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Steam Engine.
Patent for a new and improved steam engine. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement, in connection with a cylinder having bearings for the piston-shaft at each end and steam and exhaust ports at opposite ends, of an axially-elongated piston having opposite spiral threads or ribs of gradually-decreasing pitch from the end at which the steam enters to the end at which it escapes" (lines 19-26).
Date:
July 3, 1883
Creator:
Wilson, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for "a new and useful Hydrocarbon-burner...equipped with a safety device adapted to admit only a limited supply of gasolene or other fuel to the burner to enable the latter to be operated with absolute safety by either a woman or a child" (lines 5-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Nemec, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Oven.
Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Hole Auger
New and useful improvement in Post-Hole Augers. With this construction the auger will its way easily and rapidly into any kind of soil.
Date:
November 2, 1880
Creator:
Hubby, Mead M.
System:
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Mechanical Power.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to a combined room-ventilator and fly-hand; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction and thoroughly efficient and effective in its operation. With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-17).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, James W.
System:
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Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "consists in the combination, with a suitable base or support which rests upon the bottom of the well and is provided with cogs upon its upper surface, of a rotating cylinder and delivery-pipe, a crank-shaft journaled in the cylinder and provided with a pinion upon its outer end, a connecting-rod at its inner one, and a vertically-moving piston" (lines 13-20).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Clark, Alexander Evans
System:
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Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional contact . . . prevent[ing] the necessity of . . . forming tongues upon the buckles" (lines 14-30).
Date:
March 12, 1889
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
System:
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Milk-Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler in which the design of traditional milk coolers is improved upon.
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Porter, Louis H.
System:
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Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design "is to provide the trace-carrier with a locking-brace, which is held in a closed position by the chain, which prevents all possibility of the chain from becoming detached from the carrier while in use" (lines 16-20). To this end, it consists, "with the body having a strap-fastener and an outwardly and upwardly extending hook, of a locking-plate, which is hinged at its upper end to the upper portion of the body, and its lower end provided with an inner perforated projection through which the said hook passes, and a shorter projection" (lines 78-85).
Date:
September 23, 1890
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
System:
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Means for Operating Swinging Gates.
Patent "to simplify and improve the construction of means for opening and closing swinging gates," (lines 10 - 12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1892
Creator:
Rhodes, James W.
System:
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Track-Leveling Device.
Patent for a railroad track leveling device, which attaches to the rails without the use of screws and can be used to detect low places and misalignment's of the track.
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
Warren, Edwin A.
System:
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Pneumatic Rail-Brake.
Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
System:
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Post Hole Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post-hole auger. This design consists in "the shank forked and continued in the arms, the latter having elbows at their lower ends, in combination with the ring-shaped band having a sharp lower edge and bolts passing through said bands and arms and through said elbows and arms" (lines 91-97).
Date:
October 15, 1889
Creator:
McCall, Dugald Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed.
Patent for a machine to clear top soil and dispense seed into soil when moving forward, including illustration.
Date:
July 5, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel
Patent for a paddle wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Dusek, Henry
System:
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Stock Guard
Patent for a stock guard. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Mallia, Paul
System:
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Tatting-Shuttle
Patent for an improved tatting shuttle. This new shuttle will hold multiple bobbins and shuttles to carry multiple colors of threads.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Wolle, Leonora
System:
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Stock Car.
Patent for improvement to stock cars, "so constructed that the hay-racks swing up automatically and the troughs can be lowered to be out of the way when not in use and can easily be swung up when the animals are to be watered" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Lines, Daniel
System:
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Syringe.
Patent for a new and improved syringe. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with inlet and outlet tubes provided with end fittings . . . of the two concavo-convex disks arranged on the tubes with their concavities opposite to each other, [one] disk being made of soft rubber and adapted to be inserted within the vagina and the [other] disk adapted to be pressed against the vulva during the operation of syringing" (lines 73-81).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
System:
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Hame-Fastener.
Patent for improved hame-fasteners used to hold the hames together and tighten them up.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Waters, Richard H.
System:
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Sweep-Stock.
Patent for a sweep stock, which can have multiple types of plows attached to it.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Stone, Joseph
System:
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Riding-Saddle
Patent for a riding saddle.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Beckerman, Fred John
System:
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Hog-Catcher.
Patent for a hog catcher, which has a trigger operated spring loaded claw to catch the leg of a hog and lead it on a chain.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Reichert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Latches...fastening means designed more especially for farm gates and which may be used to advantage in swinging closures of any type and for any desired purpose." [lines 5-12]
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
McKnight, Sam B.
System:
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