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Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door Fastening.
Patent for a new and improved car-door fastening. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a staple, a hook-hasp, key, and a key-plate, whereby several advantages are obtained . . . for securing the sliding doors of box-cars and other railway-cars" (lines 8-14).
Date:
April 19, 1881
Creator:
Alexander, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bedsteads.
Patent for the improvement of bedsteads in order to make them more convenient and durable.
Date:
August 8, 1871
Creator:
Baldwin, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for "plow mold-boards to which the black land of Texas, and other similar soils, will not adhere, so that a furrow can be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1875
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent to improve the construction of the mold-board of the plow described in Letters Patent No. 163,352, "to make it more effective in preventing the black lands of Texas and other sticky and waxy soils from adhering to it, and to enable a proper furrow to be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1876
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight.
Patent for a train engine headlight, which shines light around a curve.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Bell, Robert A. & McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight.
Patent for a headlight that turns with a cars body and will not accidentally turn from bumps.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Bell, Robert A. & McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.
Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Berry, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn designed for churning butter in smaller quantities and preventing foreign objects from entering. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 5, 1909
Creator:
Bland, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Wrench
Patent for a nut wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Briscoe, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate
Patent for grate that are applied to the fire box of a boiler.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Brown, Sidney E. & Kain, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder
Patent for a temporary binder.
Date:
May 12, 1903
Creator:
Buford, Paschal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for "revolving-cylinder seed-planters; and its object is to furnish a strong and durable implement adapted to plant with precision various kinds of seed, and the wheels of which are not liable to become clogged with earth." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1877
Creator:
Burris, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Chamber for Refrigerators.
Patent for an ice chamber for refrigerators, which decreases the amount of ice needed to keep the refrigerator cool and circulates the air better.
Date:
June 1, 1909
Creator:
Carter, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing for Doors and Like Closures.
Patent for new packing for closures for air-tight and temperature-regulating containers (i.e. refrigerators), with illustrations included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Carter, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable wheel-axle box that is "adapted to contain a supply of lubricating material and constructed to feed the same continuously to the axle-spindle to prevent overheating, and furthermore, to provide means for preventing ingress of dust" (lines 9-14).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Casto, Tony Lo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box.
Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Casto, Tony Lo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold
Patent for scaffold. This scaffold is designed to be carried on toggles allowing it to raise and lower.
Date:
November 14, 1902
Creator:
Cheves, Merrell Autry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Construction.
Patent for "a construction which will permit the speedy and easy removal of brake supporting blocks or equivalent parts from the lower or floor frame of a car and the substitution of others without displacement or injury of other parts of the car." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 25, 1894
Creator:
Coffin, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carling-Socket for Car-Frames.
Patent for improvements to "carlings for the roofs of cars, such as used for transporting live or dead freight," (lines 11-13) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1891
Creator:
Coffin, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protector for Stay-Bolts.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protectors for stay bolts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1898
Creator:
Coins, Francis. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plumbing System.
Patent for "improvements in plumbing systems whereby the service-pipes will automatically drain themselves when a sufficiently low temperature is reached to congeal the water contained therein, thereby obviating frozen pipes and the resultant damage incident thereto." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas S. & Coleman, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balance-Staff for Watches.
Patent for improvements in balance-staffs for watches by “strengthen and increase the durability of the pivots or journals of the staff while reducing the friction to a minimum” (lines 16-19), included illustration.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Cooper, Jonathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Case Bow
Patent for improvements in fastenings for bows of watch-cases.
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Cooper, Jonathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History