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Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for an improvement of gang-plows by arranging the plows in rows on to a fame which can be fastened to a wagon, when the wagon is in motion, it causes the plows to work in vertical motion. The height of the plow-frame can be adjusted. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 3, 1860
Creator:
Wilson, J. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-planter.
Patent for a machine that can plant any kind or size of seed or grain at any desired distance apart.
Date:
December 3, 1878
Creator:
Hoshall, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster and Insect Guard Combined.
Patent for a new and improved combined caster and insect guard for furniture. This design consists "[i]n a combined caster and insect guard, the combination, with a suitable spindle, of a segmented cup or vessel having a central upwardly-extending bearing for such spindle, and provided on its under side with a recess the edges of which are provided with bearings for a wheel or caster" (lines 95-101).
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Michalson, Lewis Abraham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dynamo Electric Machine
Patent for Dynamo Electric Machine. "in our improved dynamo-electric machine we combine in the armature the advantages due to iron wire and to separated disks or flat rings, and then binding them together at equal intervals." (lines18-23)
Date:
April 3, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved water cooler. This design "consist[s] of the outer vessel having the removable cover provided centrally with an aperture, the inner vessel supported on legs centrally within the outer vessel and provided with perforated shelves, the keepers for locking the two vessels at a regulated distance apart concentric with each other, and the removable cap to the inner vessel provided with a vertical tube communicating with the interior of the inner vessel and passed through the space between the tops of the two vessels and through the central aperture in the cover" (lines 81-93).
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Clark, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Tug.
Patent for an improvement of harness and shaft-tugs by providing a sleeve to fit the tug closely, a bolt to secure the tug and a strap clamps to the shaft; for the purpose of limiting the movement of the tug. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Davies, Thomas William & Downey, George Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pump and Motor.
Patent for a new and improved pump and motor. This design "is to produce a simple apparatus which may be connected with a main water or service pipe and which will operate by the fluctuation of pressure in said main or pipe so as to operate the pump. The device is especially advantageous in raising water from a well or cistern to a tank placed at a higher elevation, or it may be placed on a pump in place of an air-chamber and used as a feed-pump for a boiler or on a hydraulic ram as an auxiliary pump" (lines 9-18).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Attachment.
Patent for a switch attachment that consists of a derailing guard, a side track rail, an adjustable shoe that pivots next to the rail, a vertical groove in the end of the shoe, and a swinging free arm.
Date:
April 3, 1894
Creator:
Warren, Governor D. & Casey, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Alarm.
Patent for a simple and efficient electric alarm to be used for vault protection. It is a magnet, which is a better design than a coil. The magnet is suspended between two points, and a spring that pushes it in one direction. There is an armature that causes friction when it slides, and sounds an alarm when the arm moves in one direction.
Date:
September 3, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter meant for planting corn and cotton seeds, although it can be used for distributing seed and fertilizer in general. It doesn't need a covering-shovel or supporting-wheels, and covers the seeds through adjustable covering-disks. The seeding mechanisms are operated by shafts on which the disks are mounted.
Date:
September 3, 1895
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press
Patent for new and improved plunger to form a compressed bale of cotton.
Date:
June 3, 1899
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for "a new and use-ful improvement in churns , and its objects among other things , are to provide a simple device more durable in construction than heretofore and one which is cheap of manufacture, may be readily operated and cleaned, and is adapted to keep contents thereof at a desired temperature" (lines 12-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Welke, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-fastener
Patent for a trace-fastener "which will admit of the trace being readily applied to the singletree and quickly and easily detached therefrom and which will prevent displacement of the trace when in position" (lines 13-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 3, 1901
Creator:
Johnson, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for an improved burglar alarm to attach to a door or window with a "simple locking device for the hammer" so that the alarm can be transported and reinstalled safely (lines 15-16).
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Moody, Winfield H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk-Bearing for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.
Patent for improvement in disk-bearings for disk plows by using a secure substantial bearing, in which it will resist the side strain of cutting the ground, be capable of ready adjustment, and permit the utmost freedom of revolution. (Lines 13-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1903
Creator:
Hendon, Walter Preston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inkstand.
Patent for an inkstand which draws the ink through a stopper (using capillary action) into a font. The stopper prevents "spilling of the ink in the movement or transportation of the inkstand."
Date:
November 3, 1903
Creator:
Taber, John C. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton
Patent for an apparatus for handling seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Benefield, Chauncey R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Cylinder Hydrocarbon Engine
Patent for a multiple cylinder hydrocarbon engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Russell, Edwin L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Switch.
Patent for an electric, switch-operated construction functioning for timer-controlled circuit completions and breaks, including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Chappel, James. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for a planter. Illustration included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Schofield, James Drummond & Ray, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for a bottle that prevents outside liquids from flowing inside. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Gibson, Elizabeth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Hanger.
Patent for a screen hanger with a hook for a half window screen and a hook for a full window screen on each end of it.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Rust, Emory G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pyrotechnic Device.
Patent for a firework called a crazy cracker, which prevents accidental ignition from friction by covering the firework in a wood pulp covering.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Graber, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
June 3, 1909
Creator:
Thornton, William Newton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History