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Improvement in Automatic Fan
Patent for improvement in automatic fans, specifically of a fan attached to a pendulum of a clock mechanism.
Date:
April 25, 1876
Creator:
Gollner, Ervin G. & Fretz, Emil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.
Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date:
April 25, 1876
Creator:
Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Arresters.
Patent for a new and useful Improvements in Spark-Arresters
Date:
April 25, 1876
Creator:
Liscow, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Automatic Toy.
Patent for a new and improved faucet with a toy attachment. This design "relates to faucets for soda-fountains and the like; and it consists in providing the same with a jointed figure or automaton adapted to be operated by the escaping fluid" (lines 21-25).
Date:
April 25, 1882
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp and Reflector for Same.
Patent for a new combination oil lamp and reflector. This design "has for its object the production of a lamp and a reflector adapted the one to the other, and in such points of construction as shall contribute to the effectiveness of both, in that no part of the former obstructs the rays of light reflected by the other, and both shall be of simple and cheap construction; and [it] consists in certain devices and combinations of devices" (lines 20-28).
Date:
April 25, 1882
Creator:
Cotton, Patrick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester
Patent for new and useful device capable of arresting sparks and returning them to the smoke arch.
Date:
April 25, 1882
Creator:
Lochner, Casper F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Mosquito-Canopy.
Patent for an adjustable, simple, and easily used mosquito-canopy for beds that fits over any style and size of bed, and is easily removed.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an animal trap meant to trap animals that burrow in the ground, such as prairie dogs. The trap catches the animal when it leaves its den and the animal cannot escape the trap.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Manning, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that "couples automatically and by which a brakeman on a single car can uncouple one or more cars and to provide pipe connections between the cars for this and other purposes" (lines 9-13). It has a pivoted drawhead with lever connections to a piston head and uses steam connections with the cylinder in the piston head to couple.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Feeder and Cleaner.
Patent for feeders and cleaners for cotton gins: "provide a combined feeder and cleaner for cotton gins which is not only thoroughly and effectually cleans cotton before it passes to the gin, but at the same time it regularly and positively feeds the cotton to the gin in such cleaned condition" (lines 10-15).
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Oliphint, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for an independent reservoir lamp for locomotive head lights. "?The conduit by which the reservoir and burner communicate is liable to be obstructed with sediment which not only interferes with the suitable flow of oil but corrodes the metal and necessitates repairs" (lines 13-17). The invention is convenient to use and inexpensive.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Owens, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Cultivator and Irrigator.
Patent for an underground irrigating plow that consists of a draft bar, crank arms, plow beams that front ends swivel on the crank arms, a ratchet rod with chain spools, a ratchet lever that is attached to the ratchet rod, chains that are attached to the plow beams and the spools, braces that are attached to the crank arms, and a double-tree.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Askew, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine.
Patent for a pumping engine that uses a "combined piston rod and plunger acting in the same vertical line and carrying a crank pin box and cross heads for driving the governing fly wheel" (lines 12-15). Mounting and dismounting this engine is simple, and the engine has easily accessible packing ends of the steam and water cylinders. Also, the adjustable yoke is improved in this engine.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Clarkson, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in seed planter and fertilizer distributers: "can be readily and easily adapted to planting seed in drills or check rows, or to distributing fertilizer and in which the operator can always tell where the last hill was planted so that he will know where to commence his next row" (lines 18-23).
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Kemp, Amos John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Gate.
Patent for a swinging gate that consists of a supporting post, a gate, a hinge that connects the gate to the post, a rear bar, a hinge lever that connects the rear gate bar to the supporting post, an operating lever, cords or chains that connect the lever and the hinge lever, and a latching mechanism.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of And Apparatus for Tanning Hides.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in methods of and apparatus for tanning hides, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1899
Creator:
Rodriguez, Miguel Ramon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Fastening.
Patent for a new and useful rail joint fastening, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1899
Creator:
Betka, Michael
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for a new and useful truck, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1899
Creator:
Hooper, Johnson M., Sr. & Daniels, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve
Patent for an automatic valve, "designed to automatically control the water-supply to a suitable reservoir through the operation of a float (lines 9-11), with illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Pinkerton, Henry S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle
Patent for bale tie buckle. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Jenkins, John C. & Flowers, W. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penholder
Patent for a penholder. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Matthews, Lina
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock
Patent for a side bearing for railway rolling stock. This invention is designed to prevent derailments in turns. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Wood, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizer
Patent for a vaporizer. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Beaumont, Godfrey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whip Handle
Patent for a whip handle. This invention applies to the repair of harness. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Boeselt, Reinhold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History