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Gate
Patent for an improvement to gates. This model consists of a gate mounted at the middle on a vertical post pivoted at top and bottom.
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Cope, Mason L.
System:
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Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension-bridge “which will permit the main cable to expand and contract in different temperatures without materially affecting the principal parts and causing them to become displaced by reason of the slack of increased camber” (line 24-29, p.1), illustration is included.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for centrally pivoting gates that can "be readily opened and closed from a vehicle or from on horseback" (lines 13-14).
Date:
April 26, 1892
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
System:
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Hand Harvester.
Patent for a hand harvester that contains a plate and cutter to be used for harvesting corn and maize with more ease.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Taylor, Joseph S.
System:
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Engine-Starter
Patent for an engine starter that prevents backfiring.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Everly, William D.
System:
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Framing-Tool
Patent for a framing tool designed to ease the laying of "rafters, stair carriages and the like" (lines 14-15). The tool assists in measuring proper "dimensions of cuts to be made in timber to accomplish desired construction" (lines 19-20).
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Whitlock, John N.
System:
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Extension-Cot.
Patent for an extension cot, which can be widened through the folding out of extra slats from the top of the cot and folds compactly for transportation.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Whitlock, Henry B.
System:
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Farm-Gate.
Patent for improvements to pivoted farm gates to open and close the gate at a distance.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Hancock, Ferdinand M.
System:
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Engine-Starter
Patent for improving the performance of starter mechanisms for internal combustion engines.
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Everly, William D.
System:
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Feeder for Cotton Presses.
Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton presses. This design is "constructed with a receiving-box and a feed-box separated by a sliding plate attached to a follower secured to the piston-rod of a steam-cylinder, to adapt the said feeder to be interposed between a cotton-gin and a baling-press. The inlet and outlet valves of the steam-cylinder are connected by two pairs of connecting-rods with two levers, so that the movements of the piston can be readily controlled" (lines 19-28).
Date:
March 10, 1885
Creator:
Selz, Henry
System:
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Seed planter.
Patent for the improvement of seed planters, according to the inventor, "by providing the hopper of the same with regulating devices, whereby the seed may be planted in desired quantities and at desired intervals".
Date:
February 9, 1886
Creator:
Ratliff, John W.
System:
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Sash-Holder.
Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.
Date:
September 13, 1881
Creator:
Barb, Gustavas Henry
System:
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Strainer for Coffee-Pots.
Patent for a strainer "by which the steam from the fluid coffee which has passed through the percolating-cloth to the base of the coffee-pot can rise above the strainer, there condense, and then return again through the strainer, thus causing a thorough extraction of the strength of the coffee" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 5, 1896
Creator:
Massey, Andrew J. & Stallings, James W.
System:
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Railway Stock-Guard.
Patent for railroad stock guard "which when stopped upon will rise up from the center in front of the stock, scare them off, and prevent them from passing over it." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Wiggs, Zeph
System:
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Roller Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Bates, Edmond Franklin
System:
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Side Rail for Suspension-Bridges.
Patent for a side rail for suspension bridges that is meant "to provide an improved side railing constituting a truss, which will be light, durable, and of structural simplicity" (lines 20-23).
Date:
March 21, 1893
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine composed of a suds box, a stationary rubber piece, and rubber rollers.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastener
Patent for rail fasteners. This invention is meant to eliminate the use of railroad spikes in railroad construction.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Gee, Alexander H.
System:
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Railroad Tie
Patent for an improved railroad tie. The improved railroad tie will be more resilient, with a housing made of pressed metal.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Autrey, Benjamin P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor
Patent for spring motors that can be adapted to rotary fans and sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 6, 1910
Creator:
Seeders, Zephaniah C.
System:
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Folding Wagon-Box Step
Patent for a new and useful folding wagon-box steps. This design is to "provide a novel, simple, and safe device of the character indicated which is adapted for compact and convenient folding into a close package when not in use" (line 11-14).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Brown, Marvel C.
System:
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Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "is to provide a simple and improved fence which can be built with superior facility and economy, and utilize trees in range with the fence, and which will furthermore possess advantages in point of inexpensiveness, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 12-17).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Ferguson, John Stephenson
System:
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Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "relates to that class of farm-fences embodying upright posts and suspended panels comprising rails and suspending-wires; and its object is to provide a simple and improved fence of this character wherein rails of any length may be used, in which but one suspending-wire to each panel is employed, in lieu of at both ends of the same, as commonly constructed, and in which one or more damaged posts may be replaced without interfering with the fence proper" (lines 8-18).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Manry, William T.
System:
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Plow Slide.
Patent for a new and improved plow slide. This design consists in "[a] combination tool for use with plows, consisting of a suitable bar having one end turned upward, provided with a beveled edge at the other end, a suitable cross-strap, and having openings at the sides, and bent ends adapted to the nuts used in a plow" (lines 70-75).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Bowers, Thomas Martin
System:
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