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Folding Frame or Support for Mosquito Canopies.
Patent for a new and improved frame for mosquito canopies. This design consists in "the combination, with the fixed standards and the forwardly-projecting bearings, of the braces pivoted to [the] bearings and united by cross-bar, the short arms pivoted to the upper ends of the fixed standards, and parallel side-bars connected by cross-bars to form a rectangular frame to support the canopy or curtain and pivoted intermediate, respectively, in the outer ends of the short arms and brace" (lines 22-31).
Date:
March 25, 1890
Creator:
Bailey, Alfred Holt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Door For Cars
Patent for a new end door on freight train cars including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1900
Creator:
Goodridge, Ethan A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvement in cotton-presses, which increases convenience by using detachable parts to facilitate insertion of material and a windlass with a system of cords and levers to increase compression of cotton.
Date:
November 30, 1875
Creator:
Wallace, Wesley W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking-Tag.
Patent for a marking-tag that is clamped around the edge of the merchandise that is being labeled. This tag is secure at its four corners "so as to obviate curling of the corners and to protect the ends of the fastener employed for securing the tag to the goods, whereby scratching of the hands and injurious contact of the points of the said fastener with the goods or merchandise are wholly obviated" (lines 12-18).
Date:
March 24, 1896
Creator:
Winkler, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grinding Planer Knife.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for grinders of wood-planing-machine knives. This design "may be securely attached to the frame of a wood-planing machine for grinding the revolving knives of the planer without removing the knives from its shaft or the shaft from its bearings upon the frame of the machine. . . . in so constructing and combining the parts of the improved device . . . it may be readily adapted to suit various-sized machines" (lines 10-22).
Date:
November 9, 1880
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace.
Patent for a simple, durable, and effective furnace that uses fuel economically and does not release smoke and gases besides out of the chimney. The furnace has a suction fan that draws the gases into the chimney.
Date:
April 2, 1895
Creator:
Wainright, Walter Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Operating Device for Air-Break Angle-Cocks.
Patent for improvements in air-break systems where the angle-cock may be operated by the breakeman from either side of the car without going between the cars. (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 10, 1903
Creator:
Riley, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cigarette Paper Receptacle
Patent for a box with a cutting membrane that will cut off desired lenghts of cigarette paper for the user.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Jones, John A.; Rowe, Claude O. & Johnson, Clause E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint.
Patent for a specialized railroad joint that has a "novel combination of a T-shaped splice rail" (lines 12-13) in combination with other parts, "connected with downwardly-curved truss-bolts passing through the vertical member of the splice-rail in such matter as to hold all of the parts firmly together..." (lines 19-23).
Date:
March 16, 1897
Creator:
Trammell, Jefferson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack and Spool for Holding Rope Coils.
Patent for a new and improved rack for ropes. This design "consists in a peculiar construction of frame and arrangement of the spools or reels upon the frame to secure a light and compact structure of sufficient stability to support the required number of rope-coils" (lines 15-19).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack and Spool for Holding Rope Coils.
Patent for a new and improved rack for spools of rope. This design "consists in a particular construction of frame adapted for supporting spools of different lengths, as well as an improved construction of spool for expanding and holding the coil of rope in the center of the reel while being used, and improved hangers for the wheels, whereby the latter may be arranged within the frame to accommodate the different sizes of coils now manufactured" (lines 14-23).
Date:
March 29, 1881
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Stock-Guard.
Patent for "a guard which will effectually prevent cattle from entering adjoining fields to which ingress is afforded by means of a railroad traversing them and to provide means for preventing the guards being injured by trains passing over the road," (lines 11-16) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Bridges, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pilot-Coupling.
Patent for "an automatic pilot coupling, which will enable the pilot bar of a locomotive to be coupled with a car by a brakeman while standing to the side of the locomotive out of the way of all danger, from which position he can accurately operate the device, thus doing away with all necessity for going between the moving engine and the car to which it is to be coupled." (Lines 15-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 4, 1895
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for improvement in oil burners. This device allows oil to be mixed with air to allow the substance to burn more effectively.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Kunkel, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Tie.
Patent for a metal railroad tie.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner, which atomizes oil through the injection of steam that helps the oil to burn more easily.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Milton, John Foy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Netting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting frame. This design "consists of a mosquito-netting frame formed of two longitudinal rods removably fastened to uprights attached to the bedposts, and held by cords or wires passing from the outer ends of each of said longitudinal rods to the top of each upright. A transverse rod or bar is removably attached to the outer ends of said longitudinal bars or rods. . . . [The design] is simple in construction, light, durable, and convenient" (lines 9-18).
Date:
March 8, 1881
Creator:
Bailey, Alfred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw Bar for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved draw-bar for locomotives. This design consists, "with the frame of the locomotive and pilot mounted thereon, of the draw-bar connected to the frame, devices for locking and holding the draw-bar on the pilot, and a counter-weight for automatically elevating the draw-bar when released" (lines 97-102).
Date:
August 16, 1892
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bar for Locomotives.
Patent for an improved draw-bar for locomotives that consists of a frame, a pilot and draw bar, a counterweight that moves vertically in the pilot, a coupler head with a knuckle and a toe and a guide arm, and a release mechanism for the locking device on the bar.
Date:
January 9, 1894
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dust Guard for Car Windows.
Patent for a new and improved dust guard for windows. This design consists in "the body . . . which is of concavo-convex form, closed at its upper end by a transverse plate and provided at its lower end with a contracted opening for the discharge of cinders, dust, &c., said body portion being provided with means . . . for affecting its attachment to a window frame" (lines 77-85).
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Duzan, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Vance, Sidney F. & Woodard, Lorenzo D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator with adjustable teeth positions to allow for variation in distance between rows or different types of crops.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Vance, Sidney, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester
Patent for "new and useful improvements to cotton harvesters" (lines 5-6) with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 6, 1883
Creator:
Myers, John & Meyers, John Edward
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History