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Shearing-Machine
Patent for "providing [a shearing machine, patent no.384,545] with what I designate an improved wrinkle-guard, and also in various other changes or improvements"
Date:
November 12, 1889
Creator:
Richardson, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the washing machine "which shall enable the washing of clothes or garments to be effected with but little exertion to the operator and with but comparatively little wear to the garments themselves." (Lines 19-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1891
Creator:
Smith, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep Shearing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved sheep-shearing machine. This design consists in "the plate having the teeth with the concave faces and cutting edges, in combination with [another] plate operating on [the first] plate and having the teeth, with the concaved lower faces and cutting edges adapted to operate on the cutting edges of teeth" (lines 10-16).
Date:
November 19, 1889
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine. This design consists "of a wheel provided with radially-sliding pistons and revolving within a fixed circumferential steam-chest, and having fixed on its axle an eccentric and spring, that operate to throw the pistons or floats outward to receive the pressure of the steam or other motor that is to drive the engine" (lines 19-26).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Adams, James Ansley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design consists of cross-posts pivoted to a stringer, provided with a top-rail, having slats extending from the stringer to the ground, and secured to said stringer by barbed wire and staples (lines 36-40). This design is easily disassembled and moved, and the barbed wire prevents animals from disturbing it.
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Messenger, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding and Self Supporting Ironing Table.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the combination of a board, a leaf hinged thereto near one end, and adapted to bear against the same when turned to an upright position, a reach pivotally connected at one end with the leaf, the supporting-feet pivoted to the leaf, the supporting-feet pivoted to the free end of the reach, and the arm intermediate the free ends of the reach and board to support the latter in position when unfolded for use" (lines 24-33).
Date:
August 16, 1887
Creator:
White, Andrew Asbrey & King, Charles Rufus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for a fence post made of sheet metal or iron, which does not require extra extra staples to attach wires and is durable.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Mace, John O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Girth.
Patent for a new and improved saddle girth. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the central ring and pad, of the strips and the radiating straps . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the central ring and pad, of the loop and the radiating straps" (lines 56-62).
Date:
October 24, 1882
Creator:
Williams, Calvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle
Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed & Hastings, Clarence Brooks
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in sash-locks, the object in view being to provide a cheap and simple arrangement adapted to be applied to the ordinary upper and lower unbalanced sashes and to so construct said device as to form a convenient means for operating the upper sash without the necessity of reaching uncomfortably therefor and to be able to lock said sash against movement in either direction at any point of elevation. A further object is to adapt the lock of the lower sash to automatically engage at any point of elevation of the lower sash" (lines 7-19).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Support
Patent for a shaft support and anti-rattler for vehicle thills. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Stovall, Sidney P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Rack.
Patent for a hay rack, which allows animals to feed on the hay while it on the rack from all sides and underneath it.
Date:
April 7, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, Peter C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Rake
Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
Mallett, Charles J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking Attachment for Planters.
Patent for an attachment for agricultural machines, such as planters and cultivators, that marks off the distance between rows. The attachment consists of a marker that projects laterally from the ground to form a guide for the driver of the machine.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Hallenbeck, Garrett L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heel Attachment for Plows
Patent for an improvement to heel attachments to "steady the sweep or double-shovel plow in its movements and prevents it from being deflected by reason of obstacles with which it contacts" (lines 11-15).
Date:
November 15, 1892
Creator:
Woodbury, Amasa O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for this plow relates to an improvement in plows commly known as "sweeps;" and provides a device of cheap and simple construction adapted to be applied to the rear or upper edge of an ordinary sweep.
Date:
February 23, 1892
Creator:
Hill, David Jeferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for "a plow especially adapted to be used in turning the well-known black or stiff lands in the Western States," (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1891
Creator:
Hill, David J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore Separator
Patent for ore separator. This invention "relates to separators or concentrators for separating or extracting gold from pulverized quartz sand or bearing dirt" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Donovan, John T., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain.
Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, Heartwell B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dam Construction
Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hunt, Edward B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the beams having the arms provided with the openings, the beams having openings concentric with [the arms'] openings, the standards, the bolts pivoting the latter to the arms and extending through the openings, the plates having their lower ends secured on said pivotal bolts and adapted to engage the rear sides of the standards, the triggers, and the bolts to pivot the said triggers to the beams, said bolts being adapted to pass through either of the [beams'] openings" (lines 3-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Swearingen, Columbus Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton press that gets cotton from a gin, forms it into a soft bat, and compresses it into a bale. The operator can tie a band around the bale. It consists of a frame, rollers, and gears.
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists "[i]n a four-wheeled machine for scraping and chopping cotton, the combination of the two scrapers having their standards connected by a cross-bar at the top to form a foot-rest, and pivoted intermediately to the frame, with the rear rotary choppers connected adjustably with the same shaft, and arranged at an oblique angle thereto" (lines 86-93).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Russell, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History