adolf C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that holds and feeds rolls of paper through typewriters. It is inexpensive and fits on several types of typewriters.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in fertilizer distributers by using a combination of a hopper, a detachable drill-chute, two shafts with fingers inside the hopper, and an inclined spring-held and adjustable apron attached at the rear end of the hopper. This adjustable apron allows the shafts to operate effectively and efficiently. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Barron, John Davis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, more especially of that class known as 'swing-pins;' and the object of the invention is to provide a swinging weight which will press the pin normally into operative position, and which will also support the link" (lines 7-12).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Bass, Alonzo T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers in which “when the machine progresses over the field, the plows or cultivators will stir and agitate the soil and the rotary cutting-hoes will chop out the plants, leaving the stands of cotton any desired distance apart, which may be regulated by so arranging the gearing as to cause the chopping-hoes to be rotated more or less rapidly.” (Page 2, lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Baugh, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder
Patent for a sash-holder, which "consists in an improved sash-fastener embodying novel features" (lines 16-18). Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
August 10, 1897
Creator:
Beck, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Burner.
Patent for a new and useful cactus burner for "removing thorns from cactus or prickly pear or similar plants or growths of a fleshy or succulent nature provided with spines" (line 10 - 13).
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Beever, Charles H. & McCoy, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Opening or Closing Elevator-Doors.
Patent for a device which is mounted upon the traveling car and automatically opens and closes elevator doors. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate.
Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Feed for Roller-Compresses.
Patent for a machine that carries cotton from the cotton gin to the the cotton compressor, and that cleans and forms the cotton for compression. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Bessonette, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penholder.
Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "relates to improvements in penholders whereby the pen may be automatically discharged or ejected from the holder" (lines 8-11). It consists "of a staff with tenoned end, a portion of which is cut out of its upper surface with a downward bevel to its lower end, a beveled slide adapted to fit and slide upon the beveled cut in the staff, said slide being provided with a slight shoulder upon its upper side and a hole through the same for a screw or pin, a tube longitudinally slotted inclosing said staff and slide" (lines 38-47).
Date:
August 23, 1892
Creator:
Blalock, William Benjamin & Muir, James Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an improved plow that consists of a plow beam, a horizontal shoulder and a loop in its front, a clamp that adjusts the loop, a screw in the clamp and the vertical bar, and draft appliances. It is especially designed to easily connect to the animal that is drawing it.
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Blunck, John
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant for Generating Electricity.
Patent for a "simple, durable, compact, and reliable plant, house, or means operated by the force and energy of the wind without supervision or attention, and generating electricity and storing the same for use" (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers.
Patent for a new and useful feed water regulator for boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Bowles, Hardy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Iron.
Patent for a new and useful shaft iron, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Boynton, Willie Amos
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History