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Compound Implement.
Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a post-hole digger with a wire stretcher attached to it.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap, primarily intended for catching wolves, that is adjustable and economical to construct.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Jones, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Bucket or Vessel.
Patent for a cloth bucket or vessel to place milk or water in to keep it cool when ice is not available. One places the bucket in the shade and the air circulates freely through the bucket. The bucket is thick enough that it will not drip, but is breathable to allow aeration and evaporation.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Slack, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for a new type of ant trap that captures ants by having them crawl up a wooden central chamber and then fall into a sheer metal pit. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1891
Creator:
Walker, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for self-driven, rotating, exhaust vent brushes to arrest sparks.
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Elkins, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles
Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Daniel, Wiley Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Tightener.
Patent for "a simple, cheap, and effective construction of implement, whereby the operation of stretching and tightening a wire may be conveniently and expeditiously performed, and to adapt the device for use also as a wire-cutter" (lines 16-20).
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Gold, Philip E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that is adjustable to different size nuts and has a reciprocating screw member.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Daniel, Robert O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of two jaws coupled together and carrying pulleys, a cord to draw the jaws together passing around the pulleys, and a gripping device connected with the jaws to secure the wires. (Illustration is included.)
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Bigham, James Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for wire tightening improvement.
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Hansford, James, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Planter
Patent for a two-row planter, which includes two planting mechanisms. The planters are adjustable, "so that the distance between rows for seed planted can be regulated."
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Payne, Bishop M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hub.
Patent for improvements to vehicle wheel hubs, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1892
Creator:
Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for improvements on washing machines in order "to simplify and improve the construction of washing-machines and to provide one which will remove the dirt from fabrics without inj uring the latter and which may be conveniently operated with a minimum amount of exertion on the part of the operator" (lines 10-16).
Date:
October 4, 1892
Creator:
Elkins, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Medicine.
Patent for "medical compounds for internal application in diseases of sheep and other animals, and it is especially designed to cure the sheep disease known among sheepmen as ‘lombriz’" (lines 8-12) which lists the ingredients, measurements, and instructions for making and use. According to http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=lombriz “lombriz” can be translated as intestinal worm. According to https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/as/as-573-w.pdf “By far the most deadly internal parasite to small ruminants in the Midwestern United States is the gastrointestinal roundworm Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber pole worm and a variety of other names.”
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Green, Furney Fold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire - Fence Machine.
Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine. This design is to "provide a simple, compact, light, and comparatively inexpensive machine adapted to be transported with facility to enable a single operator to readily distribute" (line 10 - 13).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Allen, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector
Patent for a knee protector "adapted to be worn by cotton pickers, miners, and other workmen who are required to walk or labor while resting on the knees. The present invention contemplates the provision of a knee protector of unique construction...the present device while applied to the knee, permitting the wearer to walk conveniently either while standing or kneeling."
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Bassett, Rufus C.
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
Water-Motor
Patent for water motors that aides in "the transmission of the power generated by the revolution of two or more water-wheels to a single driving-shaft" (lines 8-10).
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Vernon, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for an insect destroyer consisting of a steam-generator used with "removable drawers forming the fire-box and ash-pan of the generator, a safety-valve connected with the steam-boiler, and a novel form and construction of flexible discharge-tube, the same being provided with a cut-off device and with a socket-piece adapted to receive a handle by means of which the discharge end of the flexible tube may be elevated and conducted to any desired point" (lines 12-21).
Date:
March 24, 1896
Creator:
Maddux, Richard Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support.
Patent for the improvement of vehicle support through the use of these supports for easier transportation.
Date:
January 16, 1912
Creator:
Wilhelm, Dee W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Holder.
Patent for a line holder for holding reins, while driving a vehicle.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Support
Patent for a vehicle top support. Illustration included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Allen, Luther L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Brake
Patent for a vehicle brake. This invention uses brake shoes. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Ashinhurst, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History