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Smith's Forge.
Patent for "The improvements consists of a cast iron box" (line 12).
Date:
February 12, 1867
Creator:
Risher, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead-tie. This design "is to obviate the spreading of the side bars of a bed, which allows the bottom slats to fall, especially those near the center of the bed; and [the design] accomplish[es] this object by providing one of the slats, preferably at or near the center, with adjustable keepers" (lines 21-27).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Fernau, Magnus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack.
Patent for a new suspended broom rack design with increased capacity for holding brooms, including illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Jones, Wesley C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Door Check and Alarm.
Patent for a new and improved door-check and alarm. With this design, "[t]he latch normally stands in the engaging position, and when it aligns with one of the notches it engages the same automatically. One of the notches is so arranged that it is engaged by the latch when the door is closed, and when the knob is turned to open the door the cord, wire, or chain draws the latch out of engagement with the notch. . . . [a] bell on the end of the latch will give warning when the latch is moved, and the door cannot be opened without moving the latch" (lines 63-92).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
King, Charles Rufus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine.
Patent for a new and improvement in adding-machines in which a mechanical wheel has teeth. " The object of the invention is to provide the means for adding columns of figures by machinery"(lines 13-15), with instruction and illustration
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Barmore, Albert King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow, Chopper, and Planter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic combined plow, chopper, and planter that provides "a machine which will open the land, plant and fertilize at the same time, and which may be quickly adjusted for chopping cotton plants and at the same time cultivate rows of plants" (lines 10-13). The parts can be attached to a common frame.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Newton, Nicholas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Leg.
Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Chapman, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design is especially "for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened. The invention consists, broadly, in a wire-tightener having a frame provided with guides for the wire and with a threaded bearing, a screw turning in said bearing, and a hook on said screw to engage the wire" (lines 8-20).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Key-Board Attachment for Pianos.
Patent for a new keyboard attachment as educational aid for "pianos, organs &c. and has for its object to simplify the reading of music" (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Osborn, Enoch L. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison or Plants
Patent for a simple and efficient machine "for distributing or dusting poisonous powders onto growing plants to rid them of destructive insects" (lines 9-12).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel meant for children's carriages that has double fellies, spokes, and a hub that has "an interposed band connecting said fellies at suitable intervals and adapted for the attachment to the spokes" (lines 69-71).
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Use in Reciprocating Churns.
Patent for a churn that has "the cylinder with angular perforations, in contradistinction to round perforations and long slots" (lines 18-20) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 12, 1878
Creator:
Forsyth, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaker's tool that removes "the collet and hair spring of a watch from the balance wheel arbor, without injuring the hair spring of the watch and at the same time holding the balance wheel secure against accident or injury" (lines 10-14).
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Seyfriedt, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved steam-boiler cleaner. This design "has relation to means for cleaning the mud or foam, or both, from steam-boilers; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices" (lines 16-19).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Foster, James Harvey.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Auger.
Patent for a new and improved post auger. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a post-auger, of the socketed block, the screw-threaded rod extending from the center of the lower end of the block, the expander-disk fitting upon said threaded rod, and having the slotted wings or extensions, the two nuts for adjusting the position of the expander-disk upon the threaded-rod . . . whereby the lower pointed ends of the blades may be arranged to cross one another . . . the shaft [and] the cross-handle" (lines 73-96).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Miles, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propelling Vehicles.
Patent for a means of transportation similar to a bicycle, the "essential feature" (line 7) of which "resides in the combination, with the vehicle, of an extensible frame adapted to freely slide back and forth…" (line 7-10). Includes illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Moore, Baldwin S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopple for Horses.
Patent for a new and improved hopple for horses. This design "consists in the combination of two curved or bent pieces which are to go around the horses ankles . . . [each with] three links and a ring . . . allow[ing] the horse to walk slowly about, permitting [it] to graze at leisure, and enabling [it] to be easily caught when desired" (lines 14-34).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Cottle, Julius O. & Ivie, Rufus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate "used to guard thoroughfares on farms, passages into fields and for like purposes, and belongs to a class wherein two similar gates are together employed, and are pivoted to rock on a frame, so as to open a passage through said fame, or close the gate opening as occasion may require" (lines 10-16). The invention is easily opened and closed, has newly designed latches, and has counterbalances.
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Whittenberg, William B. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shot Case.
Patent for a new and improved shot case. This design "is to draw given quantities of shot from the case without the necessity of weighing each draft. To this end the invention consists in a case, means for hanging the same, and a charger" (lines 12-16).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, Quincy Adams
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Napkin Ring and Holder.
Patent for a new and improved napkin ring and holder. This design is "to receive the napkin after it is folded, or to be used as a device for sustaining the napkin at the neck of the user when at the table. It consists in a yoke-shaped piece of metal having a hinged section for connecting the two ends, and serving as a ring, in combination with a clasp for holding the napkin . . . at the throat" (lines 17-25).
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Bahn, Gus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton-chopper that cultivates "the rows of plants simultaneously with thinning them out; and a further object of the invention is to provide such a machine which will be durable and simple" (lines 11-14).
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Newton, Nicholas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle-yoke that is economical to make and easy to take on and off of the cow.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Dean, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a device that would make coupling cars together easier and safer. Cars would be able to be coupled automatically, and then detached without having to go in between them. Includes Illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1901
Creator:
White, George O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History