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Wheel or Felly Screw.
Patent for a new and improved screw for a wheel or felly. This design "relates to screws for setting vehicle fellies or rims on the tenons of the spokes; and its object is to provide a device possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, ease of adjustment, and general efficiency, whereby one [person] can easily and conveniently set the rim" (lines 9-15).
Date:
January 8, 1884
Creator:
Rotzien, Christoph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved ruffling attachment for sewing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the flat main plate having the loop, of the ruffling-plate having its side at one end turned over parallel with its main portion, and provided with a spring tongue or plate that is inserted in the loop" (lines 59-63).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Lauraine, Eugene G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
George, Charles Hentz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring
Patent for a spring for footwear that helps facilitate foot movement such as walking, running, jumping, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Backermann, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse - Releaser.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "devices for releasing fractious animals from vehicles" (line 15 -16).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Grossman, Amanda I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History