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Well Pump
Patent for a well pump. "This invention relates to well-pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow-pipe and having an automatically - closed bottom check - valve opened by the suction produced" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for a lubricator used for lubricating graphite that is utilized in air brake systems. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 5, 1909
Creator:
Turner, William Orris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Tire-Signal.
Patent for a device that attaches to the valve of an automobile tire and creates a warning noise if the tire pressure is too low. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Collins, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton.
Patent for a cotton gathering machine, which picks the cotton bolls off of the plant while being driven through a field.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Edge, William Warren & Campbell, Knotley Fonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shearing or Cutting Metal
Patent for an improved machine that will shear and cut metals.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Generating And Utilizing Noxious Fumes.
Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for generating noxious fumes and utilizing the same for destruction of animal life, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 5, 1899
Creator:
Hanaway, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lunch Box
Patent for a lunch box.This invention is designed with a secured latching lid. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Christian, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking System For Jail-Doors.
Patent for a new locking system for jail-doors with a unique arrangement of parts, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Plows.
Patent for an improvement in wheel plows made so that "the plowing may be done by passing back and forth in parallel lines" (lines 17-18).
Date:
September 5, 1871
Creator:
Coreth, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for boll-weevil insect destroyer to that can be attached to cotton cultivator device and used to remove and destroy boll weevils simultaneously to plowing the cotton with the cultivator.
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
McCracken, Ninian S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machinery For Pressing Cotton.
Patent for improvements in machinery for facilitating the pressing of cotton; and it relates particularly to mechanism in which cylinders and pistons are used, under the influence of fluid or liquid, such as steam, air, water, or gas under pressure to operate the follower-block of a bailing-press. (Lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
System:
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Liquid-Transferring Device for Vessels.
Patent for an "improved apparatus in position for transferring liquid from one vessel to another," (lines 10-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1890
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that does not have a vane and can receive wind from any direction. It can also be "readily thrown out of and into operation when desired" (lines 15-16). It is a horizontal wind-wheel supported by a vertical shaft.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Gassett, Thomas Boyle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lattice.
Patent for a simple, strong, and economic lattice that is meant for use in jail cells. It allows air and light into the cell, and they are formed with "alternately opposite depressions and elevations for the reception of the bars running at right angles thereto" (lines 12-24). It should have alternating bars of steel and iron.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
System:
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Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.
Patent for "a device capable of catching or transferring mail bags from a mail bag hanger to the mail car while the car is in motion, the device also acting to deliver a mail bag at the same station, if necessary, one operation in no manner interfering with the other." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1895
Creator:
Sliger, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a float-valve used in water-troughs for cattle and other liquid containers. It closes "when the surface of the water reaches the desired point and [opens] when the surface of the water falls below said point" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Halley, Hillary H. & McCulley, Robert I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator
Patent for an insect exterminator to deal with cotton weevils. Illustration included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Hanus, Joseph & Tucker, William Andrewton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid for Exterminating Grass or Similar Growths.
Patent for a new and useful liquid for exterminating grass or similar growths, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1898
Creator:
Chapman, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Injection Apparatus
Patent for an injection apparatus for use in adding chemicals to water supplies in sinks.
Date:
July 5, 1910
Creator:
Rodgers, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle
Patent for a vehicle used as a truck or bolster. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Martin, W. Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Lock Attachment for Type-Writing Machines.
Patent for improvements in line-lock attachments for type-writing machines in which “it prevent the printing of one letter over another by effecting a locking of the key-levers when the carriage of the machine reaches the end of the line.” (Lines 26-29) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Parker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lathe-Chuck
Patent for a lathe chuck to be used with cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Jipperson, John Marsen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Pipe-Gripper
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Internal Pipe-Grippers" (lines 6-7) such as "an improved tool for removing pipes or casings from drilled wells (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
McConnell, Scott R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss
Patent for a truss for the use of alleviating abdominal hernias. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
Baker, Littleton Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History