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Milk Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved milk cooler. This design "has relation to that class of devices for keeping vessels containing milk or other fluids cool, in which water is drawn by capillary action from a receptacle onto a cloth wrapped around the vessel, cooling the vessel and its contents by evaporation; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a device, and more particularly to the top of the can and the cover for the same" (lines 21-30).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Jowell, George Ratcliff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for a combined water-cooler and refrigerator. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of devices of this character and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one capable of enabling the temperature of its contents to be readily controlled and quickly changed. A further object of the invention is to provide a combined water-cooler and refrigerator which may be advantageously employed as a churn-body" (lines 10-19). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1900
Creator:
Halford, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Frame for Freight Cars.
Patent for new and improved springs for transportation. This design provides "vehicles for the transportation of merchandise . . . with an interior spring-padding, and in some cases with intermediate elastic floors or partitions, by which injury to the load, by jolting while in transit, shall be prevented, and which shall further conduce to the preservation of fruits and other merchandise of a like perishable nature" (lines 22-30).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Shirley, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Tanning Hides.
Patent for a novel process of tanning hides of various animals.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Moore, Rufus N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for improvements in "construction of tilting gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance fron either side of it by a person in a vehicle or on horseback" (lines 11-16).
Date:
August 20, 1901
Creator:
Berkley, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener.
Patent for a hame fastener "by which the ends can be securely connected together, but which may be readily disconnected when desired." (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Jones, David G. & Jones, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Feeder and Band-Cutter for Thrashing-Machines.
Patent for improvements to grain-feeders for thrashing machines design including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1882
Creator:
Barlow, Thomas James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke Generator.
Patent for a new and improved smoke machine. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for containing fuel, so that the same can be burned slowly, so as to produce a large amount of smoke, the device being intended for the purpose of protecting orchards, vineyards, &c., from frost; and my invention consists in a perforated cylinder having a removable top and a bottom with an opening which is covered with a sliding door" (lines 15-24).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Kizziar, James Williams
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Measurer and Tally
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of grain measurers and registers.
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
King, Benjamin Cicero & Boon, George Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate that swings outward whenever it is unlatched that consists of an eye-joint that connects the gate to the post that turns vertically and horizontally, an extended toprail, a lever, and a pivot.
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Chadwick, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer and Gummer
Patent for an improved gin saw filer and gummer. This model would yield sharp conical shaped teeth, and straighten bent or deformed teeth.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Norman, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush.
Patent for a fountain brush which allows for the attachment of a wiping cloth, and featuring a spring handle.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Shanley, Michael Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for an ice-cream freezer that "effectually and with slight labor freez[es] cream; to be so constructed as to freeze the cream into sticks of merchantable size and adapted for retail trade; and, furthermore, to provide for a simultaneous manufacture of ice, so that as the cream is frozen water may be congealed forming ice that may be subsequently employed in the freezer or otherwise" (lines 10-18).
Date:
April 3, 1894
Creator:
Skipper, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Locking Device.
Patent for improvements in switch locking devices. Design intends to increase efficiency and ease of operability, as well as providing "means for retaining the latch in inoperative position" when chosen (lines 23-25).
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
McCormick, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case
Patent for new and useful improvements to show cases.
Date:
April 30, 1889
Creator:
Fain, Emmet C. & Poston, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rake.
Patent for a rake that is meant for raking loose stumps, brush, and similar articles from fields. The rake is pulled along, and two wheels form an axle where the rake is balanced. There are two rake-lifting levers.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
McIlroy, Archibald Yell & McIlroy, Joseph Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for a funnel-shaped fly trap for catching flies and other insects by either entrapment or drowning. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Raifsnider, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Ladder.
Patent for a new and improved folding ladder. This design consists in "the combination, with main supporting-strips, of recessed auxiliary strips connected thereto, rounds formed with bows, sections which pass through the recesses of the auxiliary strips, and stops which bear against the main supporting strips, and strengthening strips, through which the bows of the rounds pass" (lines 77-84).
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Ethridge, William Spencer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hedge.
Patent for a new way to plant hedges, which "consists in an improved method of planting and training the cactus-plant (preferably of the species known as the 'scabbard' or 'brush cactus') to adapt it to form a thick and impenetrable fence which shall resist the attacks of cattle, and will grow regularly and evenly after the young plants have been properly trained" (lines 13-20).
Date:
February 7, 1882
Creator:
Fleming, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher.
Patent for a new and improved horse detacher. This design "consists in two longitudinally-movable rods or bolts which are attached to the front axle and are adapted to engage the eyes of the thill-clips; the levers connected at their lower ends to the adjacent ends of the said rods or bolts; a ring embracing and adapted to slide on the upper arms of the said levers whereby they may be drawn together to disengage the outer ends of the rods or bolts from the thill-clips; the band or strap connected to the said ring, and means whereby the said strap may be drawn by the driver of the vehicle" (lines 13-25).
Date:
April 24, 1888
Creator:
McMorries, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher.
Patent for improvements in devices of attachments for wagons or similar wheeled vehicles, by improving “the attachment to the brake rod or shaft of the wagon, connected also with the bolts which secure the shafts or pole in the clips on the wagon-axle, by means of which the brake-shaft may be rocked so as to apply the brakes and stop the wagon, hold the shafts or pole, and thus disconnect them from the wagon.” (Lines 16-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1891
Creator:
McMorries, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Rail Joint
Patent for strengthening the nails and their meeting ends.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Nichols, Walt M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack for Displaying Dry Goods
Patent for improvements in construction of racks for displaying dry goods.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Fain, Emmet C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer.
Patent for a hammer operated by a treadle with improved springs for enhanced power.
Date:
September 3, 1907
Creator:
Kinson, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History