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Check Row Planter
Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Perkins, Albert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Baker, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in latches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Lott, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
Davis, James H. & White, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for an automobile tire that has a "puncture-proof armor" made from links and strips of sheet metal. The armor is placed throughout the inner tube portion of the tire.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Yantis, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to mechanical powers, the object being to combine with an ordinary tread-wheel mechanical advices adapted to be operated by horse-power to revolve said wheel. The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Perrin, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad.
Patent for a railroad track with guard rails for keeping the trains wheels on the tracks.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Jobe, Seabrome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement.
Patent for improvements in cutting tools especially adapted for severing bale-ties, cutting wire and pruning trees. This cutting implement has a laterally-extending handle and a detachable cutting blade. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 2, 1901
Creator:
Lott, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Brown, Christopher C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Support and Coupling.
Patent for improved combined railway rail supports and joints that increases the efficiency and utility of such devices. Eliminates the need of employing additional bolts or other fastening means.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Acker, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Brake.
Patent for a machine brake for motorized fans that allows the speed to be regulated.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Mallory, John W. & Peters, Walter C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History