Resource Type

Car-coupling. (open access)

Car-coupling.

Patent for a new and improved car coupling of the Janney type that increases "efficiency in service and enable[s] an operator at the side of the train to readily and with safety set the improved car-coupling to disconnect it from another of the same style" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1897
Creator: Smith, Thomas Henry.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines. (open access)

Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines.

Patent for improved, cheap, and simple stalk-cutting technology with shielded protection, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 17, 1918
Creator: McCray, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Landside Cutter for Plows. (open access)

Landside Cutter for Plows.

Patent for a new and improved landside cutter for plows. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a colter . . . and the landside attachment secured to the landside of the plow, the said landside attachment having the laterally-extending cutting-wing . . . the plate in front of the landside attachment, and the colter on the front edge of the said plate" (lines 66-75).
Date: September 21, 1886
Creator: Reed, Benjamin B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher which includes attachments for pulling the ends of a broken strand of wire together so that it can be repaired, in addition to the usual function of stretching wire thereby taking up slack in unbroken wire strands when erecting fences. The device also "requires a minimum amount of labor in its operation and in which the force employed is exerted in the direction of the line of the wire" (lines 20-23).
Date: September 14, 1920
Creator: Stephens, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for an improved stalk-cutter granted to Reuben L. Price. Improvements made to more effectively trim stalks over uneven ground.
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Price, Reuben L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mowing-Machine. (open access)

Mowing-Machine.

Patent for improvements in mowing-machines by “providing a simplified means of applying the power direct to the cutter-bar by means of levers and connections,” (lines 16-18) in which will result in an easily run and quieter machine. Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Rich, Benjaman F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Musical Notation (open access)

Musical Notation

Patent for a notation which provides "a sheet in which the tones in their successive order of degrees by septenaries comprising the limit of the human voice from low to high pitch or from base to treble will be graphically indicated, and also to furnish a means whereby mechanical transposition of the notated characters may be effected" (lines 14-20).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Robberson, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner. (open access)

Gin-Saw Cleaner.

Patent for a gin-saw cleaner, which also straightens the saw teeth.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for an improved, simple, and durable rotary engine that operates effectively and fully utilizes the motive. It consists of a central driving shaft, a cylinder with an annular bore, a piston that fits in the bore, an arm in the driving shaft, a divided packing-ring, a gate that slides in the bore, a cam mechanism, and a piston valve.
Date: September 19, 1893
Creator: Stone, Charles H. & Stone, Alonzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for a quilting mechanism for sewing machines that attaches to a sewing table that extends "over and above and parallel with the overhanging arm of the machine" (lines 20-22), the arm is adjustable and detachable, a track-rail is attached to the end of the arm, and a quilting-frame hangs from the sheaves.
Date: September 25, 1894
Creator: Stafford, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Needle Threader for Sewing Machines. (open access)

Needle Threader for Sewing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine needle-threader. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slide-bearing of the needle-bar, of the slide, its stop and spring, and the pivoted funnel-guide having a squared bearing to engage the spring, and a face-groove in its small end to engage the needle" (lines 73-78).
Date: September 2, 1884
Creator: Bellah, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Door-Fastener. (open access)

Portable Door-Fastener.

Patent for a portable door fastener used to secure the door via the door frame.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Lingle, Charles Llewellyn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Design for Kitchen Cabinet

Design patent for a kitchen cabinet that is useful and ornamental. Leading feature includes rectangular upright position that has a framework of strips provided with a longitudinal beading or ribs.
Date: September 21, 1897
Creator: Ferguson, John F. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History