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Improvement in Mattress and Cushion Tackers.
Patent for improvement in fasten materials that are used for mattresses or cushion together without being drawn through and lifted by the needles. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 2, 1872
Creator:
Watson, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Axles for Vehicles
Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date:
July 2, 1872
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in a link-guide support "pivoted to the underside of the car, the link-guide pivoted to the front end of the support, the spring arranged between the guide and the support, the yoke secured to the car, and the spring supported by said yoke and bearing against the link-guide support" (lines 1-6).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Wash, Thomas Henry & Wash, Nathan Robert Hodge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake
Patent for a stalk-cutter and rake design, "such as well enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same" (lines 9-11).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Boykin, Archable T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blasting Cartridge.
Patent for a new and improved blasting-cartridge. This design is "composed of two similar semi-cylindrical sections having flat smooth faces their entire length, adapted to rest or bear against each other and grooved to form the cylindrical fuse-opening" (lines 94-98). It further consists in the "bore tapering from said fuse-opening to the bottom or inner end of the shell, said semi-shells being provided on their outer sides and at their front ends for a portion of their lengths only with sharp-pointed spurs or projections having vertical front walls and sharp inclined rear edges" (lines 1-7).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Todd, James Polk & Welch, John Steel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for an improvement in the construction and design of baling presses.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a whiffletree formed of a single metal plate having the perforations and bent to form a hollow tree, the hooks and ring having the enlarged perforated ends, and the rivets" (lines 91-95).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hook and Hammer.
Patent for a combined hook and hammer meant to "combine in its structure the ordinary hook for engaging with the article to be moved, and a handle adapted, when desired, to be used as a hammer, thus dispensing with the necessity for a separate implement of this character, and, second, to combine with the said hook and handle improved means for preventing the accidental contact of the hand of the operator with the article to be handled" (lines 17-26).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Tillett, Henry Augustus; Tarpley, Thomas Dee & Moore, Robert Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Cutter.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive tube-cutter meant to cut boiler flues or tubes in order to remove or replace the tubes or flues. The tube cutter doesn't spread the tube and allows the tubes to be withdrawn through the holes after cutting them.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Fitzpatrick, John James Kelsoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede
Patent for new and useful improvements to the class of velocipedes "in which the rotation of the propelling-wheel is produced by the oscillation of a rocking-chair" (lines 24-26).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Rullmann, John D. & Eckenroth, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Cob Splitters.
Patent for an improved corn-cob splitter for feeding stock using a tapering pin operated by a rack and pinion to split corn whether shuck is on or off. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 2, 1878
Creator:
Smith, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Operating Railway-Switches.
Patent for a device "for automatically operating the switches of steam, electric, and street railways by the movement of a locomotive or car, thereby obviating the necessity of a brakeman, driver, motorman, or other person alighting from the car or train for such purpose" (lines 12-18).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Moore, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Case.
Patent for a new and improved packing-case. This design "relates to cases or cabinets for packing and transporting articles that are brittle and easily breakable, such as eggs, glassware, china, and the like; and it has for its object to provide a device or case containing a series of sub-compartments or boxes, each of which is provided with cells to receive and hold the individual articles to be packed, thus affording great security in transportation and convenience in handling and in exposing the articles for sale" (lines 8-18).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Moos, Henry Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Power Printing-Presses
Patent for improvements in the construction feeders for power printing presses.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Orser, Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved fan attachment. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the sewing-machine table and the upright of the fan-supporting frame, of the triangular base provided with a rubber-covered base hinged to a sleeve adjustably fitted upon said upright" (lines 111-115).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
McComas, Arthur W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeding Attachment for Disk Harrows
Patent for "improvements in seeding attachments for disk harrows, whereby the operation of harrowing the stubble and seeding-grain may be accomplished simultaneously" (lines 10-14).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Rogers, Jonathan Judson & Kennedy, Oliver Sylvester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an "improvement in car-couplings; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of devices whereby the pin is supported in a raised condition; also in a spring-slide for holding up the link ready for coupling with another car." (lines 13-18)
Date:
July 2, 1878
Creator:
Gassaway, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint.
Patent for a new and improved rail-joint. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a railroad-rail having notches in its flanges, of a fish-plate composed of a single piece of metal adapted to embrace the flange and web of the rail, said fish-plate being plain on one side and provided on the other side with ribs, perforated lugs projecting from the ribs at the ends of the fish-plate, said fish-plate being provided with perforations on one side to align with notches in the rail-flange, and notches in the other side out of alignment with the rail-flange" (lines 3-14).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Davis, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack for Displaying Dry Goods
Patent for improvements in construction of racks for displaying dry goods.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Fain, Emmet C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Sheller.
Patent for a simply-constructed nut-sheller especially designed for pecans, although because it is adjustable, other nuts can be shelled. It has "a reciprocating plunger which is adapted to cut the shell from the nut, and which has also means for cleaning out the nut-holder and shelling-knives, so that the machine is sure to work well every time" (lines 15-19).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Prade, Julien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Treadle Printing-Presses
Patent for improvements in treadle-press feeders "in which the feeder has to lay the paper on the platen and remove it after being printed" (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Orser, Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Rigging for Railway-Cars.
Patent for a draft-rigging for railway-cars that consists of a metal plate in an inverted U-shape, with its legs doubled upward and attached to the middle sills of the car, and the option of attaching a coupler to the plate. The plate legs can receive a king bolt ransom.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Roosevelt, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental-Care Attachment.
Patent for a dental-chair attachment mean to support a table to hold instruments, a waste-bowl, a lamp, glasses, and other things a dentist might need. The attachment can easily be separated and adjusted.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Mayes, Robert Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bridgework.
Patent for dental bridgework with "an improved slotted crown, cap, or band for attaching the bridges to the natural teeth" (lines 9-10).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Bray, Bernard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History