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Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for improvements to valves, specifically valves that have a sliding movement on the valve seat and to disk valves. The invention is to provide a valve of this type which is used in the interior of vats, tanks, or similar receptacles containing liquids.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Spencer, Elmer H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger. (open access)

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for improvements to peanut-diggers, specifically a curved frame attached to a plow beam.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Stevens, Shed P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Razor. (open access)

Rubber Razor.

Patent for a rubber razor. The rubber razor provides a flexible support for multiple blade and will allow the blades to contour to one's face.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Billingsley, Rennie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher for Aeroplanes and the Like. (open access)

Fire-Extinguisher for Aeroplanes and the Like.

Patent for a fire extinguisher apparatus to be used in air crafts, boats, and other vehicles designed to be lightweight and to quickly extinguish fires.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Clark, Walter C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses.

Patent for the "improvement in Horizontal Cotton - Presses for compressing cotton, hay, and other articles and substances for baling; ..." (lines 3-6), including illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1859
Creator: Stockbridge, Elam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover. (open access)

Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover.

Patent for an invention that relates to the improvements in sanitary covers for attachment to the spring of a bed and the spring of the mattress. The sanitary cover provides a solution to repel vermin and noxious insects.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Luedecke, Henry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paving Apparatus. (open access)

Paving Apparatus.

Patent for "a device or apparatus for transmitting the vibrations of a vibrating machine...for the purpose of solidifying the paving by driving out air and water and surplus moisture" (lines 12-18), including illustration.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Stubbs, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mower. (open access)

Mower.

Patent for a new mower designed for use with a single horse and provide a device where the sickle bar may be adjusted at various heights.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Nelson, John Bryon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Truck (open access)

Cotton Picker's Truck

Patent for a cotton picker's truck. This invention is to provide a device for supporting the sacks of cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Franek, Jakob
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fish-Bucket. (open access)

Combination Fish-Bucket.

Patent for a combination fish bucket, which has two compartments for holding bait, tackle, and food and a holder for a fishing rod, which may be carried on the body or by a handle.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for a tool used for wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dikes, Johnnie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Spring Tightener (open access)

Bed-Spring Tightener

Patent for improvements in bed-spring tighteners, for adjusting the tension of a bed spring supporting wire as may be required. Illustration is included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Tlustos, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine (open access)

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine

Patent for convertible mixing and cleaning machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Stacey, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge. (open access)

Bridge.

Patent for a bridge of "simple and strong construction in metal of very low cost and light weight, using only such materials as are easily available, being also of easy construction and well adapted to resist washouts" (lines 9-13).
Date: July 5, 1892
Creator: Kosure, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll Weevil Catcher

The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Ploch, Alex
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of combined cultivators and planters.
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Wright, Samuel Winfield
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History