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Car-Brake.
Patent for a car brake that "automatically absorb[s] the slack in car brake connecting rods which slack is induced by the wear of the brake shoes and fastening and the stretching of the parts by the strain in applying the brake" (lines 7-12). It is adjustable, inexpensive, and adjustable.
Date:
March 14, 1893
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.
Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
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Adjustable Standard for Plows.
Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Teague, Jasper K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for an ice-cream freezer that has "a novel construction and relative arrangement of the refrigerating box and the cream cups as will be described whereby to secure a more compact and convenient arrangement of cups and also to effect a rapid and thorough freezing of the cream as desired" (lines 9-14).
Date:
March 20, 1894
Creator:
Stidham, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Nut-Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that is used to fix railroad tracks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1886
Creator:
Forbes, Alston J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for temporary, easily attachable and detachable coupling devices that rejoin draw-heads that have been broken or disabled in cars. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1891
Creator:
Wallis, Fuller W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cradle.
Patent for a improved cradle with a fan attachment, including instructions.
Date:
March 4, 1879
Creator:
Reisor, Andrew S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which has a rotary blade for cutting cotton and blades which can be raised to different levels for different depths of soil.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Williams, John Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Langford, Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windlass Elevator
Patent for providing "an improved device... which is especially designed for use as a water-elevator for drawing a bucket out of a well and arranged so as to conveniently take up the slack cable and coil it upon the windlass-drum" (lines 8-14) including illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Higson, Jasper S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box-Transmission System
Patent for improvements in mail box transmission systems. The invention aims to facilitate the retrieval of the mail through a cable transmission system in rural communities.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
McGee, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glass Holding Attachment for Bottles
Patent for a device that holds a glass while hanging from a bottle. Illustration included.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Hopkins, William King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes.
Patent for a new and useful feed valve "for compensating the loss by leakage of fluid in leaky train pipes in fluid-pressure brake systems" (line 8 - 10).
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Tipton, Commodore P. & Tipton, David B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway- Rail Joint.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railway-rail Joints.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Mauldin, Doctor Chester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Bond.
Patent for a rail bond that allows an electric current to travel through the rails.
Date:
March 14, 1911
Creator:
Humason, Granville A. & Odell, Edward F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool
Patent for a wire fence tool that is a combination of a hammer, wire splicer, and a wire cutter (in a metal base construction). This tool performs the ability to cut and adjust wires without any additional components.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Murphy, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History