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Safety Car Step or Running-Board
Patent for a safety car step or running-board for freight cars. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Dodson, Elijah C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter for use with planting corn and cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Wilson, William A. & Whaley, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "is capable of vertical adjustment, so that the plowshare and landside will be elevated out of contact with the ground in order to prevent the point from wearing out in transporting or moving it from one field or place to another; and it is furthermore provided with an improved fender and scraper, which prevents the dirt from clogging up and wearing the axle, and keeps the periphery of the wheel clear of mud or other matter that is liable to adhere thereto" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Grimm, Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps.
Patent for "a pump having two barrels of different diameters, the larger being subjacent to the smaller, and each provided with a valved piston, said pistons being both secured to the same piston-rod, in combination with a weight, arranged to counter-balance the added weights of the water-columns above the smaller and below the larger piston." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 24, 1878
Creator:
Beeman, Geraldo A. & Mason, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Euell Rogers, December 6, 1951]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Euell Rogers enclosing a check for $5.00 to help alleviate his financial burden.
Date:
December 6, 1951
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Cam Wheel.
Patent for A Cam-Wheel that has opposite reversely disposed duplicate lobes of segmental form.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Wheeler, Andrew Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Euell Rogers]
Letter from Euell Rogers describing his unfortunate medical conditions and asking the recipient to be so kind as to send him some cash.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Rogers, Euell
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher
Patent for a Boll-Weevil Catcher. This inventions allows for an attachment to cultivators to catch weevils existing on growing cotton plants. The weevils are extracted, captured in a pan, and can be disposed of. This is an important tool that catches and destroys insects without damaging the plants.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Hitt, Reed R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Plow-Foot.
Patent for an improved plow foot that allows for the easy installation or removal of the plow foot, secured connection of the plow foot, and improved regulation of the angle of the plow foot.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Dugger, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and a cultivator.This invention allows for the raising and lowering the cultivator teeth. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Robertson, Newton K. & Jones, Isaac W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condiment-Holder.
Patent for a salt shaker which has a rod going into the jar, which will agitate the salt to keep it from clogging.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Barrel Truck and Support.
Patent for "a combination of devices for hoisting and hauling and supporting barrels and other receptacles for use in stores and other places" (lines 8-11).
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Hoff, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder.
Patent for a combined buggy top shock buffer and rein and lap robe holder.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover.
Patent for an improvement in churn covers "which will embody a closed dead-air space above the body of the churn, a guide-tube for the dasher-rod, and the special construction at the outer edge of the base of the cover by which to provide a channel to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Van Hoozer, Thomas H. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements on a churn design, in particular for churns with a vertical dasher that have reciprocating motion.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Henderson, Henry Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Mill Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved coffee-mill attachment. This design "is to provide an attachment for coffee-mills whereby a cup or other receptacle can be suspended beneath the discharge-spout of the mill to receive the ground coffee therefrom, and which vessel can also be easily and readily fitted or adjusted beneath or removed from the discharge-spout, and to provide means which can be applied very easily and readily to hand coffee-mills of any class, and which shall be simple in construction and inexpensive" (lines 16-26).
Date:
September 14, 1886
Creator:
Wiesendanger, Emil Ulrich
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Pump.
Patent for a new and improved balanced pump. This design "relates to improvements in balanced pumps having a horizontal cylinder provided with a horizontally-reciprocating plunger, and a curved cylinder placed directly under it, provided with a curved plunger, both having suitable valves operating automatically in conjunction therewith" (lines 8-14).
Date:
July 1, 1884
Creator:
Ramsey, Haley S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Pump.
Patent for a new and improved balanced pump. This design "relates to improvements in balanced pumps having two vertical receiving-cylinders provided with vertically-reciprocating plungers, and two vertical delivery-cylinders provided with plunging-barrels, all being provided with suitable valves operating automatically in conjunction therewith; and the objects of [the] invention are, first, to provide a pump by means of which water or other fluids may be conducted or raised with but little propelling power, and . . . to afford facilities for readily attaching it to be driven by any steam-engine" (lines 15-27).
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
Ramsey, Haley S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a supporting mechanism for the top of a buggy or vehicle while it is being lowered or traversing rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Elms, Joab
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shafts
Patent "is to provide a construction whereby the shafts and cross beam which connect the same may be held against relative movement" (lines 10-13).
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
McMillan, Newton W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History