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Apparatus for Irrigating Land.
Patent for a new and improved irrigation machine. This design "consists in an irrigating-pipe having lapped side joints and notches in the inner edges of the lapped joints. The invention also consists in the combination, with a tank, of a trough below it, tubes projecting from the trough, and irrigating-pipes connected with the said tubes" (lines 12-18).
Date:
November 17, 1885
Creator:
Briggs, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead attachment. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails and head and foot boards, of the plates having angular projections provided with wedge-shaped grooves and small inclined recesses at their upper parts, and the plates having the tapering wedge-shaped projections provided with the lugs integrally formed with their upper portions and adapted to engage the recesses, whereby when the projecting engaging portions of the plates . . . wear and become loose they are prevented from disjointure by the engagement of the lugs" (lines 83-94).
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
McCormick, Henry Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge
Patent for the construction of substantial bridges of wood adapted for long spans, and which can be put up where iron bridges would be too expensive.
Date:
May 24, 1881
Creator:
Brenner, August W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder for Record-Books, &c.
Patent for a simple and efficient copy-holder meant for recording things. The invention feeds paper line by line, so the records are straight. The copy-holder also holds the pages of a book in place.
Date:
July 30, 1895
Creator:
Powell, Phanor P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricated Bullet.
Patent for lubricated lead bullets to prevent the deterioration and rusting of the inner barrel of rifled firearms, so as to maintain their accuracy. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Stewardson, Samuel Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spiral Ring.
Patent for a new and improved lap-ring. This design consists in a "lap-ring for connecting the tree-irons of double-trees and single-trees, consisting of the S-shaped lap-ring having the end curves spread laterally from the stem of the S, and carried round on spiral curves to points ninety degrees beyond a line that would evenly divide the figure thus formed longitudinally" (lines 41-48).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Brooks, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an automatic gate at railroad crossings, adaptable for use in "farm gates and automatic gates for carriage roads" (page 1, lines 11-12) using "an inclined cam disk, of a spring actuated lever" (page 4, lines 27-28), trip devices, and a bell or other signal, with illustrations.
Date:
January 24, 1893
Creator:
Neeb, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists in "a boiler, a cylinder journaled therein and having closed ends, its outer periphery composed of a series of open troughs arranged in pairs, the troughs in each pair opening toward each other, a series of open-ended funnel-shaped tubes arranged in a line drawn centrally around the periphery of the cylinder, [and] the said tubes extending inwardly from the outer face of the cylinder and having their contracted discharge ends near the center of the cylinder" (lines 22-32).
Date:
February 25, 1890
Creator:
Rose, Horatio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow.
Patent for improvements in gang-plows in which the “disks” would contain a flared annulus and, it is formed by the truncation of a conical shell of large base and small altitude. This disk-plow “will penetrate the soil to the desired depth by its own natural draft with the minimum degree of friction and outlay of force.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 30, 1891
Creator:
Cleveland, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher.
Patent for a new and improved horse detacher. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the whiffletree-support, the whiffletree, the hinge connecting such parts having its upper and lower plates secured, respectively, to the whiffletree and its support and jointed at their rear edges, and the arm or lever extended forward from the upper plate, whereby upward draft on said arm or lever will turn the whiffletree backward from its normal position to release the traces" (lines 91-100).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Harrison, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow.
Patent for improvements in rotary plows which can be used as a subsoil-plow or it can be converted into a cultivator. The “purpose is to provide a novel gang-plow capable of cutting the soil at different depths, as circumstances may require, and in which the angle at which the plows enter the soil may be varied.” (Lines 18-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 30, 1891
Creator:
Cleveland, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow
Patent for a gang-plow to be used when gangs of disks are used to turn over the soil so that it generates minimal friction and thus increasing efficiency.
Date:
November 15, 1892
Creator:
Cleveland, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machine
Patent for...Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machine
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Duncan, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is "for cultivating stubble, sugar-cane, cotton, corn, and other plants planted in rows or drills, which will remove the soil from the sides of the rows without injuring the roots, and will throw soil around the plants, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use" (lines 15-21).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Brenner, August William & Fraser, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator
Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert & Humble, Henry O. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter
Patent for a ruler that may also be used as a paper cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Dibrell, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Iron Straightener.
Patent for a cold iron straightener for straightening wagon axles or pipes while they are still on the vehicle, which allows for more forceful bending than previous devices and restoration of the parts to their natural position.
Date:
May 14, 1907
Creator:
Keith, John David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Branding-Chute.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in branding-chutes for "securely holding live stock during the process of branding the same" (line 12 - 14).
Date:
April 19, 1898
Creator:
Bennett, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with hoes on a shaft, which turns and that makes a straight furrow.
Date:
March 31, 1908
Creator:
Smith, Calvin Ewing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clinometer
Patent for a clinometer. This invention is designed to measure the grades and angles of inclination of structures and objects of various descriptions. Illustration included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Keith, John David & Faulkner, Walter Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke
Patent for an animal poke which is attached through a nose ring and pulls on the animal if it tries to crawl under or over a fence.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Kelley, Howard T.; Matthews, George N. & Davis, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Device
Patent for a wire winding device for repairing wooden bars.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Wilkinson, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a new windmill design with improvement to the "mechanism for transmitting the motion of the wheel shaft to the pump rods."
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Morrisson, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History