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Portable Oven.
Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Tooth
Patent for "Improvement in Saw Teeth" (line 3)
Date:
July 12, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
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
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
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
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
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
Locking Latch.
Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Rand, Anders
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Raising and Lowering Mechanism for Harvesters.
Patent for improvements in raising and lowering mechanism for harvesters that can be raised and/or lowered at both ends simultaneously with power from the drive wheel, while also being cheap, easy to manufacture, and durable.
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists "of a frame having a bar extending thereacross with integral arms at right angles thereto, having outwardly turned sharpened ends to form a means of attachment, and a carrier proper depending from said frame and consisting of an elongated loop and an upper eye having the juncture of the two extended inward to form a projection to narrow the opening between said loop and eye, the parts of said carrier proper being of integral rigid structure" (lines 78-88).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Miller, Amanuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a new and improved puzzle. This design consists in a "trick-puzzle, the same consisting of one false and three true members, each of a stiff wire bent at its center into a loop or ring, with its ends extending therefrom and standing approximately parallel, the bends of the true members being in one direction and of the false member in the opposite direction" (lines 5-12).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Walker, William Turner.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sun Shade Hat.
Patent for a new and improved sun shade hat. The hat is designed to shield the wearer's head from the sun to prevent heatstroke and keep the wearer's hands free to work. This design utilizes a clamp and washers to enable the hat to remain in the desired opened/closed state while off of the wearer's head, which represents an improvement over previous designs.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Ross, George W.
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
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "consists in combing with the plow a furrow-cutter for the purpose of cutting or dividing the furrow-slice and pulverizing it to a greater or less extent, like a harrow" (lines 13-16).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Duster
Patent for a device that will grind poison to a fine powder, and can mounted on a wagon for distribution onto plants.
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Wright, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for "a motor of cheap and simple construction that may be stopped and started readily, that is automatically governed, that may be operated continuously or without losing time for rewinding or hoisting the weight, and the power of which may be doubled or decreased one-half, as desired, and in accordance with the mechanism to be operated" (lines 10-17).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Wheat, Edmond C.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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