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Wheel-Operated Lift Mechanism
Patent for a wheel operated lift mechanism designed for agricultural implements with wheels which can raise the frame of the agricultural implement for easy access to the wheel. This tool is adjustable to raise or lower the frame for easy access to the wheel to disconnect it.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Altgelt, Herman E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of rail-joints.
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears
Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Ascue, Elbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder
Patent for a sash holder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Bailey, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grading and Ditching Machine
Patent for a grading and ditching machine. Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Baker, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for an improved cultivator used for tillage when the plows are not in the ground. The cultivator can also lighten the heaviness felt by the operator while the plow is being used.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Barnett, James Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators
Patent for a new and useful improvement in attachments for wheel cultivators, including description and illustrations.
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Brown, William R.
System:
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Lock
Patent for a lock used to secure the openings of grain bags. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Chambless, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger.
Patent for a new and improved hanger for doors and gates. This design consists in "the brackets secured to a door or gate way at intervals apart and having the horizontal supporting arms, the track made of angle-iron and having the horizontal treadway secured to the arms of the brackets, and the upwardly-extending flange at the outer edge of the treadway, and the hangers secured to the door or gate and having their upper portions bent to form an inverted U-shaped yoke or frame, and rollers journaled between the sides of the frame" (lines 80-91).
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Charlton, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strainer for Oil and Water Wells
Patent for a strainer for oil and water wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
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Attachment for Coffins
Patent for a coffin attachment which supports the head and shoulders of the body and allows them to be adjusted vertically. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Deering, Uriah H.
System:
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Cotton and Corn Scraper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton and corn scraper.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Dove, Thoms F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polisher or Brush.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in polishing brushes.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Dumble, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole Head.
Patent for improvements in trolley-pole heads in which a good contact may established at all time between the wheel and the trolley-wire. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Dunn, Robert I. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dust Guard for Car Windows.
Patent for a new and improved dust guard for windows. This design consists in "the body . . . which is of concavo-convex form, closed at its upper end by a transverse plate and provided at its lower end with a contracted opening for the discharge of cinders, dust, &c., said body portion being provided with means . . . for affecting its attachment to a window frame" (lines 77-85).
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Duzan, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle
Patent for a bicycle propelled by the front wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton-Handling Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pneumatic cotton handling machines.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Padded Horseshoe
Patent for a horseshoe with cushion padding. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Gowing, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivating Machine
Patent for a cultivating machine. Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Gray, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gradometer.
Patent for a gradometer "which will accurately indicate under the most varying and unstable conditions the inclination and declination at which any moving body is traveling" (lines 10-13). The gradometer is "particularly adapted for use on motor vehicles" (lines 15-16).
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Hall, Sidney Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a switch in which it can be “automatically operated by a moving train either for the purpose of opening or closing the switch, under the control of the engineer, who without stopping the train may open the switch and run his train onto the switch-rails or a siding without slowing up the train further than is necessary to avoid derailing the train when passing from the main line to the switch or siding.” (Lines 11-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Harris, Irvin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Dispensing Oil, &c.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for dispensing oil, &c.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Haye, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements of patent no. 685838, dated November 5, 1901 by the same inventor George Daniel Hayes. The improvements included “the mounting of the plunger-operating lever, so as to insure a quick and positive disengagement thereof from the plunger-rod at the completion of the stroke and also to arrange for applying the power to the lever in such a manner as to obviate twisting thereof.” (Lines 14-19) Other improvements such as improved tension device for the plunger-operating lever, to provide the press with means whereby all of the bales may be formed of equal lengths and, means for preventing backward movement of the bales. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Hayes, George Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History