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Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows by using “a double-mold-board plow comprising a plow-point provided with a shank, whose reverse inclines are slightly convex from the upper end of the shank to the plow-point, in combination with two mold-boards that are concavo-convex in cross-section as well as in longitudinal or vertical section” (p. 2, lines 44-50). The described construction of plow would enable the plow to thoroughly broken up the soil. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 15, 1891
Creator:
Rutherford, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved quilting frame for sewing machines. This design consists "[i]n a quilting frame, the combination, with suitable supporting standards having an inclined V-shaped track secured thereto, of a rail having rollers mounted upon the side thereof and traveling upon said track, depending brackets secured to the ends of said rail, transverse secured to the ends of said depending rods, and rollers having bearing in said transverse strips" (lines 3-11).
Date:
December 9, 1884
Creator:
German, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Fan.
Patent for a new and improved power fan. This design consists in "the combination of the slowly-revolving spring-barrel and the toothed gearing, the pitman-rod operated from the revolving gearing by a crank, the fan-lever connected to the pitman-rod, a weight sliding upon the fan-lever, and a ratchet mechanism for automatically raising the sliding weight" (lines 78-84).
Date:
January 10, 1888
Creator:
Mason, James Alexander; Mulkey, Elijah F. & Houston, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame. This design consists in "the combination, with a suspended track-beam, of a block carrying at the upper end journaled wheels which travel on said beam, a quilting-frame swiveled to said block and having inside loops at the lower end, and the quilting-roll end plates movable through said loops, as shown, whereby the quilt may be balanced, turned in a horizontal plane to a greater or less degree, and fed to the sewing machine" (lines 52-61).
Date:
June 26, 1888
Creator:
Vestal, Charles A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in rail-joint fastenings by providing “curved fish-plates with bearing-surfaces adapted to receive rubber washers, and the bolt has a slot through which the tapered split key is passed and the thin portion thereof turned up against the bolt to prevent displacement.” (Lines 20-25) Thus it will “securely retain in position, easily removed when desired, and [will] prevent rattling sounds as the cars pass over the rails.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
Wiley, John Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting frame that has "a novel means of supporting and tilting the track, and also other features" (lines 15-16). The frame is suspended in a track, and the track can be tilted so the frame can run in bot directions on the track.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Banker, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting-frame that holds "the quilt in position to be sewed with an ordinary sewing machine" (lines 13-14). The frame has rollers on it.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Broadfoot, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for the improvement of railroad constructions by means of using a fishplate that provides an effective connection between two rail bars and secures the accuracy in lining the bars up.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Starkey, Ollie B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for non-refillable bottles "which in order to obtain access to its contents will have to be sufficiently mutilated or altered in appearance so that it cannot be again used as an original package for the fraudulent sale of an imitation liquid." (Line 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Clinton, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Retainer
Patent for necktie retainers that can be slipped into turndown collars while retaining neckties or scarfs against pulling down or moving sidewise, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Yeager, Margaret Sanders
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe.
Patent for a simple and efficient match safe device to "deliver the matches singly to suitable aperture through which they may be withdrawn and ignited during the withdrawal" (line 10 -13).
Date:
May 3, 1898
Creator:
Villard, John & Henderson, James Potts
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Stone-Setting Instrument.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Jeweler's Stone Setting instruments.
Date:
April 26, 1898
Creator:
Owens, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Accelerating Foot-Throttle for use on Automobile-Engines
Patent for an "improved form of foot pedal or foot throttle" (line 10) which "provides means for effectively controlling the speed of an engine by the action of the driver's foot against the foot throttle located in a convenient position on the floor of the car" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Vineyard, Pleas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a demountable rim. This invention is used for automobile wheels for readily mounting and remounting. Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Cox, Eli R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
Dulaney, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair
Patent for "a simple and convenient chair which may be folded to render it portable, so that it may be carried from place to place by the dentist when his practice is away from his office" (lines 9-13).
Date:
January 29, 1889
Creator:
Moorman, Zach B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fire-Screen
Design patent for a fire-screen that has vertical bars decorated with balls or spherical ornaments.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Gist, John A. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sheltering Animals.
Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Luttrell, William Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Luttrell, William Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank.
Patent for automobile attachments where the motor can be cranked to start without danger to the operator from an engine back-fire.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Gilley, Zachriah E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Roller
Patent for a curtain roller. The invention is designed to slow the curtains movement so that the curtain can be adjusted. Illustration included.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Tripp, Hamilton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for an improvements in cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 22, 1898
Creator:
Stevenson, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History