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Attachment for Riding-Cultivators and Other Agricultural Implements
Patent for an attachment for riding cultivators and other agricultural implements which has an adjustable point that allows the same depth of furrow to be made across undulating ground.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Simpson, Charles Neil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lister-Cultivators
Patent for improvements in attachments to lister-cultivators. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
Degge, Marvin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Terminal-Fastening Device
Patent for improvements to battery terminal fastening devices. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
Hawkins, Alda F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade.
Patent for a new and improved window shade that has a roller which allows the shade to be adjusted by moving the roller and then locking into place.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clothes-Pin
Patent for an improvement in clothes pins where the pin is formed from one single piece of resilient wire.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus.
Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
French, Horatio Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.
Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler.
Patent for a wash-boiler, which has a mesh inner lining that allows the continuous introduction of water and steam into the center of the boiler and onto the clothes being washed.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Mozley, Isiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compositions Used as Building Materials.
Patent for making a new kind of building and fencing materials by using farm waste and inorganic settable ingredients such as quick-lime, clay or soil. No illustration.
Date:
October 12, 1858
Creator:
Raymond, N. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spraying Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for spray attachment for a Cultivator, which is an agricultural farm equipment used for soil tillage. The machine is designed to stir soil around a crop. The improvement of the spray attachment is a nozzle that can control the spray of fluid at the same time the soil is being cultivated.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Oldham, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser.
Patent for "condenser, adapted to supply sterile water in hospitals and elsewhere" (lines 9-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Scott, Zacahry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow augmented by an adjustable knife attached at the rear that improves plow cutting and stability.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Barker, Spencer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Torch.
Patent for torch specifically designed for "trainmen in the operation of trains at night" (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Taylor, Frank J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for Spark-Arrester. The author claims his invention catches sparks and throws them to the bottom of the chamber to the discharge pipe. Used in locomotive smoke stacks.
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Swan, Robert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Alarm-Circuit.
Patent for a circuit to be connected to a security alarm so that when the circuit is broken, the alarm will sound. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Barriclow, Irvin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Newton, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Braune, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Valve.
Patent for improvement to gas valve "which is adapted to be used in connection with a water heater" (9, 11-12) including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fraud-Preventing Means For Commercial Papers
Patent for new format of bank checks in order to deter fraud.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
Tackett, William Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Holder.
Patent for a drill holder that may be adjusted to automatically drill forward when manually rotated.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Lawson, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Carrier for Automobiles
Patent for an ice carrier for automobiles. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 12, 1920
Creator:
Thielepape, Arnold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Shipping-Crate.
Patent for a foldable shipping crate for shipping poultry or produce, which folds open and shut easily.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Rollins, Edgar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Escapement for Timekeepers.
Patent for the improvement in the escapement of the watch for a "more regular and less liable to get out of order" through wear (lines 23-24), including illustration.
Date:
October 12, 1858
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Band.
Patent for a sand band which will prevent sand and dirt from working in between the axle and hub and into the axle-box of a vehicle.
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Lupton, Lewis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History