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Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Sadler, Arthur E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Machine.
Patent for an "an automatically acting compressed air machine where a reciprocating action is desired" (lines 9-11) "which will be automatic and positive in its action, which may be operated with minimum amount of compressed fluid, and which has relatively few parts that might get out of order" (lines 12-18).
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Saurenmann, Jacob Gilmore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Propeller
Patent for a propeller for aircrafts. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Buchanan, Jesey H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Glisson, Amos Adolphus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clod-Crusher
This patent is for a clod crusher. The purpose of this patent is to make clod crushing more effective and efficient through the action of the cutting members and not by the weight of apparatus alone.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Weems, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent related to a wrench that is adjustable to fit any nut size. When secured on the nut, this wrench will firmly grip the nut until the handler loosens the wrench from the nut.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Weatherly, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design consists in "inner spokes [that] are inclined outwardly, and the outer spokes [that] are inclined inwardly toward their remote ends, whereby compression of the rim of the wheel is transformed into lateral thrusts on the hub, and the lateral thrusts counterbalance each other" (lines 45-51).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus that easily attaches drill-bits to the ends of drill-tubes without removing the tubes from the well. It is meant for Artesian well-boring machines.
Date:
April 9, 1895
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board.
Patent for an ironing board for the particular use of ironing sleeves of garments and other small articles, and can be readily attached detached from a table, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Light-Reflecting Device.
Patent for a simple and portable light reflecting device designed to be placed on top of a piano, organ, or other musical instrument. The device is designed to amplify light from a lamp or other lighting device and reflect it downward and backward onto an instrument's music board. The device also shades the eyes of a performer and allows music to be read without straining the eyes.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Schelb, Peter Jay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table
Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Witt, Silas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table
Patent for "an ironing-table of this class which may be used independently of household furniture and like means of support and at the same time provide a construction whereby the board may be used independently of its supporting-stand" (lines 16-21).
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Charles Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Sulky-Plows.
This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Percussion-Shells.
This patent was created for individuals to be able to hit an object with the instrument and the oject immediately explodes on impact. It then produces an excessive amount of explosions. The invention is made out of shells with sections assembled together infused with different substances, and connected by a fuse.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Urquhart, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms.
This patent is a receiver that is portable and provides a unique way of catching the lint that is ejected from a cotton-gin when in use. The portable receiver helps to prevent fires.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Morrell, Zachariah N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines.
Patent for "a new practical application of electro-magnetism to machinery for the purpose of moving the same and keeping it in motion, and developing a degree of force which is only limited by the reduced proportion of power applied. The invention consists principally in the transmission of electro-magnetic power through compressed air for motor purposes, and the mechanism and combination of machinery necessary for that purpose." (Lines 12-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1872
Creator:
Thornton, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramper-Press
Patent for a tramper press for pressing cotton into bales. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Wilson, Ralph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.
This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Thompson, Samuel F. & Barnes, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter that is light but durable that cuts the stalks up small enough that they can be plowed under the field to enrich the soil for the next crop.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Cooper, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile
Patent for "an improved projectile for guns and ordnance of various classes and bores" (lines 7-9).
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Cole, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Splicing Device.
Patent for a new and improved wire splicer. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casing, of the wires entering the casing at the opposite sides of the respective ends and bent in opposite directions, so as to interlock within the casing, said casing being bent down . . . at each end" (lines 62-67).
Date:
April 9, 1889
Creator:
Basel, John Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Screen-House.
Patent for a portable screened house that is made in sections that are easily packed and shipped to be assembled on location.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Wingren, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile
Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Pewther, Judson C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History