Baling Press Attachment (open access)

Baling Press Attachment

Patent for baling press attachment. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Jackson, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power. (open access)

Churn Power.

Patent for a new and improved churn power. This design "relates to improvements in churn-powers in which suitable gearing and frame-work operate in conjunction with a vertically-reciprocating dasher; and the objects of [the] improvements are, first, to provide a spring-power and suitable gearing for operating the dasher, with a view to rendering the same in a high degree effective, convenient, and especially adapted to the requirements of service; and second, to afford facilities for the easy winding of the powerful spring required for such service" (lines 8-19).
Date: February 17, 1885
Creator: Lawrence, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sugared Nut Candy (open access)

Sugared Nut Candy

Patent for sugared nut candy. No illustration.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: McDonald, Joseph H. & Hopson, Charley A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages (open access)

Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages

Patent for improvement in leather cutting-gages in order to negate the need for the set-screw at the end of the gage handle that is needed to hold the rule. The document contains instructions and illustrations of the device.
Date: April 17, 1877
Creator: Lindsay, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprised a polygonal block or disk having some of its edges provided with rubber type-strips securely fastened thereto, its other edges cut away to form shoulders, spring-metal guides or holders secured the cut-away portions, and type-strips removably secured in the guides or holders,” (lines 75-82); includes illustration.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Fox, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoof-Pad. (open access)

Hoof-Pad.

Patent for an adjustable rubber foot pad or expander for horses. It can fit on any sized foot, does not put metal into contact with any sensitive parts of the foot, and can be worn for any type of travel. The parts can be easily replaced when they ear out. The pad can expand a contracted hoof naturally and easily.
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Ryan, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a gate, one of the rails whereof is about thrice as thick as the remainder of said rails, and is provided with a central groove along its upper face, of three supporting-posts, each having a recess furnished with a roller in its lower part, upon which the aforesaid rail may travel, a tongue projecting from the upper edge of said recess into the groove of said rail, and an upright attached to the central post, so as to form a guide retaining the gate in an erect position" (lines 47-57).
Date: March 17, 1885
Creator: Davis, Richard I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Rod Connection (open access)

Piston-Rod Connection

Patent for a connector between a cross-head and a piston-rod that reduces strain by using a double taper and binder elements in line with the thrust of the piston-rod to prevent fractures and breaks as a result of the end thrust.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: McElvaney, Charles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Door Brace. (open access)

Screen-Door Brace.

Patent for a screen door supportive brace intended to maintain original rectangular form and designed to be installed without the use of tools. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Morrison, W. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems. (open access)

Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems.

Patent for a water valve governor for rail cars, which will prevent the water systems that use air from the air brake system from hampering the operation of the brakes.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Scott, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Air Brake Appliance (open access)

Safety Air Brake Appliance

Patent for " a safety air brake appliance for steam, traction or other railways, for each car" (lines 10-11). Including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1914
Creator: Carpenter, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for rotary engine.
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: May, Reynolds
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators. (open access)

Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators.

Patent for "an improved refrigerator for cooling lager-beer in the keg, and keep it cool for a long time with a small quantity of ice" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1875
Creator: Bohart, John N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment (open access)

Harness Attachment

Patent for a harness attachment. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizer. (open access)

Pulverizer.

Patent for improved pulverizer that according to the inventor, can achieve "the same amount of work as four ordinary eight-inch plows".
Date: February 17, 1885
Creator: D'Spain, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for horse detacher. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Case. (open access)

Display-Case.

Patent for a display case for food, which has an improved frame.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Folsom, Andrew W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for an improved cultivator that utilizes wheels and implements adapted for working in adjacent parallel furrows. The cultivator can be used to remove potatoes and similar crops from the earth.
Date: December 17, 1901
Creator: Sheridan, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "is to promote accuracy and uniformity in the planting of cotton-seed and to secure the depositing of the seed in moist soil. The invention consists in the combination, with the frame, the drive-wheel, and the hopper, of gear-wheels connected to the drive-wheel, a shaft, a feed-screw working in the hopper, and a tube inclosing the rear part of the screw, whereby the seeds will be fed out one at a time by the advance of the machine" (lines 17-27).
Date: October 17, 1882
Creator: Hopper, Thomas Pinkney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders. (open access)

Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders.

Patent for a cotton-distributor that moves cotton from a wagon or storage and evenly and quickly distributes it to multiple gin feeders in a line.
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Davis, Micajah R.
System: The Portal to Texas History