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Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Hatchell, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Body.
Patent for a churn body with a temperature regulator for the cream.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Liles, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Thompson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment.
Patent for a cotton blocking attachment for cultivators.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Horner, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Frame for Planters.
Patent for a coupling frame for planters for attaching two planters together.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Barkley, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Pettes, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Switch Socket and Plug
Patent for a combined switch socket and plug for lamps and light bulbs. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bran Dresser
Patent for new and valuable Improvement in Bran-Dressers
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
De Haven, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge.
Patent for a new and improved bridge. This design consists in "the combination, with the base, stringers, the top arched bars, and the upright tie-bars, of the intermediate stringers, arched bars, and their horizontal tie-bars, and wedge-keys . . . whereby the structure is greatly strengthened" (lines 85-91).
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
Ibel, Justus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "a box having its upper end open and having an outwardly-opening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope passing over guide-pulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum" (lines 16-28).
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Weddle, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill, which transmits its energy better to the pump and can be adjusted into and out of the wind.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Dwight, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Splicer.
Patent for a new and improved wire-splicer. This design "consist[s] of a handle having an integral lateral offset at one end, provided with a transverse perforation formed substantially in line with the handle, a groove being formed in the angle formed by the lateral offset and the handle, and an enlarged recess being formed in the side of the handle and top of the offset concentrically with the groove" (lines 53-61).
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Batters, William Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Rest
Patent for a vehicle top rest. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Martin, Edward Gale & Miller, Joseph Sherman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes.
Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.
Date:
December 13, 1870
Creator:
Maltby, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Rake
Patent for stalk rake. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Gamble, Neill B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means For Securing Track Rails To Cross Ties
Patent for a means for securing track rails to cross ties. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Phenix, William Preston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Making Essences
Patent for "invented new and useful Improvements in the Process of and Apparatus for Making Essences" (lines 5-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1892
Creator:
Huvelle, Hector
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane
Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed "for instantly shifting the bag or pouch holding arms of the crane" (line 17-18). Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Hardwick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for a stirrup. This invention is intended for use when mounting difficult animals. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1906
Creator:
Zimmerman, Gus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe-Sharpener.
Patent for a new and useful hoe sharpener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Foster, James T. & Miller, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
River Steamboat
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of passenger and freight river steamboats.
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Simpson, George Louis James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roof Anchoring Device
Patent for a roof anchoring device. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Small, Wily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design "provide[s] the gate with a suitable spring-bolt, in connection with an arrangement of devices or mechanism whereby the bolt is operated as the gate is being opened; also, in providing means whereby the pressure on the gate caused by the wind is equalized, thereby enabling the gate to be more easily operated" (lines 22-29).
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
Wolfram, John Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Gate.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Cottle, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History