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Ax Handle
Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Burks, William Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels
Patent for a shield for vehicle wheels that can be used for advertising.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Blackshear, Robert King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Applying and Tightening Device.
Patent for "...an applying and tightening device for bale-bands..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerating-Churn.
Patent for an improved churn for aerating cream by forcing air down a pipe into the churn.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Wailes, William S. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballot-Box
Patent for a ballot box using black and white balls.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Green, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Sheller.
Patent for a new and improved corn sheller. This design "comprises a double-shelling surface of peculiar construction in one plate or bed-piece, whereby a corn-sheller having but little weight is produced, which shall be capable of shelling either one ear of corn, or, by using both hands, two ears of corn at the same time, and which shall do its work with increased ease, ready clearance for the shelled corn, and protection, when using both hands, against their striking each other" (lines 12-21).
Date:
March 4, 1884
Creator:
Matthews, Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder
Patent for card holders meant to help better display business cards and other forms of advertisement on surfaces such as windows.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Hill, L. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack Wrench for Oiling Vehicle Wheels.
Patent for a new and improved jack-wrench. This design consists "of the flat bar which has its inner end bent into a hook, so as to catch over the top of the axle, and which has secured to its outer end a rod, upon which the wheel is to be moved, and a handle which has a wrench formed in its outer end, with a slide which is adjustable . . . a screw-rod which passes through the slide and has its upper end bent so as to catch underneath the axle, and a thumbscrew . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a combined wrench and jack" (lines 15-29).
Date:
March 4, 1890
Creator:
Henshaw, Fred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a knee pad to be used by berry or cotton pickers, or other workers that are often in a kneeling position. The knee pad consists of a frame made of "one piece of spring wire of rather coarse gage, a roller revolubly attached to the front end of the frame, and cloth or canvas stretched across the frame" (lines 23-27). The cloth is easy to remove and replace.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Holsey, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved lubricator. This design "relates to improvements in that class of lubricators wherein the oil reservoir or vessel is provided with a discharge-pipe passing through the bottom to the point of delivery, and rising within the reservoir to near its top, the steam rising in such pipe condensing and falling by gravity to the bottom of the reservoir, thus displacing the oil, and causing it to rise and flow down through the pipe to the parts to be lubricated" (lines 8-17).
Date:
March 4, 1884
Creator:
Bissett, Jean
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment
Patent for a windmill attachment that allows the windmill to be operated either by wind or hand power without needing to disconnect the sucker rod from the windmill.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Kay, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator
Patent for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. The device brushes the weevils into the furrows where they are crushed. Illustration included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Earl Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad for Cotton Pickers &c
Patent for a knee pad for cotton pickers with a pneumatic cushion.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Herron, William Patrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knife.
Patent for improvement in pruning-knives by creating a hollow slot in the handle of the knife and a pivoted blade; in which the blade can be pull out of the slot when in use and place it back to the slot when it is not in use. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Zwicker, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Floor-Clamps.
Patent for an improvement in floor clamps, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
Foster, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Making Plow-Irons.
Patent for an improvement in the design for machines for manufacturing plow irons, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
McGinty, James M. & Nolan, Thomas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences.
Patent for stretching wire from post to post in the construction of wire fencing, which includes directions how to secure the wire, includes illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
Mangham, Josiah T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tree-Heater
Patent for a tree heater for putting under small trees to protect them from cold weather.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Wilson, Luther M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils
Patent for a formula for an insecticide for the Mexican cotton boll weevil.
Date:
March 4, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Wilmon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the standard and blade, of the removable L-shaped landside bar or plate, having one part or arm secured by a bolt or otherwise between the upper part of the blade and standard and the other part or arm standing at about right angles backward to resist the mold-board thrust as a landside" (lines 5-12).
Date:
March 4, 1890
Creator:
Stewart, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stop and Waste Cock
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of stop and waste cocks.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Munger, Ennis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for "...an improvement in music-leaf turners...by which the leaves may be readily turned from side to side as desired..." (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Dascomb, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Reducing Wear in the Working Barrels of Pumps
Patent for a means of reducing wear in the working barrels of pumps. The pumps made in this wat are specially adapted for operations in water or oil wells where the fluid being pumped is is mixed with sand and sediment.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel.
Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History