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Buckle Fastening
Patent for buckles fastenings. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Chapman, Eleanor Moore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Trains
Patent for an automatic stopping mechanism for trains. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Mingo, William, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Webb, Richard Haywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Band Buckle
Patent for back band buckle. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Smith, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle guard to prevent cattle from treading upon railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Reed, Conwell P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved anti-friction clasp. This design "is to provide means whereby the wear due to the rubbing of inclosed rods or ropes against an inclosing casing may be reduced to a minimum and whereby the central alignment of the rods or ropes with respect to the inclosing casing may be accurately preserved" (lines 11-17). It consists in "a series of friction balls or rollers mounted therein and projecting from the periphery thereof and being divided into sections adapted to be clamped at any point around the rod or rope" (lines 97-101).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame and the operating-gearing, of the vertical shaft, supported by the frame and acted on by the operating-gearing, the horizontal plate rigidly secured to the lower end of the shaft and provided with radial grooves, and slots in said grooves, the feet having their upper ends bent at right angles, fitted in said grooves and adjustably secured therein by bolts passing through the radial slots, the lower ends of the feet carrying choppers" (lines 39-49).
Date:
October 25, 1887
Creator:
Ballard, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Vehicles
Patent for "a brake which shall be easy in operation, cheap in construction, and not liable to get out of order" (lines 13-17).
Date:
October 25, 1887
Creator:
Bacon, Edward Hamlin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Puller.
Patent for "the provision of a device adapted to be secured on the hub of the wheel for pulling the automobile out of mud or sand where the wheel would ordinarily spin without propelling the vehicle" (lines 11-16). It also includes an illustration.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Wright, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Lifting Push-Rods on Ford Motors
Patent for a new and useful improved form of device for lifting push rods, intended more particularly for use on Ford motors, but susceptible of use on other makes of automobiles, when it is desired to position the cam shaft bearing in the Ford motors.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
McCarley, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mortising Machine.
Patent for a new mortising-machine attachment for lathes or boring mills, designed to securely attach a bracket, hollow chisel, and boring bit to the machine, allowing for adjustable positioning to match the machine's work support.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Andrews, Alluwee C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor.
Patent for a safety razor with innovations for effective use, convenient features (including for beard combing), and thorough cleaning of all components. Notable is a spring action mechanism controlled by the user's thumb, which causes the blade to move back and forth "to carry out a satisfactory cutting action" (lines 45-46).
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Catron, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Toller.
Patent for a simple device that's placed in a grinding mill to automatically extract and regulate the amount of grain being withdrawn.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss.
Patent for a new and improved truss. This design consists in "the body-band consisting of a front piece adapted to fit around the abdomen, and a wire attached to each end of said front piece, shaped to conform to the body and spread apart to receive and rest upon the hip-bone, and straps secured to the opposite ends of said wires for fastening the band in place" (lines 43-50).
Date:
October 25, 1887
Creator:
Davis, Andrew P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing-machine. This design "is to simplify and improve the construction of washing machines and to enable clothes to be thoroughly washed without liability of injuring them" (lines 10-14). This design consists in "a frame comprising the legs, the rounds connecting the legs, and the parallel horizontal side bars connecting the upper ends of the legs at each side of the frame, the ends of the frame being open at the top, a diamond-shaped washing-machine body journaled between the sides of the frame, the spiral springs arranged at each end of the horizontal bars" (lines 89-98).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Gardner, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lap Ring.
Patent for a new and improved lap ring (or link). This design utilizes a hinge to allow for half of the ring to part from the other half, which creates a larger opening and allows for connection with a wider range of things (e.g., larger clevises).
Date:
October 25, 1881
Creator:
Matthews, James Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes.
Patent for "air-brake mechanisms in general, and more particularly to the alarms for giving warning when the pressure in the train-pipe drops to a predetermined point and for giving a visual signal when such condition exists" (p. 1, lines 8-13).
Date:
October 25, 1900
Creator:
Parsons, Avery H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash And Curtain Operating Mechanism
Patent for a window sash and curtain mechanism that works in tandem with electronic security systems. Sash/Curtains can be moved normally, but an alarm can be set to detect when the window itself is tampered with.
Date:
October 25, 1917
Creator:
Schwarz, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Twine Holder
Patent for a twine holder. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Weir, Roy Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lanterns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Cadwallader, Aldes H. & Carolan, Eugene P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lineman's Chair
Patent for a chair which allows a lineman to connect cables and lines more easily. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Davis, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Harris, Irvin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of [devices for cutting corn and cotton stalks] . . . [and] [t]he object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen the construction and arrangement of means for adjusting the pitch of the sides without affecting the usefulness or efficiency of the device; and to that end such means consist, essentially, in a single-rack bar, an operating-lever, and two links connecting said lever with the side bars" (lines 15-28).
Date:
October 25, 1881
Creator:
Horn, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Allen, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History