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Improvement to Suction-Cup for Cotton-Picking Machines
Patent for the improvement in suction-cups for cotton-picking machines in which the addition of knives allows for easier collection of cotton. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Meier, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus for boring Artesian and other wells. It is meant to "provide simple, efficient, and durable means for expanding or spreading the reamer-blades after the bit-carrying devices have been lowered sufficiently to arrange the reamer-blades below the plane of the lower end of the tubular drill-rod" (lines 10-17). Water pressure is also used to remove the cuttings from the boring-blades. Sections of cable that suspend and lower drill-bit carrying parts into the drill-rod are supported, and sections of drill-rod can be attached and added to the drill-rod. The method of securing the reamer-blades to the reamer-stock is improved with this patent. The parts fit snugly together and prevent water from getting into the drill-rod.
Date:
February 18, 1896
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lattice.
Patent for a simple, strong, and economic lattice that is meant for use in jail cells. It allows air and light into the cell, and they are formed with "alternately opposite depressions and elevations for the reception of the bars running at right angles thereto" (lines 12-24). It should have alternating bars of steel and iron.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1905
Creator:
Kinnison, Hallah C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine, which can be run with less fuel and better control of the engine.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Reaugh, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for a kitchen cabinet, which is compact but has many features such as a built in sifting system from the glass fronted dry ingredient drawers, a sink, fold out counter space, and slide-out bottom drawers.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Ridley, Richard W. & Clark, Andrew R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens Holder
Patent for a lens holder. The design of this invention relates to holders for eyeglasses and spectacles. Illustration included.
Date:
February 15, 1910
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Storage House Aerating System
Patent for improvements to storage house aeration systems for agriculture and the storage of vegetables.
Date:
February 2, 1920
Creator:
Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine.
Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators.
Date:
February 5, 1878
Creator:
Graves, Jefferson M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Plow.
Patent for a wheeled plow with multiple accessories attached to it that allows for adjustment of each accessory separately, holds the weight of the parts better, and keeps the parts more securely connected to the plow.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Hendon, Walter P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket
Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Edwards, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transformer
Patent for transformer.
Date:
February 24, 1903
Creator:
Depp, Otis J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Tank
Patent for a food storage tank with ventilation. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
House Screen
Patent for a house screen. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Faires, Elisha & Martin, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for stalk cutter that breaks the stalks close to the ground, featuring a lever that enables cutter height adjustments to facilitate the breaking of stalks. This stalk cutter has no cutting edges and will not dull over time.
Date:
February 24, 1914
Creator:
Blakely, Phylander.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic-Cushion Support for Automobile-Bodies.
Patent for "an improved pneumatic cushion support between the body of the automobile or other vehicle and the running gear [...] to not only produce a device for neutralizing or overcoming the recoil or rebound, but to provide a pneumatic or compressed air support for the body" " (lines 14-21), including illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Sullivan, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tail-Light for Automobiles.
Patent for a lamp for automobiles, which combines a lantern (with colored lens) with a number plate holder (which includes sections that can be inserted and removed). The lamp is positioned to show and illuminate the number plate.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
Lindsey, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switching Device
Patent for switching devices. This invention is for electrically operated switch tongue throwing mechanisms and is for use in switching cars from one track to another. illustrations included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Makley, John N.; Manett, Edward F. & Dannelly, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mangle
Patent for a mangle which employs a "multiplicity of rollers" (line 18). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 16, 1909
Creator:
Musch, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Cabinet.
Patent for a mailing cabinet, which will assist the mail service to better aid the distribution of the mail with a larger space to sort.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities
Patent for a process of separating substances of different substances of different dielectric capacities. Illustration included.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Appliance
Patent for a printing appliance meant to the improve the functionality of a printer.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, S. T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Cotton-Stalks
Patent for a low cost method of treating cotton-stalks to be used for similar purposes to hemp and other similar fibers.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Jones, Levander D.; Deacon, Herbert D. & Marvin, Zebina E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History