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Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for improved construction and arrangement of car-couplings.
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
McCarty, Ezra B. & Heagerty, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.
Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
Eastham, Albert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
Davis, James H. & White, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth Borer and Excavator
Patent for an Improvement in Earth Boring and Excavating Machines whereby the machines may operate continuously except for the addition of shaft and belt sections.
Date:
July 24, 1880
Creator:
Carley, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a short thin plate of metal having two tongues . . . fronting each other, said plate being pivoted at one end to the bale-hoop . . . the other end of the bale-hoop being passed under the tongues and drawn tightly around the bale, the expansion of the bale on the hoop causes the respective ends to pull on the respective ends of the tie-plate . . . so as to grip the edges of the end passed between the tongues and hold it firmly" (lines 7-19).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Arnold, Abbott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser.
Patent for a new and improved condenser. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a series of condensing-compartments, forming a continuous convoluted condensing-vessel having vertical walls, to be employed in the process of extracting alcohol, essential oils, ether, &c." (lines 18-23).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Wilmans, Frederick A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder.
Patent for a new and improved book holder. This design "consists in the peculiar construction of the main frame or case provided at or near one end with a slot or opening to expose a portion of the blank paper, and a clamping device to hold the copy-slips, and at its opposite end with a tubular instrument and pen-wiper receptacle" (lines 21-27).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Gerard, Alonzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design "relates to improvements in lamps in which the reservoir is beveled, adapting it for use in conjunction with a conical corrugated reflector; and the object of [the] improvement is to produce a lamp that will afford more and better light with a given amount of oil" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Newman, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design "is to improve the means for suspending a quilting-frame, so that a sewing-machine may be more conveniently used in the quilting operation" (lines 7-10).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Bledsoe, Robert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consist[s] of a draw-head having a spring-actuated sliding piece projecting into the draw-head, with a shouldered end therein, and a hole adapted to register with the coupling-holes in the draw-head, a coupling-link having yielding slotted pieces pivoted at its ends above slots in the ends of the link, and a coupling-pin with reacting spring mounted in a frame having a winding-drum, and a rope connected with the coupling-pin, the latter projecting through and engaging the sliding piece and link" (lines 76-87).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Griffith, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Tonic
Patent for use the liquid preparation is applied to the head once a day why the scalp is thoroughly irrigated, and the after once or twice a week. By its use the hair will be prevented from falling out as often occurs after fevers, and when the foilices are not dead a new growth of hair will be formed on bald heads.[20]
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Wallace, William, T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved sulky cultivator. This design consists in "the beam having the cross-bar at its rear end, and the rearward-diverging brace-arms connecting the beam to the ends of the cross-bar, the links hinged to the rear ends of the brace-arms and pivoted to the sulky-frame, the hand lever fulcrumed on the frame, and the rod connecting the hand-lever to the front end of the beam" (lines 40-48).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hazlewood, James Allan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed Elevator
Patent for a wagon-bed elevator that "is to provide an elevator for wagon-beds by means of which a single person can raise the bed from the wagon to any desired height and leave it suspended in position where it can be readily lowered upon the wagon again at any time" (p. 2).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal wind-wheel, the semi-cylindrical case partly inclosing the same and independently revoluble, the case having the notches in its upper side, the vane having the shaft or port whose lower end forms the upper pivot for the said case, and the lever having its inner end fast to the vane shaft or port, and adapted to engage the said notches, and thereby cause the case to expose any desired area of the wheel to the wind" (lines 89-99).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Hamm, Jordan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for the Protection of Vessels.
Patent for a device that protects boats and consists of supporting plates, two of which are firmly secured to the side of the boat, springs between the supporting plates, and chains that limit the movement of supporting plates.
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Bailey, William Henry, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke.
Patent for "a safety attachment for neck yokes which, if the neck yoke or the straps which connect it to the pole or to the collars break, will come into action and prevent the pole from dropping" (lines 8-13).
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Steam-Engine.
Patent for "reversible reciprocating steam engines, its objects being to simplify the mechanism for reversing the valve, and to provide a valve in which the area of steam pressure upon its face is reduced to the minimum." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Lester, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trawl-Line.
Patent for a trawl-line that is supported so that it "can be caused to travel continuously in the same or reversed directions at will" (lines 12-14). The invention prevents "the choking of the line supporting pulleys with grasses and other foreign matter, and also to enable the ready adjustment of the pulley son the posts to change the elevation of the trawl-line and the depth of dip of the hooks in the water" (lines 16-21).
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
White, Warren Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas-Generating Apparatus.
Patent for "improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene , and comprises the novel features." (lines 8-10) including illustration.
Date:
July 24, 1900
Creator:
Metcalf, Charles Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
Date:
July 24, 1900
Creator:
Bonner, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot
Patent for a coffee pot. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Peterman, Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Vending Machine
Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Flour and Process of Producing the Same.
Patent for a new type of corn tortilla flour and the process for cooking the corn in lime water, producing a flour that keeps as long as wheat flour and eliminates the need for grinding before use.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Wreford, Samuel Phippen & Besteiro, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History