Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of rail-joints.
Date: May 17, 1887
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Armstrong, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polisher or Brush. (open access)

Polisher or Brush.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in polishing brushes.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Dumble, William K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger. (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Producing Device (open access)

Draft Producing Device

Patent for a draft producing device. This invention is placed under the eye of a kiln or under a boiler to increase air to the furnace. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dust Guard for Car Windows. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Trouser-Fastener Member. (open access)

Design for a Trouser-Fastener Member.

Design patent for a trousers-fastener with duplicate compoundly curbed edges converging to a common point.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Salich, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Padded Horseshoe (open access)

Cushion-Padded Horseshoe

Patent for a horseshoe with cushion padding. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Gowing, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sprinkler. (open access)

Cotton Sprinkler.

Patent for a new and improved sprinkler. This design consists "[i]n a cotton or other plant sprinkler, the reservoir or tank mounted upon a suitable carriage or truck, and having connected thereto a pump, in combination with the grooved pulley, rigidly secured to the wheel of the carriage or truck, belt or chain, pulley, clutch, and crank, connected by suitable levers or arms to the piston-rod . . . with the pipes, provided with roseheads, of the arm or carrier, formed in sections and connected to a suitable lever for raising or lowering it" (lines 20-33).
Date: May 17, 1881
Creator: Wolfram, John Arnold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivating Machine (open access)

Cultivating Machine

Patent for a cultivating machine. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Gray, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History