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Wind Engine.
Patent for a new and improved wind engine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable frame, of the shaft, having wind wheel or drum, provided with rods having wings and arms or cranks, and laterally projecting brackets, having bell-crank levers, loaded at their lower ends, the connecting rods, sleeve[s], washer, spring, and . . . having pivoted rods connecting said sleeves with the arms" (lines 94-102).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Fletcher, George Ephraim
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shepherd's Crook.
Patent for a new and improved shepherd's crook. This design "has relation to shepherd's crooks; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the tapering and balanced staff, the slender neck near the head or crook, the broad bearings of the crook, and the guard-knob on the end thereof" (lines 16-21).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Deland, Edward E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date:
April 15, 1884
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "relates especially to devices intended for use in coupling or connecting girths to saddles in stock countries or elsewhere where it is desirable to quickly adjust the saddle onto a horse . . . in drawing [a] strap to tighten the girth the inner portion, by reason of the friction of the parts passing through the rings, becomes rolled or creased up and straightened out, and loosens the girth in a short time . . . [the] invention seeks to overcome [these] objections" (lines 12-36).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Newman, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slicing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved slicer. This design "consists, essentially, in the combination, with a suitable frame and slotted clamping or holding plates, which are adjustable with relation to each other in order to accommodate articles of varying thickness, of a revolving eccentric or cam shaped cutter having a spiral or volute edge and secured spirally upon a shaft which has its bearings of the frame of the machine, and which, when revolved through the medium of the said spirally-arranged cutter and the slotted clamping-plates, has an automatic lateral motion imparted to it" (lines 17-29).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Miller, Walker C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whitewash
Patent for "improvement in whitewash-paint consists in the use of certain ingredients whereby the same is rendered more permanent or durable and beautiful in color than any other article of the kind hitherto produced" (lines 10-14).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Brizzolari, Davis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for "an engine that is adaptable to all kinds of work, and which is capable of running the heaviest locomotive and the lightest sewing-machine with equal ease and satisfaction" (lines 9-13).
Date:
April 23, 1889
Creator:
Hines, John Fletcher, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riveting Machine.
Patent for a new and improved riveting-machine. This design consists "of the upright frame having the cross-head in the upper front part thereof, the vertical driving rods . . . adapted to move in said cross-head, the upright with perforated top and spring-actuated sleeve attached to the frame below the rod, the separable rivet-holder attached to said rod by the arms, the frame, and the sleeve . . . the upright with solid top attached to the frame below the rod, and means, as pivoted levers . . . at the top of the machine, connecting-rods . . . and treadle-levers . . . for actuating the driving-rods" (lines 60-74).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flower Pot Trellis
Patent for a flower pot trellis which is used "to be applied to flower-pots of various sizes to support plants or vines without interfering with their roots" (p.2).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart, of Galveston, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing-machines by using a combination of adjustable stationary rubbing-board and a rotary rubbing-cylinder to regulate the pressure on the clothes and at the same time, clothes can be cleaned without injury to them. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Polk, Kindrick Ford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improvement in washing-machines by using a novel arrangement of the rollers, the tub-supporting frame, the horizontal swinging rubber, and a series of closely arranged longitudinal spiral springs; so that “the pressure upon each separate article can be adjusted or regulated by the judgment of the [operator].” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Bennington, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing-machines known as “roller and bed and it consists of a rubber-bed adapted to operate in conjunction with a rotatory rubber…….the bed being regulated by tightening screw-nuts upon the hooks which connect the springs with the end walls of said casing.” (Lines 13-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Wood, Commodore R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for an improvement in whiffletrees, made out of steel. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for an improved, simple, and effective rotary engine that economically uses steam and automatically controls steam discharge. "Two distinct rotary motions in reverse directions are obtained at the same time" (lines 16-18) in this engine.
Date:
April 11, 1893
Creator:
Walker, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that provides "a link of this character which will remain set in a coupling position at all times, so that the coupling of the cars can be effected in an automatic manner" (lines 10-14). It can be easily adjusted to different heights and its construction prevents jerky movements.
Date:
April 9, 1895
Creator:
Yeiser, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Working Machine.
Patent for a road working machine, which claims to simplify and improve the type of this machine that is designed to "operate upon banks at the sides of the road for the purpose of trimming such banks and moving the surplus dirt in the direction of the center of the road." (lines 11-14)
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
McBride, William J. & Alford, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader
Patent for a road grader. Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Braly, Hugh L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grading And Ditching Machine.
Patent for a new and improved road grading and ditching machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
Cornett, James William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe, Flue, and Smoke Stack Protector
Patent for a stovepipe, flue, and smoke-stack protector. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Foster, James Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine composed of a suds box, a stationary rubber piece, and rubber rollers.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Henry E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Machine.
Patent for an improved riveting-machine meant to rivet "metal binding and protecting strips, or fastening clasps" (lines 12-13) in the production of item carriers and used to "secure one or more mental binding strips of any desired shape in place" (lines 18-20) upon certain materials, including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Porter, Burr E. & Norris, Henry O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind Wheel
Patent for a wind wheel. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Tooth for Cultivators and Harrows
Patent for a spring tooth for cultivators and harrows. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Vance, Sidney F. & Woodard, Lorenzo D.
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