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Detachable Neck Yoke
Patent for a detachable neck yoke. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Barry, John, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is "for cultivating stubble, sugar-cane, cotton, corn, and other plants planted in rows or drills, which will remove the soil from the sides of the rows without injuring the roots, and will throw soil around the plants, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use" (lines 15-21).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Brenner, August William & Fraser, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design "relates to gate-latches; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction and efficient in operation, and to provide a gate-latch that not only permits the gate to be opened in both directions, but also prevents the same from being opened or lifted from its hinges by the stock, and also a latch that can be easily manipulated without dismounting from the horse" (lines 8-17).
Date:
May 10, 1892
Creator:
Brown, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for an improved washing machine consisting of a wash-boiler into which one or more streams of hot water may be thrown.
Date:
May 10, 1883
Creator:
Caldwell, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Fender.
Patent for an improvement to cultivator-fenders that prevents rocks and other debris from being throws about while plowing.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Calk, Alonzo E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the hopper having a notch or opening in its rear edge, the seed-spout extending vertically along the rear side of the hopper and communicating therewith through said notch, the reciprocating rod having a jointed upper end provided with a seed-cup, the rock-shaft having crank-arm, and an arm connected with said reciprocating-rod, the crank-shaft, pitman, driving-wheel, and the sprocket-gears and chain connecting the crank-shaft and wheel-axle" (lines 84-96).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Clark, Council H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Claw and Pinch Bar
Patent for a combination claw and pinch bar that is adapted for use with railway tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Stove
Patent for improvements in oil burner stoves.Pertains more to oil stoves with movable burners so that the flame intensity can be adjusted or extinguished.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Cook, Thomas Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Distributer
Patent for a linotype distributer. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Cooney, John Macauley & Totten, Harry Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straw Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved straw cutter. This design "relates to certain improvements in straw-cutters; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-15). The novel construction and arrangement of parts means that "[t]he machine is simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, will not readily get out of repair, and will perform the necessary work in an efficient manner" (lines 1-4).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Cornish, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Machine.
Patent for a new and improved dredging machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a boat or the like, provided with depending hangers at its bow and stern, of the shaft journaled in said hangers, and provided with a spiral screw extending throughout its length" (lines 88-92). It is "for removing sand-bars and similar obstructions in the beds of harbors or in streams by loosening the sand or the like, so that it will be suspended in the water and carried off by the natural or created current" (lines 22-26).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Crockett, John Richardson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot.
Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design consists in "the cover, the jointed parts by means of which the cover is connected to the pot, and the guide through which the part has a sliding movement" (lines 79-83). This novel construction "is to produce a coffee pot in which the cover is made adjustable, so as to be adapted to close over the top of the pot, or to be dropped back out of the way when the condenser is used" (lines 17-21).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a triangle shaped cultivator with removable mold-boards that can be used as a plow and scraper, including illustration.
Date:
May 10, 1859
Creator:
Doss, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in planters, which "can be used with all kinds of grain and seed, and can be attached to almost any plow" (line 5-7).
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Durham, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toothed Bar For Log Turners
Patent for toothed bar for log turners. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Edwards, Daniel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle - Brake.
Patent for a new and improved automatic vehicle brake.
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Elliott, Joseph Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool
Patent for a stool strapped to the user so as to facilitate an ease in picking cotton, berry, or vegetables. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Farley, John C. & Prince, Hyman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Packing-Jar.
Patent for a cylindrical stone packing jar with an ornamental annular rim-flange and an ornament rectangular molding surrounding a smooth-surfaced field or panel.
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Felscher, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Turner
Patent for "that class of log-turners which is operated by power, and has for its object to provide a device that will be quick and positive in its operation" (lines 39-42).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Ferris, Henry Murry & Gallon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for an improvement in the hay-press that involves operation by horse-power. Includes illustrations.
Date:
May 10, 1892
Creator:
Finch, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Cotton Gins and Cotton Gin Feeders.
Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design "consists, first, in the combination of an oscillating or movable roll-breast with a regulating attachment, whereby the size of the roll or the pressure of the cotton in the roll-box is made to regulate the feed to the gin to any desired degree; second, in forming a series of slots through the outer side of the roll-breast, so that the cotton seed may be discharged through the outer side of the breast, as well as in addition to the usual slot which is made through the bottom of the roll-box" (lines 15-25).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Forbes, Lycurgus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Clip
Patent for a paper clip. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Galbraith, David G. & Galbraith, Nannie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters.
Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.
Date:
May 10, 1859
Creator:
Gilbert, R. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors.
Patent for improvement in refining and ageing liquors, including an illustration. The process includes expelling air from distilled liquors, heating them to a boiling point and then cooling them in a waterbath, through the use of a closed, air-tight vessel surrounded by an open water-vessel.
Date:
May 10, 1870
Creator:
Gilman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History