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Improved Stitching-Horse.
Patent for improvements in the construction of stitching-horses by re-configuring the original constructions, in order to make them better for users. The patent includes instructions and a single illustration.
Date:
October 27, 1868
Creator:
Depp, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for bale ties that are designed "to have a series of holes in each end portion of the hoop, so that two keys can be used; also so that the hoop can be taken up short and again used on the compressed or repressed bale." (Lines 20-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1874
Creator:
Jones, Henry B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake
Patent for new and useful improvement in rail-way-car brakes in which the brake mechanism of each car is in connection with device.
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
Matthews, Cgranmer L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape.
Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "is to provide means whereby lowering the car may be made more safe and easy to the operators, whereby the occupants of the car may be shielded from smoke and flames bursting from lower windows while the car descends, whereby the shield may be housed when not in use, and in means whereby the use of this fire-escape by burglars may be prevented" (lines 12-20).
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
McKinzie, Thomas Duncan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump for Oil Cans, &c.
Patent for a new and improved pump for oil cans. This design "especially relates to means for holding a pump cylinder or barrel within the cask or can, and preventing oil from escaping through the aperture or opening through which the cylinder passes; and to these ends it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts" (lines 20-26).
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
Nelson, John Bryon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements on a churn design, in particular for churns with a vertical dasher that have reciprocating motion.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Henderson, Henry Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-choppers by "providing a frame in which is journaled the shaft carrying the cutting-wheel, which derives its motion through connection with the traction-wheels, the said shaft being arranged at an angle to the line of travel of the machine and connected by knuckle or swivel joint with a shaft comprising a part of the driving mechanism.” (Lines 19-26) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Poole, Luther M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Marking Live Stock.
Patent for improvement in devices for marking livestock by using steel blades either to cut or heated to burn the surface of livestock’s skin. (Lines 71-73) There is no mistaking the marks of one owner from those of another. (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Conine, Frederick B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor.
Patent for a new desk intended to support calculating tables. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Garner, William R.; Tengelsen, James T. & Castberg, John.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor.
Patent for improvements in “water-motor in which the float-boards, paddles, or buckets move through the water in such a manner as to get as nearly as possible all the force it is capable of yielding, avoiding the great waste of power that results from the use of water-wheels.” (Lines 16-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B. & McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using the “combination of the frame comprising the base, the standard rising from one end of the base, the up-rights rising from the other end of the base, the horizontal bars connecting the standard ………….and reversely coiled around the shaft adjacent the operating-lever at points near the ends of shaft and having its ends secured to the ends of the cross-bar of the operating-lever.” (Lines 6-23, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Skaggs, Newton J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Holder.
Patent for an improved music-holder. The music-holder is comprised of a base adapted to be secured to a music rest with a standard pivoted on the base. The standard is fixed with a spring-pressed shaft in order to press the book to the music stand.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
French, Clarence E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gin.
Patent for improvements in cotton-gins by having two compartments, one above the other. “The upper roll-box being especially adapted to raw cotton and the lower one to half-ginned cotton as the lint and seeds are only partially separated in one roll-box and are then delivered into another, where the operation is completed.” (Lines 24-29) This operation used less time to separate the seed and lint. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing-machines by using a combination of body, the shaft journaled in suitable bearings and extending beyond the body, the cog-wheel arranged on the extended end... and the rotary rubber.” (Lines 91-98, p.1 to lines1-6, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Walter, George P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Body-Armor.
Patent for "an armor adapted to be employed without the use of securing-straps and which, while protecting the shoulders of the wearer, will permit of the use of his arms and shoulders, as, for instance, in executing the manual of arms, without such movement being retarded by the weight of one of the body-plates." (Lines 16-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Stevenson, Robert Ferguson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet.
Patent for a cabinet meant to contain "screws, bolts, rivets, and similar articles, and has for its object to provide a case for the storage of such articles by means of which the different articles are kept separate one from another, while at the same time ready access may be had to any one of the storage-compartments" (lines 9-15). It is circular and has a wheeled base.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Caplinger, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoe.
Patent for a horseshoe that has "a double crease in the bottom face or under side of the shoe and peculiarly-arranged corrugations or roughened surfaces in the upper side of the shoe" (lines 13-17).
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Dellinger, Thomas Gamewell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Replacing Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for a device for replacing the inner tubes of pneumatic tires, designed especially for bicycle tires. The device "will take hold of the end of the inner tube without liability of cutting it, and that will grip it with a degree of tightness proportionate to the amount of force required to pull it through the outer casing" (lines 41-45). This is easier than previous methods of replacing inner tubes.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
McCutcheon, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refilling Bottle.
Patent for a non-refilling bottle that has a groove in its neck, a spring that fits in the groove, and a keeper that fits in the bottle opening and keeps the spring in place. The cork fits inside the keeper, thus sealing the bottle. A wire goes through the cork and the keeper, and is twisted together above the cork; when pulled, the bottle can be opened.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Taylor, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lid or Plate LIfter
Patent for a device that removes lids from vessels, or moves the vessels themselves.
Date:
October 27, 1900
Creator:
Maddux, Charles D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch for Cultivators
Patent for an adjustable arch for cultivators.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Porter, Harrison B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel. This design produced a mechanism for supporting a supply hose in a given position.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.; Sturm, William P. & Sturm, Jacob W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Dillion, Ivy Hancock
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siding Gage
Patent for siding gage. This design is meant to be a cheap, durable, and convenient gage for use in siding.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Blohm, Ernest J. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History