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Sash Fastener
Patent for a sash fastener. This invention applies to fastening and locking the lower sash of a window to the windows frame. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Sloan, Emanuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein-holder.
Patent for simple, inexpensive and efficient rein holder "adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle and capable of ready adjustment to arrange it to suit the height of a horse and of supporting the lines and of preventing them from coming in contact with the tail of the animal" (lines 11-16).
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Campbell, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears
Patent for shears. The shears are meant to be used with corn, sorghum, and picking and pruning fruit. This invention is designed to worn on the hand and "are operated by the thumb and index-finger" (lines 15-17). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Moncus, Joseph Gideon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Burner Fire Log.
Patent for a new and improved fluid-burner fire-log. This design consists "in combination, a perforated tubular body, metallic removable heads, a fluid-supplying tube, a perforated air-induction distributing tie-tube provided with screw threads and nuts on its ends outside the heads, and a comminuted or disintegrated fire-proof filling surrounding the perforated portion of the air-tube and occupying the chamber of the body" (lines 25-32).
Date:
March 5, 1889
Creator:
White, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for "improvements in rotary engines by which a flanged or bladed disk is made to revolve in a steam tight chamber or chest." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1895
Creator:
West, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Digging Machine.
Patent for a potato digging machine, which harvests the potatoes and puts them into bags.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
McIlveene, Mineola & Hayes, Lewis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Stuffing Machine
Patent "to provide simple means whereby the dimensions of the packing-box, as well as the spout, may be readily increased or diminished, either vertically or laterally, to enable the operator to stuff mattresses of varying sizes, whereby the dimensions of the packing-box and spout shall be at all times varied in the same relative proportions" (lines 12-20).
Date:
March 5, 1889
Creator:
Stephenson, Edwin N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Sheller
This patent relates to improvements in the shelling machine and particularly to peanut shelling machines. This patent is to provide a device which will shell a larger quantity of peanuts faster and more efficiently than similar type devices.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Lambeth, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture Appliance.
Patent for a piece of furniture that contains a retractable length of carpet material, intended for use in shoe stores to allow trial of the products without causing damage to the soles. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Tudor, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. The mechanism is attached to a riding cultivator where plants are cut in advance of the cultivator blades.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Jones, Martin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "the combination of the center bar, the adjustable sweep, and the saddle . . . [the] longitudinal center bar extending below the base of the sweep and having the pointed nose and the fan-shaped lip" (lines 85-90).
Date:
March 5, 1889
Creator:
Stewart, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for a cotton-hoe with interchangeable blades (one smaller and the other larger), for "chopping cotton" (line 15) and garden use, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 5, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner And Gin Feeder
Patent for a cotton cleaner and gin feeder. This invention is designed to clean cotton of impurities and then feed the cotton into the gin. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Norris, Mishael E. & Norris, Jesse L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar.
Patent for "improvements in turned down collars, the object of the invention being to effect an improvement in the construction of a turned down collar so that the collar is prevented from getting over the vest, and to also improve the fit of a vest and coat in the back." (lines 8-14)
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Rogers, Richard T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catch.
Patent for an improved catch (latch) to hold open gates that will "prevent a rebound of the gate" (lines 20) and is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient" (lines 29-30) to manufacture and use.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Borah, Dee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail and Parcel Delivery Apparatus
Patent for a automated motorized mail delivery vehicle that travels in the air on electric lines on poles to deliver incoming mail and retrieve outgoing mail from rural routes or parcels in urban areas.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Dederick, Zadoc P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for a windmill attachment that will increase the pumping capacity of windmills or other lifting pumps.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Engle, Matthew H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm.
Patent for automatic fire and burglar alarm. A cord extends from the casing of the alarm mechanism to a window. The alarm is triggered either by weight of a window opening or the cord is burned by fire.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Mann, Oscar O. & Whitley, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History