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Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for a cotton-seed planter with improvements in "the construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 18-19) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 26, 1878
Creator:
Nix, Manning L.; Stone, James M. & Anderson, Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor.
Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in [a] novel construction and arrangement of parts . . . The machine . . . is so constructed that it gives to the dasher a perpendicular long or short stroke, and that it may be sunk deep or shallow in the milk; and the machine may be run at the greatest speed with but little friction, and without the danger of its parts becoming loosened, and by means of its apron and attachment . . . it holds the churn in place" (lines 16-26).
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Nevel, William A. & Fisher, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair
Patent for improved dental chair with foot-rest, head set, and swiveled post.
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Stiles, Edmund P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oscillating Engine
Patent for improvements to oscillating steam engines, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Gilbert, John Oakley
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder
Patent for "new and useful improvements in band-cutters and feeders" (lines 6-7).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
King, Charlie C. & Trimble, Alonzo D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Planter.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator and planter. This design consists in "the combination of the box having the slot and the three apertures in the side of the slot . . . the reciprocating seed-slide, and the sliding and adjustable plate . . . having the slot near its end and engaging with the free leg of the staple" (lines 100-110).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design consists in "the combination, with a sliding-bolt provided with a wedge-plate, of the catch or slide mounted on the bolt and capable of a limited longitudinal movement, and the adjustable bar arranged between the adjacent edges of the wedge-plate and the catch or slide and tapered toward its lower end to fit the edges of the wedge-plate and catch or slide, the said adjustable bar being provided with a stud which operates in a suitable transverse guide-slot, whereby the bar is held from longitudinal movement" (lines 26-37).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grindstone Fixture.
Patent for a new and improved grindstone fixture. This design consists "[i]n a fastening for grindstones, the combination of the shaft having the rounded collar and the screw-threaded portion, the stone fitting with its central perforation upon the shaft, the washer having the concave aperture fitting upon the collar, the washer having the set-screws, and the nut upon the threaded part of the shaft clamping the washers upon the stone" (lines 77-85).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Stopple, John Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Box.
Patent for a new nail box designed to "be conveniently handled and pushed under the counter" (lines 17-18) and "readily withdrawn to permit free access" (lines 19-20) including illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Hendricks, Gay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads.
Patent for a "device for indicating at railroad crossings and other points, the approach or departure of trains within any given distance of such crossing or with relation to any point where persons might come into dangerous proximity to the train if they were left unadvised by some such signal as this." (Lines 19-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Lee, Horatio Grooms; White, John P.; Ball, Thomas & White, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Allen, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment.
Patent for "an improved construction for draft attachments whereby we may dispense with the action of the ordinary doubletree or evener and throw the draft of each animal directly upon the axle-clips or fixed point of attachment on its side of the axle, thereby causing the draft of each animal to be independent of the other and avoid the tendency of the stronger, or in starting the quicker animal, pulling the weaker or slower animal backward and to one side of the line of draft." (Lines 14-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Doubletrees.
Patent for "a draft attachment which shall prevent the swaying of the pole or tongue sidewise, and cause the draft of the animals to be independent of each other." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flushing-Tank for Water-Closets, &c.
Patent for improvement for Flushing-Tanks for Water-Closets, Urinals, Sinks, &c. through adoption of an immovable siphon and gate
Date:
February 26, 1897
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-truck.
Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date:
February 26, 1901
Creator:
Rouy, Gustave
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Ruling Machine
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Ruling-Machine, to provide a simple and efficient machine with a series of pens that draw across sheets of paper carried by a suitable support" (lines 5-11).
Date:
February 26, 1901
Creator:
Wilmans, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake Hanger
Patent for "improvements to Railway-Break Hanger;...will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same"(lines 6, 9-11).
Date:
February 26, 1901
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for improvements to the wheel and operating shafts of windmills, including illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1901
Creator:
Byrne, John Richard Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like
Patent for adjustable handles for sweep stocks, plows, cultivators, and related equipment.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Hoerhold, Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calendar Clock
Patent for calendar clock. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor
Patent for a churn motor. This invention is a manually motored churn. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Cole, Emory W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Chopper.
Patent for an "attachment to a cultivator to chop or thin corn, cotton, and other drilled plants at the same time it is being plowed and without interfering in the work of the cultivator" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Graham, Daniel O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. This invention consists of a plurality of spring teeth or blades. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Omberg, Niles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History