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Apparatus for Hoisting Bales on Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved bale hoister. This design "relates to apparatus for loading and unloading wagons, and it has for its object to provide an apparatus of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, effective in its operation, strong and durable, an apparatus by the use of which a wagon may be quickly loaded and unloaded" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Lamb, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring
Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date:
May 12, 1917
Creator:
Annan, Alfred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables
Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-and-Picket-Fence Machine.
Patent for a machine that secures "pickets in wire fencing, the wires having been secured to and stretched between the fence-posts and the machine applied to the wires and operated by hand to secure the pickets to the wires by an operation which places them in crossed relation to form loops within which the pickets are secured at the proper distance apart" (lines 9-16). The machine works on wires that have already been stretched.
Date:
May 12, 1896
Creator:
Rice, Elisha A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Baled Hay
Patent for a machine for cutting baled hay. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combusion System
Patent for new and useful Internal-Combustion Engine. Improves the provision of an engine which the cylinder is provided with a semi-spherical upper end, fr the rotatable reception of similar shaped power cylinder carrying shell. Specification of letter patent with illustration. Serial number 789.146
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Clough, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Wheel
Patent for an "iron water-wheel made in sections, which may be readily taken apart for convenience and transportation" (Lines 10-12).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Dunn, William Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for "an improved lifting-jack designed expressly for track-levelers, although the construction may be varied for other purposes." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1896
Creator:
Arnold, Raiford A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk.
Patent for a trunk that is usual except for its multiple trays, "a series of levers connecting the trays, and a second series of levers connecting the first-mentioned series of levers with the trunk-lid" (lines 56-59). The levers raise the trays and move them outward, and they can lock in place.
Date:
May 12, 1896
Creator:
Giraud, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern
Patent for a flame lantern. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Trevino, Abundio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Variable Float-Shaft Bearing for Cotton-Seed-Linting Machines
Patent for a shaft bearing designed to regulate and maintain the density of the cotton seed rolls in linting machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Rosson, Joseph Linville
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tubular and Drive Well Attachment
Patent for an attachment for tubular well strainers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Stancliff, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Standards for Vehicles.
Patent for "a stanchion pivoted in a strong metal box adapted to be fastened to the side of the platform of the car or truck, the box being open at the top and at one end, so that the stanchion can be turned down on its pivot by the side of the platform, to be out of the way of loading the car or truck platform with goods which cannot be conveniently loaded when the stanchions are upright." (Lines 6-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Martin, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch Maker's Pliers.
Patent for new and improved watchmaker's pliers. This design "consists in a combination watch-hand tool or pliers to be used by watch-makers for removing the hands from a watch when it is to be repaired or new hands are required to be put on; also for holding new hands when they are to be filed and otherwise fitted to the watch; and the invention more especially consists in certain constructions of the jaw end portions of the pliers" (lines 8-16).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Horton, Henry A. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Chimney Holder.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Lamp-Chimney Holders" (lines 5-7) which produces an efficient means for adjusting the chimney engaging arms to accommodate different sizes of lamp chimneys.
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Burgin, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers.
Patent for a "means for driving cotton-gins and other light machinery by animal power; and it relates to that form of animal-power apparatus termed the vertical tread-wheel." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Powell, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table Attachment for Beds
Patent for a table attachment for beds. This table serves as a place for medicines, food, writing, or a book rest.
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Thorniley, Clarence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil or Gas Cooking-Stove
Patent for a gas or oil cooking stove. The gas or oil cooking stove is designed to save fuel, maximize utilization of heat, and eliminate the smell of gas or oil in cooking.
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshing-Machine
Patent for a threshing machine "especially adapted for the cutting and threshing of small grain" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas Stanley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Auger
Patent for a post auger.
Date:
May 12, 1903
Creator:
Sanford, James Dobbs
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder
Patent for a temporary binder.
Date:
May 12, 1903
Creator:
Buford, Paschal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids
Patent for a compressed air elevator for fluids.
Date:
May 12, 1903
Creator:
Sloan, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sod-Turning Plow
Patent for a plow to turn prairie sod. On the land side the pow has a longer runner which are attached by a cross bar.
Date:
May 12, 1902
Creator:
Fletcher, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator
Patent for an elevator.
Date:
May 12, 1903
Creator:
Ham, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History