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Improvement in Baling-Presses.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in baling-presses.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Page, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clod-Crushers.
Patent for a land-drag and clod-crusher that will effectually crush the clods, level the land, and pack the soil, at one and the same operation.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence-Building Machines.
Patent for "a portable machine comprising a pile-driving apparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and driving in the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and also wire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence or telegraph wires." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Tally, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Painter's Scaffold-chairs.
Patent for use of house-painters and others an improved scaffold-chair that may be elevated and lowered at pleasure by the person sitting on the scaffold.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Derricks.
Patent for improvement in portable derricks by using an “adjustable crane mounted on a truck-platform, having an overhead frame for the support of the upper end of the crane-post, and braces for staying the frame, so that the crane can be turned around to overhang the sides.” (Lines 6-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Reams, Shirwood Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle and Wheel
Patent for a new and improved wheel and axle for cars. This design calls for "providing each of the axle with a fixed ratchet-wheel and providing the car-wheels with spring-pawls adapted to engage with the ratchets" (lines 21-24). This overcomes the strain that the wheels place on the axles when making turns, which reduces the chance of the car leaving its tracks.
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Pendleton, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition For Staining Wood.
Patent for a “paint or stain, which, when applied, will harden on the common woods of commerce, render them durable and smooth, and give them the exact appearance of black walnut” (lines 15-18).
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Gloger, Anton F., Jr. & Gloger, Joseph P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave Guard.
Patent for a new and improved grave guard. This design allows for a grave guard that receives fence posts, headstones, and water for neighboring plants, which compiles these effects from various other devices.
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Gent, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow and Cotton Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow and cotton scraper. This design "relates to an improvement in sulky-plows, its object being to render the plow right or left hand for operation, to adjust the angle of presentation of the plow with relation to the line of draft, and to adapt the plow as a cotton-scraper; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Baucum, Samuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for "a churn dasher to which a rotary movement shall be imparted by the resistance offered by the fluid to the dasher when the latter is given a vertical reciprocating movement in the ordinary manner, the rotary movement being constantly in one direction, irrespective of the direction of the vertical reciprocating movement" (lines 13-21).
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple planter that is "adapted to plant either corn or cotton and that at predetermined distances; to so construct the machine as to adapt it readily for change from one form of planter to the other; and to improve the manner of securing the furrow-opening shovel-carrying standard and the seed tube, whereby the former and latter are prevented from breaking or becoming injured should they contact with a stone, stump, or other obstacle of sufficient size and firmness to injure them" (lines 10-21).
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor.
Patent for a simple cupsidor that attaches to the floor of railway cars and other places and can be easily cleaned. They are designed to be installed in a line and connected so they can be opened and cleaned at the same time. A valve and a tube hold and empty the contents of the cupsidor.
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Simmons, David Pitman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Head-Rest.
Patent for "an improved head rest which can be easily attached to a car seat without injuring or marring the wood work or upholstering thereof, and which will be compact in structure, light in weight and cheap and durable in general construction, and readily adjustable in height, and angle of inclination" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Churn-Frame.
Design patent for a churn frame.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
O'Marrow, Mattie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Furnace.
Patent for
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a new and useful gate latch, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
Perkins, Oscar P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mail bag catchers and deliverers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
Bresland, Sylvester E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of And Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas.
Patent for a new and useful method of and apparatus for manufacturing gas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Blum, Sylvain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvesting Machine
Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 16, 1903
Creator:
Jackson, A. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake Lock
Patent for an air brake lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Mabry, Davis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Charlton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dipper
Patent for dipper. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Cowart, Laurance P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signal System
Patent for electric signal system. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Adams, Edwin Johnson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Gathering Machine
Patent for a insect gathering machine. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Stiles, Alfred Closure
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History