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Apparatus For Making Mattresses
Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date:
July 30, 1901
Creator:
Woolery, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells.
Patent for "an Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells." "The object in view is the provision of means for facilitating the change of an ordinary door-bell into a continuously-ringing alarm apparatus, while leaving the mechanism free to be changed back into its former operative condition as a door-bell."(Lines 10-15) Including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 30, 1902
Creator:
Blakeney, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for checking runaway horses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Singleton, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a bale-fastening device that "may be applied with facility to a cotton-bale or to an equivalent package." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations. The tie comprises "a band, a key engaged with the band and rotatable to coil the same therearound, and a lock fitted upon the band and engaged with the key to prevent reverse rotation thereof" (lines 105-109).
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lift Pump
Patent for an air lift pump. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H. & Underwood, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard that has comprising rollers which can be independently and easily replaced. The bars that hold the rollers can also be easily removed.
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Lefléve, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant trap,with illustrations. Purpose of the invention was to be efficient more efficient in both cost and use in comparison to other ant traps being sold at the time.
Date:
July 30, 1889
Creator:
Davis, Edwin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Johnson, Jordan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Fan.
Patent for "an attractive sign, which by reason of its revolutions will receive notice from the general public and illustrate business cards or signs, and furthermore to operate the same by and in conjunction with a fan, such as is commonly used in public places." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Lo Casto, Tony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Banker's Daily-Balance Index.
Patent for a banker's daily-balance index meant to "promote the speed and accuracy of book-keepers in keeping the personal daily balance ledger in banking and other like business" (lines 9-12). The patent is for a piece of paper divided with ink into strips on the front and back.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Thomas, Thomas Parry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling
Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Lorenz, Charley O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush
Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Philibert, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener
Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fowler, Alvah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester
Patent for device used with a harvester to head stalks of corn using an adjustable cutting mechanism.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Barnett, Solomon V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hobble.
Patent for a new, simple hobble for cultivators made up of fewer parts to reduce cost and for east of use and adjustment. Illustration included.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Ferguson, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Levee.
Patent for reinforced levees with "means whereby the water will be positively prevented from seeping therethrough and weakening the levee" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 30, 1913
Creator:
Beazley, John Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Writing-Machines, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to stenographic writing machines and particularly to a ribbon feed and reverse for such machines" (lines 6-11).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WRENCH.
Patent for an improved wrench "which can be very quickly adjusted for its work" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Phenix, William Preston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher for stretching wire to build fences.
Date:
December 30, 1890
Creator:
Burdick, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire-stretcher that enables "one person to stretch fence wires conveniently for the purpose of mending them, or for stapling or otherwise securing them to fence posts in constructing fences" (lines 13-17).
Date:
October 30, 1894
Creator:
Crisp, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "a wrench adapted to engage the nut of the wheel hub, so that on turning the wheel the nut will unscrew from the threaded end of the axle." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1894
Creator:
Stambaugh, Julius Locke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretching and Splicing Tool.
Patent for a wire stretching and splicing tool used when repairing barbed wire and other wire fences. It connects the ends of broken wires by bringing them together and twisting them. It has a wire gripping device, an adjustable end that corresponds to the wire gripper, a way to separate the above listed parts and bring them back together again, and a clamping device.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
la Bauve, Odelon Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lard-Extracting Machine.
Patent for a machine by which lard, or other substance with a similar consistency, "may be extracted directly from the original shipping vessel, such as a barrel... so that the lard will be expelled though and delivered from a dispensing nozzle" (lines 18-23); including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Paolucci, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History