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Apparatus for Extracting Honey
Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Agee, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for bale ties that "have the securing members permanently connected" (lines 12-13) and do not have projecting ends that could damage cotton bales or other fibrous materials.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
McFarland, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turnstile.
Patent for a new turnstile design for use in train cars, "especially adapted for use in so called " pay-as-you-enter " cars." (lines 11-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Lohrberg, Leopold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines
Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Wright, Ed W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Building Implement
Patent for a wire fence building implement. This implement is "adapted to take up slack in an unbroken fence-wire, draw together ends of a broken fence-wire, so as to permit said ends to be spliced together, cut off surplus wire, and pull staples from the fence-posts" (lines 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Hall, Ed Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Variable Speed Mechanism
Patent for a variable speed mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Doebbeling, Almond J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tying Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for a tying mechanism for harvesters. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel
Patent for improved wheel system which provides traction over a variety of surfaces.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Shindler, Robert Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Circular-Saw Guides.
Patent for a new and improved arrangement of guides for circular saws. Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1868
Creator:
Milner, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.
Patent for an improvement on a previous patent application (Serial No. 552,724), of which Patterson was an assignee. The improved and simply designed machine has a variety of assets, the main goal being to produce bats of uniformly thick and clean cotton.
Date:
June 9, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank.
Patent for improvements in the support structure wooden or metal tanks (portable or permanent) though sets of internal support composed of uprights, diagonal brace-rods, transversely curved plates, and tension rods, with descriptions of the structure and illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas J., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. This invention has a basket for holding clothes contained within a tub with hot soapy water. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Hamilton, Walter Scott & Williams, James Rozier
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Rest for Pianos.
Patent for a music rest for pianos, which attaches to the piano case and can be adjusted to different heights.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail pouch
Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date:
June 9, 1900
Creator:
Tabler, Jasper Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester
Patent for a spark arrester. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Bender, Rudolf A. & Schomburg, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension Table
Patent for an extension table employed for dining that can be easily and quickly adjusted for different lengths. "When the table is closed or adjusted to its minimum length the leaves will be contained in the body of the table instead of having to be removed therefrom, as is usual" (lines 15-19) illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Palladino, Gaetano
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Stay
Patent for wire fence stay that is used for securing wire lines.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Senour, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Cleaner
Patent for a gin-saw cleaner. The invention "relates to gin-saw cleansers and tooth-straighteners, and has for its object to produce a device of this character which will be simple of construction, efficient in operation, and one in which the saw-engaging knives or members may be simultaneously adjusted to regulate them for operation upon saws which are spaced apart a greater or lesser distance" (lines 8-16) illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Stanifer, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine Attachment
Patent for a sewing machine attachment that "aims to provide an attachment for use in connection with any sewing machine combining means for hemming, tucking, and braiding, the several parts being adjustable to admit of making hems any width and tucks any size and distance apart, the device being simple and comprising a minimum number of parts" (lines 9-16). Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Fain, Eliza Jane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manual Motor for Churns
Patent for a manual motor for churns. The invention is to "provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one of great strength and durability capable of enabling a churndasher to be rapidly reciprocated, whereby butter is quickly produced" (line 11-16) illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Faubion, Thomas Daniel Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay or Cotton Press
Patent for a hay or cotton press. "The invention consists, broadly stated, in a press mounted on wheels, adapting it to be hauled along a windrow in position to receive hay picked up with a fork by a man walking on the windrow side of the press." (lines 10-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History