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Automatic Boiler-Feeder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic boiler feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Sharp, Joshua H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Operated Forge
Patent for an automatically operated forge which dose not require an operator to keep the blower going and heats quickly.
Date:
July 12, 1910
Creator:
Dickey, Joseph H. & Roach, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing Axle-Box.
Patent for a new and useful ball bearing axle box, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Hobron, Charles Bingley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot Upper.
Patent for a new and improved boot upper. This design "relates to improvements in boots for use by lumbermen, laborers, miners, and others requiring a stout heavy boot capable of withstanding great strain, water-tight, and durable" (lines 7-11). It "consist[s] of a front and rear section, each of said sections being made in one piece and the edges of the rear section doubled over upon themselves and having their edges secured to the edges of the front section by edge stitches passing through said edges of the front section and said edges of the doubled edges of the rear section" (lines 74-81).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Baker, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Bow Strings Attachment
Patent for improvements to buggy transportation carts. These improvements are primarily to prevent bending and breakage.
Date:
July 12, 1905
Creator:
Johnson, George A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calipers and Dividers.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in measuring instruments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Taulman, Joseph Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Bearing.
Patent for a new and improved car-axle bearing. This design is "compris[ed of] the separable upper and lower sections having the longitudinal grooves on their respective upper and lower sides, the straps fitting in the said groove, and the bolts engaging the said straps and clamping the sections of the box together . . . in combination with the axle having its end fitting within the box, the collar shrunk onto the end of the axle within the box, said collar having the annular flanges, and the block pressing on the collar within the flanges" (lines 73-93).
Date:
July 12, 1887
Creator:
Hawkins, Andrew Jackson & Wilkins, John Walker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake
Patent for a car brake for train cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupler.
Patent for a new and improver coupler for railroad cars. This design "consists, first, in a transversely-arranged bar supported by suitable hangers secured to the end of the car a suitable distance above the draw-bar, each end of said transverse bar being provided with hand-wheels having a notch on their outer periphery, with which engage weighed pawls suitably pivoted to the side of the car; secondly, in an arm extending from said transverse bar for supporting the link" (lines 22-31).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Farnam, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Curtain Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved curtain fastener for carriages. This design is "an improvement upon that particular form of curtain-fasteners . . . in which a sleeve or barrel having a rotary and sliding movement on a spring-encircled shank or post is provided with a wing or projection for effecting the connection of said sleeve or barrel with the eyelet or grommet of the curtain . . . which will effectually prevent the accidental disengagement of the curtain" (lines 18-29).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Paschal, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coil-Box Guard
Patent for improvements in coil-box guards for automobiles. The design is simpler and less expensive than previous coil-box guards.
Date:
July 12, 1919
Creator:
Yonge, Roy C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Wood.
Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Smith, Bat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Brown, Christopher C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Walthall, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Attachment.
Patent for a new attachment for cotton gins. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a cotton-gin, of the carrier, feed-roller, having teeth or projections, and the adjustable sliding rake . . . [and] the combination of the carriers, the latter having covering, receiver, toothed feed-roller, adjustable rake, gin-saws, and brush" (lines 68-75).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Compton, Willis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinning Machine
Patent for a cotton thinning machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 12, 1912
Creator:
Brawner, William Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves, which can be put in through the door of the stove.
Date:
July 12, 1910
Creator:
Stanton, Ernest F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for cooling milk, meat, vegetables, &c.
Patent for an early fridge, a device that will cool meat, milk and vegetables. It comprises a container of ice cold water, and a place to store the foodstuffs in.
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Smart, J. W. & Cheatham, T. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Speed Engine
Patent for a double speed engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Richards, Oliver L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Soft Candy.
Patent for bee feeder device that allows bees to have access to food during transport. The feeder also is designed to prevent any running and clogging, while minimizing bee death due to starvation.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Ault, Eugene B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game-Board.
Patent for a game board that includes barriers, inclines, and depressions in the board which is meant to simulate a game similar to baseball (as well as other games) using a cue ball. The game board also comes with auxiliary barriers to adjust gameplay.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Sterling, Don L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of baling presses for compressing hay for baling.
Date:
July 12, 1887
Creator:
McNeill, Charles DeWitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board.
Patent for an ironing board that has no legs or braces, but is securely held and provided with a cabinet that can be attached to the side of a wall or built into a wall to not take up space in the room by being placed out. Makes for easier ironing of garments, such as dresses and skirts, by allowing them to be inserted on the board.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Trammell, Earl, M. & Carothers, Willam C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lard-Press.
Patent for a lard press, which is easy to use and inexpensive to make.
Date:
July 12, 1910
Creator:
Harman, Effie
System:
The Portal to Texas History