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Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1898
Creator:
Wheeler, Houston J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth.
Patent for a new and useful artificial tooth for "supplying missing teeth or crowning roots" (line 10 -11).
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles
Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan Combination Stand.
Patent for a new and improved automatic-fan combination-stand. This design "relates to an improved stand or support for an automatic fan, which said stand shall be portable, so as to be conveniently set up wherever desired, and which shall contain various hooks, brackets, shelves, and other conveniences" (lines 17-22).
Date:
November 28, 1882
Creator:
McKeehan, Charles Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists of "the frame, the arms or standards pivoted to the said frame and carrying the chopping hoes or plows, the rock-shafts having the arms connected to the standards or [other] arms, and the [third] arms, and the rotating crank-shaft connected to the [third] arms, whereby the standards or arms will be caused to alternately approach and recede from each other as the machine advances" (lines 52-61).
Date:
September 14, 1886
Creator:
Basham, Wesley Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Screen Frame.
Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for Windmill that is adapted to be held in various positions. This Windmill device will be strong, durable, and easy to construct.
Date:
June 10, 1913
Creator:
Houston, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Splicer and Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire splicer and stretcher. This design "consist[s] of a suitable body . . . provided with a series of perforations and having its ends turned in opposite directions, one end being tapered to an edge and notched and the other end being pointed" (lines 24-28).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Lea, John Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists in "the combination of a cylindrical body of elongated form and obliquely arranged and having slots in the upper part thereof to form bars, a central top slot between said bars, and a lower bar having a recess therein, an obliquely-inclined spring-latch extending across one of the open ends of said body, the back-band having a strap to pass around said body, and a girth-strap connected to said lower recessed bar" (lines 13-22).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Wellborn, Samuel Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for a plow attachment. This design has improvements for the foot portion of plows and cultivators. The attachment is easy to apply, and can be adjusted accordingly.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Clark, Samuel Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "the combination of the beam, the parallel horizontal arms pivoted to the top and bottom of the beam and projecting beyond the sides of the same, the vertically-slotted brackets secured between the beams at the ends of the same, the cultivator-beams arranged between the upper and lower horizontal arms, and the securing bolts inserted transversely through the beams and the slots of the brackets" (lines 59-68).
Date:
December 17, 1889
Creator:
Walton, Sam Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the beam and two or more depending bolts and two or more series of opposite flanged supporting plates mounted on the bolts, of two or more pairs of bifurcated L-shaped opposite hangers mounted in the plates and held rigid by the latter, and side beams, and bolts passing through the side beams and supports and making the side beams adjustable" (lines 4-12).
Date:
February 11, 1890
Creator:
Walton, Sam Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to combine a single and double plow so that they may be used either conjointly or independently of each other, and to provide means for the ready adjustment of the plow-beams with relation to each other and for the adjustment of the shovels so as to present the same at different inclinations for penetrating the ground at various depths" (lines 8-16).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Walton, Sam Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkler
Patent for lawn sprinkler that is simple, convenient and inexpensive device that can be easily and quickly attached to a garden hose and which the device has simple means for placing the same into operative or inoperative position.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Houston, Hugh Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction Device.
Patent for a traction device to be attached to the wheels of a motor vehicle to provide greater traction than the treads of the wheels. The traction device is meant to attach to and detach from the wheels as needed and to be adjustable to the dimensions of the wheels and their treads.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Houston, Hugh Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed Bottom.
Patent for a new and improved box-spring. This design consists in "[a] main frame having slats and springs and a metallic frame encircling said springs, in combination with the curved brace-springs having the coils and loops pressing on top of the slats, said springs being secured to the slats and metallic frame, and the rods secured to said frame and passing through the ends of the slats" (lines 76-83).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Houston, Leonard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screening Device for Oil-Wells.
Patent for improvements in a screening device for oil wells that is specially made for wells constructed in places of strong gas pressure.
Date:
June 8, 1920
Creator:
Houston, Sidney H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor for Fans
Patent for "a device for operating a fan or other object to which it is desirable to give a continuous reciprocating motion" (lines 12-15).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Houston, George Webster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Deflector.
Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Set.
Patent for a new and useful plow set, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1899
Creator:
Clark, Samuel Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Mount
Patent for a plow point mount. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Swindle, Houston H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton scraper. This design consists in "the vertical standard having the horizontal reardwardly-extending arm at its lower end, the cotton-scraper attached to the said arm and extending rearwardly and outwardly therefrom, and having the upturned curved broadened rear end forming the blade, and the clip-bolts and clamping-plate to secure the standard to the plow-standard and permit the said standard to be vertically adjusted" (lines 82-91).
Date:
October 19, 1886
Creator:
Basham, Wesley Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping Machine
Patent for a cotton chopping machine. This invention is used to thin cotton plants with revolving blades that cut and destroy plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Tucker, Samuel Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Clamp
Patent for a dental clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History