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Improved Anchor for Animals.
Patent for improvement in animals’ anchor in which it allow the animals to graze without being twisted or wound up the rope by using the combination of a swiveled loop and a pivoted loop with each other, and a pin. “This pin is made with four wings, or radial longitudinal flanges, tapering to a point at its lower end and is readily forced into the ground, and easily drawn out, but will resist a very strong side-draught.” (Lines23-27) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 8, 1869
Creator:
Raiford, P. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Chadwick, Edwin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers.
Patent for "an improvement in the bottle-stopper of Westel E. Hawkins, patented under date of August 4, 1874, and numbered 153,769" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Shaw, Michael W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Molds.
Patent for improvement in brick-molds, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Singer, Edgar C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib
Patent for new "suspended cribs or cradles for the use of children" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1880
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Water-Elevators.
Patent for improvements on governor for water-elevator to alleviate problems of waste of water from overage of water and also allows for self-regulation of the supply of water. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1880
Creator:
Fulton, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Cotton-Chopper
Patent for "new and useful improvements in rotary cotton-choppers" (lines 4-5) that are of "the class of cotton-choppers which travel across the rows, and also to the class which use a revolving drum having blades or hoes spirally arranged on its periphery" (lines 13-17), including descriptions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1880
Creator:
Lee, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).
Date:
June 8, 1886
Creator:
Harrell, Joseph J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curry Comb.
Patent for a new and improved curry-comb. This design "has relation to that class of curry-combs provided with detachable and reversible handles, and has for its object to provide simple and effective means whereby the handle can be readily detached from the comb and replaced in a reverse position, or removed for the purpose of economizing for space in packing for transportation" (lines 17-24).
Date:
June 8, 1886
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Brace with Right-Angled V-Guide Frame.
Patent for a bit-brace with right-angled V-guide frame, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Measure and Funnel.
Patent for "a combined measure and funnel, the same being especially designed for dealing out molasses" (lines 13-15), including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Curling Iron Holder
Patent for a design for a curling-iron holder.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Campbell, Orton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Capturing and Destroying Insects.
Patent for "a new and original method of destroying the Mexican cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus gradis boh) and other insects that damage cotton while growing &c., &c. (lines 5-8) including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Strouhal, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for "improvements in presses for compressing and baling hay or other fibrous material" (lines 9-10), with illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1895
Creator:
Young, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for "a lock of novel construction wherein the keyholes at opposite sites of the door are placed out of alignment for preventing children, servants, and curious persons from looking or listening through the keyhole." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Oleson, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Capturing and Destroying Insects.
Patent for a machine that removes insects from cotton plants. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Strouhal, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for regulating the width of the furrow-slice of a "sulky" or "wheel" plow, with illustration.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Gauntt, Granville B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for the improvement on plows so that the operator can "readily adjust the moldboard or shovel into any desired inclination" (lines 14-15). The clamp is also adjustable.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Jessie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for an improved thill coupling, one meant to "prevent the annoyance of nuts coming off, allowing the thill to come out of place" (lines 55-57). "It is also for the purpose of facilitating the changing of a pair of shafts for a tongue or a tongue for shafts" (lines 59-61).
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Kitching, David C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier.
Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient trace-carrier" (line 12) "capable of readily receiving and of securely holding the chain of a trace close to the back-band and of preventing the inner trace-chains form becoming hooked into each other when two horses are employed at a plow or the like" (lines 13-18).
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Brown, Lewis E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Sack
Patent for a catamenial sack. This invention is a "catamenial sacks or shields and the object is to provided such a device which will be cleanly and sanitary in effect, which is pliable and easily and comfortably conformable to the form of the wearer" (lines 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Frommann, Franklin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Baling and Compress Machine.
Patent for a combined baling and compress machine for cotton gins, which makes bales that fulfill the rules of transportation companies on cotton bale density and is cost efficient enough for small gins to purchase.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Crow, Robert D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow, which collects stalks after it cuts them that has simplified lifting mechanisms.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Hosford, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating-Packing.
Patent for lubricating packing, which lasts a long time under high pressure.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Stewart, Martin L. & Carr, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History