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Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Millstone-Dress.
Patent for an improved millstone dress which allows "the grain [to be] more thoroughly ground, and a larger product of flour [to be] obtained from a given quantity of grain." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1868
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hunting Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern for hunting. This design "is to produce a light, cheap, and convenient lamp that can be carried upon the head with greater comfort, and at the same time be more efficient than any heretofore known" (lines 10-13).
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Brittan, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Compress.
Patent for a simple, strong, durable, and powerful steam-powered compress for cotton bales that compresses them into standard size and density.
Date:
April 4, 1893
Creator:
Bryant, William hodge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Rest for School Desks
Patent for foot rest that will elevate the feet of a studying student while they are at the desk.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Pratt, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tombstone-Mold
Patent for a "new and useful Tombstone-Mold" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extinguishing Fire
Patent for a method to extinguish fire. In a fire event, a container holding sulfur and alum is added to a tank holding water, soda and salt which will create pressure and eject the water in the tank.
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Millis, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Sharpener.
Patent for a tool sharpener for various farm equipment such as plows or tools.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Kirksey, Elijah F. & Stegall, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box Hanger
Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment For Cultivators
Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Mitchell, Wade H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a new and improved puzzle. This design consists in a "trick-puzzle, the same consisting of one false and three true members, each of a stiff wire bent at its center into a loop or ring, with its ends extending therefrom and standing approximately parallel, the bends of the true members being in one direction and of the false member in the opposite direction" (lines 5-12).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Walker, William Turner.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prescription-Filing Machine.
Patent for a prescription-filing machine that allows for more accurate sorting of medical prescriptions.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.
Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
Shipp, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank
Patent for an oil tank.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Collins, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Support
Patent for a carriage top support. This carriage top support is designed "with sufficient resiliency to take up all the jolts and strains between the body and the top" (line 16-18). Illustration included.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Mason, Everett H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Bryant, William Hodges
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Seat
Patent for a spring seat for wagons designed to absorb sudden shocks or vibrations caused by rough terrain in order to ensure that the driver or occupant is safe. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Speir, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fencing - Machine
Patent for a new and useful Wire-Fence Machine, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Facing-Slip and Label Holder.
Patent for improvements “in facing-slip and label holders to be used by mailing and postal clerks” (lines 13-14) “by providing a convenient and readily-accessible means in applying the facing-slips to packages of mail-matter and to adapt such holders for placement with respect to a case of letter-box as to always have such slips and labels with the receptacle containing the letters to receive a slip corresponding with such mail-matter.” (Lines 16-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Gaines, Thomas W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a subsoil plow that is adjustable and includes a root cutter.
Date:
October 17, 1911
Creator:
West, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod for End Gates.
Patent for a new and improved rod for wagon gates. This design is "first, to provide a rod that can be readily attached or detached to the end-gate of any wagon or vehicle; second, to provide a rod that will effectually and rigidly hold the end-gate in position and afford practical facility whereby the end-gates of vehicles can be quickly opened or closed and detached from the wagon-bed or placed in their normal position therein" (lines 15-23).
Date:
September 30, 1890
Creator:
Coyle, Dan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam and plow, of the semicircular stay-brace pivotally secured to the beam at one end and at the other end formed with a slot and a horizontal portion extending across the top of the beam, the bolt passed through the slot into the beam, the colter, and the adjustable wedge-shaped block having a plurality of depressions upon its inner face to receive the horizontal portion of the brace" (lines 81-90).
Date:
October 14, 1890
Creator:
Dickerman, Lewis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point.
Patent for a plow-point that can be used on a shovel or spade plow. "it consists of an attachment which can be applied to the point of these plows and which will operate to more effectually divide the ground and allow the plow to cultivate the hardest and most refractory kinds of soil" (lines 10-15).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Prentice, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement
Patent for device that spreads the links that lead from a spring foot cultivators to the tilling shoes.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Grayson, Wilbur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History