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Improvement in Car-couplings
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling, that may also be readily coupled with the common pin-and-link and other couplings, and be adjusted without going between the cars, so as to avoid all danger" (lines 14-18).
Date:
August 24, 1875
Creator:
Harper, Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "a new and Improved Cotton-Press" (lines 4-5) with illustration.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Salmon, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for a "new and improved cotton-press" (line 5) relating to "improvements in friction-clamping apparatus used on vertical bars or rods of presses for holding the follower and lever in working the follower in passing the bale" (lines 11-14) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 26, 1871
Creator:
Simpson, Thomas D. & Lamkin, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Pad.
Patent for "an improved fastening for harness pads or housings which is equally adapted for sweat-pads for horse-collars." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Powell, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Collar.
Patent for harness collars for horses and mules. This harness collar "is to provide a collar having adjustable fastening mean which preferably are also adjustable as between themselves whereby a better adjustment of the collar is made possible" (lines 22-27)
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Mahone, Edwin W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rope Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved rope attachment. This design "relates to a novel and useful device which is adapted to be rigidly and substantially secured to the end of a rope, and which is constructed with a curved lip on its protruding end, so that when pressed over the loop of a snap-hook it will form a link or jointed connection of the snap-hook with the rope, ferrule, or clamp" (lines 12-19).
Date:
August 13, 1889
Creator:
Powell, John Seymour
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.
Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Berry, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake Hanger
Patent for "improvements to Railway-Break Hanger;...will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same"(lines 6, 9-11).
Date:
February 26, 1901
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening
Patent for a rail fastening device that does not require spikes. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hellner, Peter Herm
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Wrench
Patent for a nut wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Briscoe, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plumbing System.
Patent for "improvements in plumbing systems whereby the service-pipes will automatically drain themselves when a sufficiently low temperature is reached to congeal the water contained therein, thereby obviating frozen pipes and the resultant damage incident thereto." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas S. & Coleman, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Action
Patent for piano actions. This invention provides a connection between the bridle strap and the hammer butt of a piano action. Illustration included.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Deutsch, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing Machines.
Patent for the improvement of washing machine mechanisms.
Date:
February 14, 1871
Creator:
Jones, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Hammer.
Patent for an electric hammer operated by magnetic pull.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Reuben S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Heated Steering-Wheel.
Patent for a steering wheel with an electrical heating unit for an automobile.
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Smith, Reuben S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Light Switch.
Patent for an improved electric switch that is used to energize electric lights for various purposes and for use in connection with a signaling system. This switch will permit the energization of any one of the lights separately or all lights simultaneously.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Beam for Cars.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in draft beams for cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1898
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Or Buffing Gear Or Rigging For Cars
Patent for a draft or buffing gear or rigging for rail cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
Herndon, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Gear for Railway Cars
Patent for a draft gear for railway cars that allows a simple and efficient means of repairs or substitutions of sills or beams that may be done without dissociating the draft bar so that a car may not be out of commission for a considerable length of time.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Moorman, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Teaching Music.
Patent for new and useful improvements in devices for use in teaching music.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Morriss, Johnson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is of "an automatic car-coupling pin that can be adjusted and used for coupling cars having the ordinary draw-bars and coupling pins" (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Schofield, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press that has an improved plunger.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Hightower, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin.
Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design "consists in the combination of the bevel-edged boards with the saws and brush, so as to facilitate the transfer of the cotton from the saws to the arc-shaped support consisting of the bevel-edged boards set at a short distance apart, and to thus straighten the fiber or lint. This gives the lint cotton a finer and lighter appearance, causing a ready allowance of a considerable addition to the usual price" (lines 8-17).
Date:
July 18, 1882
Creator:
Van Zandt, Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History