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Attachment for Cultivators &c
Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for cultivators.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Janosek, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Popper
Patent for corn-popper improvement by connecting to the cover of the popper a rotating agitating blade which would prevent the corn within from burning.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Zschiesche, William H. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treadle Power.
Patent for a new and improved treadle power. This design "consists of a pair of treadles contrived [so] that the operator may stand erect and operate the machine . . . together with contrivances whereby the operator may at the same time apply the power of the hands and arms to assist the legs when greater power is required, and for relief of the legs when less power is required. By enabling the operator to stand erect and apply the weight of his [or her] body to the treadles by a natural walking motion . . . he [or she] can apply greater power and continue a longer time with less fatigue" (lines 7-20).
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Greene, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof.
Patent for a new and improved rain-proof cap for chimneys. This design "is to provide a . . . rain-proof or chimney tube for receiving that part of a stove-pipe that projects above the roof, which rain-proof is so constructed that pipes can be held in the same at different inclinations. The invention consists in a rain-proof formed of a conical tube held on the roof, in the upper end of which conical tube the upper end of the stove-pipe is held. A hood is held on the upper end of the stove-pipe" (lines 8-18).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Cup for Stove Pipes.
Patent for a new and improved water-cup for stove pipes. This design "relates to water cups or vessels arranged on the outside of stove-pipes, and whereby the heat of the pipe of the stove is made to evaporate the water for the purpose of imparting moisture to the air of the apartment containing the stove and so improving the healthiness and pleasantness of the atmosphere of the room" (lines 8-15).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Chimney.
Patent for a new and improved ventilating chimney. This design consists in "the combination, with the smoke-flue, of the ventilating-flue, the thimble provided with outwardly-projecting lugs and inwardly-projecting apertured lugs, the plate provided with a central aperture and with a flange having notches, and the screws passed through the plate into the apertured lugs" (lines 16-23).
Date:
March 24, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket Fixture.
Patent for a new and improved well-bucket fixture. This design "is to provide for the ready opening of the valve for entrance into the bucket of water or other fluid, and the closing of the same when the same bucket has been sufficiently supplied; also securely to hold the parts together as against loosening in consequence of frequent usage; and it consists in the detailed construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts" (lines 11-19).
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T. & Steele, Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket.
Patent for a new and improved well-bucket. This design consists in "the cylinder or body, the flaring bottom rim or hoop provided on its inner surface with suitable screw-threads, and also having on its lower peripheral portion diametrically-opposed lugs or projections, the perforated bottom pieced provided with suitable threads upon its peripheral portion, the upper curved or arched guide-arm having a central perforation and provided with screw-threaded ends having shoulders bearing against the upper side of the bottom of the bucket, said ends also passing through perforations" (lines 39-50).
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
Van Hook, John Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for a new and improved mechanical movement. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the vertical post or upright having guideways formed therein, and the horizontally-disposed shaft having the pinion secured thereon, of the slidable block or frame, the rack-bars pivotally secured to the lower end thereof and having oppositely-projecting teeth, and the spring connected to the lower ends of said rack-bars" (lines 68-75).
Date:
October 9, 1888
Creator:
Kincaid, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Scraper.
Patent for a scraper to be mounted on a vehicle for the purpose of removing mud from a wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Gray, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for a new design for a subsoil plow. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
December 27, 1870
Creator:
Clifton, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
McCormick, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers
Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
Date:
August 30, 1878
Creator:
Blain, John Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for an improvement in combined planter and cultivator that can be can modified for use in a cultivator, a gang breaker-plow or a seed planter. Includes illustration and description.
Date:
September 2, 1879
Creator:
Brown, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement and Lime.
Patent for improvement in“the manufacture of hydraulic cement or lime form rotten or decomposed limestone” (lines 66-68).
Date:
February 8, 1881
Creator:
Dimelow, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starting Device for Engines
Patent for a starting device for automobile engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 3, 1912
Creator:
Roberts, James O. & Nunn, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Carriage.
Patent for new improvements on plow-carriages design including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
McNorton, John Tomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punch.
Patent for a punch tool used for cutting metal or other objects. The tool’s construction includes pivoted handles and an anvil block for efficient punching with “minimum application of pressure” (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Cuba, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Or Switchboard Plug
Patent for a telephone or switchboard plug. "This invention relates to improvements in connecting plugs adapted to be used with spring jacks of telephone switchboards" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 27, 1906
Creator:
Dozier, Alva Battie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine
Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date:
January 16, 1917
Creator:
Box, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Marker
Patent for land markers that can be used as guides such as for planting.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Bland, Royal H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in milk coolers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Nash, William Ashley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler that is economic, simple, and efficient in cooling space.
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Burmingham, Daniel Wilson Munroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Securing Corks.
Patent for "an improvement in means for securing corks in bottles, flasks, and jugs" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1888
Creator:
Kincaid, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History