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Improved Saw-Gummer.
Patent for a machine that uses a grindstone to sharpen rotary saws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1865
Creator:
Fosterm A. K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.
Patent for improvements to cotton picking and cleaning before the cotton is ginned.
Date:
July 4, 1871
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children
Patent for an improvement in machines for taking Photographs of small children.
Date:
July 4, 1871
Creator:
Sloan, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Replacer and Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved bale-band replacer and tightener. This design "provide[s] a simple and convenient device for replacing a broken bale-bind, for tightening the band around the bale, and for drawing the ends together, so as to provide the necessary slack for slipping the loop out of the tie when it is desired to remove a band" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 4, 1882
Creator:
Lenard, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather-Strip.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and improved weather strip that "will be operated by the opening and closing of the door, and which will not interfere with carpets, and which will when the door is closed effectually exclude wind, rain, dust and the like" (lines 12-16).
Date:
July 4, 1893
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Pen.
Patent for a hog pen and feed trough that can hold and feed a variety of variety of animals. It consists of an inclosure with an opening, ways extending into and out of the opening, a sliding trough mounted in the pen, rollers that slide into and out of the pen, pulleys in the trough, a shaft journaled in the front of the trough, ropes that go around the pulleys, and a turning mechanism for the shaft.
Date:
July 4, 1893
Creator:
Wilkinson, Benjmon M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Harrington, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot
Patent for a simplified coffee pot that extracts coffee by using boiling water and the receptacle without changing the structure of the device.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Haley, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a new improvement in cattle guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book Type-Writer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in book type writers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Johnson, Jahu W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can
Patent for a can. Illustration included.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Hanna, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with rotating blades.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Prokschl, Mathias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Grubbs, Marion F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Cabinet.
Patent for a type cabinet for storing dating type.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Chapman, Mercer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a fishing trap box that holds the bait securely and can be used for catching fish or crustaceans.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel-Register.
Patent for a hotel register cabinet for holding registry sheets with a revolving top.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Duncan, Selden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley
Patent for a trolley that has a secure connection to the trolley line.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Irwin, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Fastener for Envelops, &c.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in metal fasteners for envelops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Holcombe, Henry Cannon; Maddox, John Wilson & Maddox, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Switch.
Patent for a timer for turning on and off electric lights.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Chappel, James Mack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for "a novel arrangement of circuits in connection with a pair of telephone-receivers at each subscriber's station, whereby the subscriber can cut out the station, so that the conversation is being carried on between two subscribers cannot be heard by the other subscribers on the same line" (lines 9-17).
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Bennett, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nailless Horseshoe.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in nailless horseshoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Broers, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator.
Patent for a music indicator that shows the names of the notes on the piano and how to form various chords and scales to assist the user in learning music.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
MacMaster, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Govering-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Vining, Lucinda
System:
The Portal to Texas History