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Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper
Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Suit.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Davis, Jesse W D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "the frame, the axle having drive-wheels, and a bevel-gear in combination with the longitudinally-sliding gear-shaft having [a] short crank on its rear end, the bar, the longitudinal rock-shaft in rear of and above the shaft and having the long crank, the handle depending from the rear-end of the rock-shaft, and the opposite chopping-hoes" (lines 27-35).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferriott, Charlie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n a device for catching ants, the combination, with an open frame, of the end piece or trough, having a concave bottom and overturned edges" (lines 84-87).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Trunk.
Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1892
Creator:
Dwyer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.
Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1889
Creator:
Hizon, Hiram W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto power transmitting jack
Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
Date:
March 29, 1915
Creator:
Adolf F. Johnson, of El Campo, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device
Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine and Method of Bending.
Patent for a machine to bend metal into various shapes for the purpose of construction and reinforcement.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for "an improved wire stretcher especially adapted for use in localities where trees or other stationary objects from which to pull are scarce" (lines 11-15).
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Carnes, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrecking-Frog.
Patent for "an improved frog for use in placing derailed cars or locomotives upon the rails, exceedingly simple and durable in construction, and formed substantially in one piece - that is, not in sections - and having improved means to lock the frog to the rail." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1891
Creator:
Wilmore, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Basket Splints.
Patent for a new machine for cutting basket splints. This design is for a large ring with grooves of varying depths to receive pieces of timber, whereupon a horse pulls a knife-tipped sweep along the perimeter of the ring, gradually turning the timber into splints for baskets. The machine can be conveniently disassembled and stored when not in use, and it is simple and easy enough for a unskilled laborer to assemble.
Date:
March 29, 1881
Creator:
Crow, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeding Machine
Patent for a weeding machine to run between rows of crops. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Lloyd, William Daniel & Steck, E. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
De Guire, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lateral-Wear Reducer for Locomotives.
Patent for lateral wear reducer for locomotives that prevent or reduces wear on the train wheels.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Paxton, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Body
Patent for new and useful improvements in vehicle bodies - a vehicle for carrying groceries, vegetables, and other necessities, as a traveling store.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Wieman, Herman A,
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe
Patent for an irrigation pipe designed to prevent clogging. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Wiggins, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay Bales or Packages
Patent for a tying mechanism for bales of hay and packages. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Leavitt, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tread.
Patent for improvements on tractor wheel tread design, the structure of which was previously submitted by the inventor in 1918. This improved wheel tread makes the structure stronger and more compact.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Separating the Seed from Fruit-Pulp
Patent for a simple machine "for separating the seed from the pulp of the Bois-de-Arc or Osage orange and other apples where the seed is required to be separated uninjured for planing and other purposes" (line 26-29).
Date:
March 29, 1870
Creator:
Mayo, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stationery Filing-Case
Patent for a stationery filing case. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Bane, Hamilton Sayers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Bracket for Freezing Device
Patent for brackets used to hold edible fluids to be frozen.
Date:
March 29, 1912
Creator:
Beckworth, Effie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos
Patent for a touch regulating attachment for pianos. This invention regulates the touch of the instrument to effect the tension or stiffness of the keys. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Manufacturing Soap.
Patent for an improved process designed "to lessen the time required for the manufacture of soaps and at the same time have all portions of a mass thereof of uniform character, also to make more soap from the same amount of fat or oils than is now done by the ordinary processes." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Grant, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History