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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
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner designed to prevent choking and corrosion, and to ensure that fluids are properly warmed for the purpose of combustion. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Swenson, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Tie and Rail-Fastener
Patent for a metallic tie and rail fastener that does not require the use of bolts.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Arellano, Francisco
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a planter for planting cotton seed, which can be used with a walking or wheeled planter and automatically drops seeds when moving forward but not backward, and which can have the mechanism turned off while in transit.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Vaughn, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process and Formula for Tanning Hides.
Patent for the formula and processing used in tanning hides that is cheaper and more effective.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Moore, Rufus N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Meter Attachment.
Patent for a gas meter attachment that will allow the meter to still function properly when somehow placed in a position other than upright. Valves that would not be functional due to changes in gravitational forces resulting from the meter being in a position other than upright are remedied using this attachment by new register and valve design.
Date:
July 2, 1917
Creator:
Morris, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement.
Patent for improvements in cutting tools especially adapted for severing bale-ties, cutting wire and pruning trees. This cutting implement has a laterally-extending handle and a detachable cutting blade. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 2, 1901
Creator:
Lott, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Motor-Bicycles
Patent for "a strong frame at low cost in which the motor shall be yieldingly supported and wherein by preference the rider may be sustained on an elastic support, so as to maintain a uniform relation with the pedal-shafts, and the movement of the engine properly guided" (lines 11-17).
Date:
July 2, 1901
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Topper.
Patent for a cotton-topper, which attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Ray, Arthur Taylor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Seeder.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator and seeder. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame and plows, the hopper supported on the frame, and the oscillating agitator or stirrer in the bottom of the hopper, having a gear of the wheel-axle having an eccentric, the ring or strap embracing the eccentric and having a rod, and the rocking segment having a tubular arm receiving the rod to be oscillated thereby" (lines 73-81).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for improvements in construction and arrangement of machines that harvest cotton.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Cunningham, James Franklin, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard
Patent for a cultivator standard which allows the pitch and angle of the cultivator to be adjusted.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Yeatts, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History