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Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a plow called the "The Texas Cultivator" (line 7) that uses left and right wings and diamond plows that may be used to plow either side of stock to eliminate additional operators and time for the same job, including illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1861
Creator:
Cain, Shugar M. & Stelfox, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences
Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
Date:
June 4, 1872
Creator:
Brown, Floyd G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Paper-Clips.
Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lock-Faucets.
Patent for a improvement in lock faucets, includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1878
Creator:
Seward, Marion F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides.
Patent for a new machine to be used for oiling slides and glides for engines, &c., includes illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1878
Creator:
Bates, Asa N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaner for Cotton-Gin Saws
Patent for "a new and improved cleaner for removing gummy and other matter from the saws of cotton-gins while the latter are running, thus permitting the saws to work very effectively in removing the lint from the seed" (lines 8-13).
Date:
June 4, 1889
Creator:
Godwin, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the beam, the clamping-bars secured to the under side of the beam and arranged at an angle thereto, the teeth clamped by and between said bars, the hangers having their upper ends provided with a vertical series of openings, the securing-bolts passed through said openings in the ends of the clamping bars, and the scraper having a horizontal series of openings in each end, and the securing-bolts passed through said openings in the lower ends of the hangers" (lines 29-39).
Date:
June 4, 1889
Creator:
Ruddell, Charles Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a base-plate and spaced posts upon one face of the said plate grooved on their adjacent sides, of a spring-actuated lever provided with a cylindrical surface at one end and a flange projecting from the outer face beyond said surface, the opposite extremity of the lever being curved to form, essentially, a hook, the cylindrical surface being adapted for engagement with one post and the hook extremity with the other post" (lines 71-81).
Date:
June 4, 1889
Creator:
Turman, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shackle.
Patent for a new and improved set of shackles. This design consists in "[a] mitten provided with button-holes in its wrist, in combination with a handcuff provided with a fastening-button . . . [and] a flexible wrist band or cuff and carrying devices whereby a mitten may be attached thereto" (lines 73-79).
Date:
June 4, 1889
Creator:
James, John & Goodenough, Alvin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pilot-Coupling.
Patent for "an automatic pilot coupling, which will enable the pilot bar of a locomotive to be coupled with a car by a brakeman while standing to the side of the locomotive out of the way of all danger, from which position he can accurately operate the device, thus doing away with all necessity for going between the moving engine and the car to which it is to be coupled." (Lines 15-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 4, 1895
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support.
Patent for buggy-top support by providing a device that can “secure the folding top of any vehicle and will protect the bows from strain and breakage, when in lowered position and will also prevent all rattling of and shocks of the folding top.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Mason, Everett H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater
Patent for "a heater of the above-described character which may be used in connection with a stove or furnace or a fire built on the ground in the open air and be more effective and economic in its heating and more convenient in operation than the usual methods heretofore pursued in such instances where an inexpensive and portable device of this kind could be used to great advantage" (lines 13-22).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Harrison, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for making mattresses.
Patent for a machine for making mattresses with compressed lint-cotton inserted into a tick.
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box
Patent for "a mail-box adapted to be placed at or on the house of the person receiving the mail, so as to facilitate a house-to-house delivery" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Myer, Clayton Pittinger
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Bicycle
Patent for "a frame in which the motor shall be firmly supported without undue strain on any part of the machine and in which the weight of the motor shall be as low as may be and to connect the motor to the driving-axle in such way that a pedal shall also be utilized for driving the machine with little interference from the motor and with a proper balance of friction and to improve certain details and combinations of the driving-gear" (lines 10-20).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper for Mixing-Machines
Patent for a now and useful Scraper for Mixing-Machines, which is specifically a scraper attachment for the mixing-cylinder wherewith the material that may cling to the inner surface of the cylinder may be scraped off and the mixing operation may be thoroughly performed.
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Sliger, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Gun
Patent for "a cheap and simple device of this nature wherein the projectile will be held in such manner as not to interfere with sighting the catapult and wherein derived will be held in place in such manner as will prevent their accidental displacement and will yet permit of ready removal when desired" (lines 9-17).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Wilkins, Willie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller
Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Bethel, Ion Maywood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator that consists of “a suitable frame, a receptacle positioned within said frame, and a gas-bell” (lines 11-13), as well as a gasometer and carbide feed. As a result, the gas generator “will continually furnish dry, cool gas and at a substantially even pressure at all times” (line 22-24). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Hays, Parx Orr
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coop or Crate.
Patent for crates or coops for poultry that are easily assembled and disassembled, pack tightly, and are cheap and lightweight.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
La Bauve, Odelon Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Goodnight, Frank H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine.
Patent for a mattress making machine for use in cotton gins that fills the mattress tick with a even amount of stuffing without wadding and can be used with any type of cloth mattress tick.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
White, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Producing Mechanism for Explosive-Engines.
Patent for a spark producing mechanism for explosive engines, which serves as a starter for the engine when the vehicle is first turned on.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Stamps, Lorenzo Dan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor Apparatus.
Patent for a spring loaded dasher for use in churns that results in automated turning of the dashers.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Elliott, Claude B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History