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Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton
Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Howard, Martin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Naiser, John Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Parker, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Raiser.
Patent for an improved way of raising, lowering, and locking window shades into place. "The operating-cord passes over a pulley located between two larger disks, one of which is screwed toward the other by a spring to clamp the folds of the cord and is screwed in the opposite direction by means of a lever, upon which the chord itself acts when drawn in the proper direction" (lines 14-20).
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
McCauley, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Top.
Patent for improvements in wagon-bodies by providing "a simple and effective means for tightening the canvas covering over the bows of wagon or other vehicle-bodies” (lines 17-19), includes illustration.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
James, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Threshing Grain in the Field.
Patent for a machine that collects swaths of grain for threshing using hooked teeth arranged in rows, including illustration.
Date:
April 14, 1857
Creator:
Wilson, J. C. & Wilson, T. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tug-Clip.
Patent for a new form of tug clip which will not damage the collar to which it is attached.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Duncan, Walter B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Loading Mechanism.
Patent for a machine that hauls and loads logs upon cars from either side of the track, or both sides at once. The machine can easily be transported on a car. The machine "consists, essentially, in a platform of about the length of an ordinary log-car and of a height and width to enable it to span the same, mounted upon which are a steam engine and a boiler and a rotating crane, said platform being provided with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with means for locking said legs in a vertical position" (lines 23-30).
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
Fletcher, William Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator.
Patent for Insulator. This invention is related to new type of insulators whereas which provides support to hanging telephone wires and also securely insulates them.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Claydon, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat "various diseases, more especially those which affect the bowels and digestive organs" (lines 34-36) which lists the ingredients.
Date:
April 14, 1874
Creator:
Roberts, Robert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ticket-Holder.
Patent for device to hold car tickets, and to administer these tickets one at a time.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Wohl, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Raising Fluids from Artesian Wells
Patent for a method of using compressed air to retrieve contents of bored wells.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps
Patent for "traps for catching large and small animals; and it consists in the combination of a number of inclined plates or boards, provided with spurs on their lower ends and hinged to fixed ridges on their upper ends, so arranged as to form ridges or elevations and depressions, and to entrap the animals by holding their legs between the spurred ends of said inclined plates" (lines 15-23).
Date:
April 14, 1874
Creator:
Flournoy, Rice Smith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Tenderer
Patent for an improved meat tenderer granted to Francis W. Carter. Improvements include not tearing the meat and self-cleaning upon each rotation.
Date:
April 14, 1885
Creator:
Carter, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements.
Patent for time striking mechanism for watches and clocks that strikes different amounts of time for the quarters of an hour so that the approximate time may be known when there is no light available to see the clock face.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Stricker, Carl H. J. & Meyer, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Critchett, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Closet
Patent for a dry closet.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Davis, Samuel & Hanson, A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Lock
Patent for a window lock.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Crawford, James Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Well-Drilling Machines
Patent for coupling for well-drilling machines.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c
Patent for a follower for packing sauer-kraut.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Saenger, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock
Patent for sash-lock.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Miller, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spur Leather for Securing in Position the Rowel Frames of Spurs
Patent for spur-leather for securing in position the rowell-frames of spurs.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Straus, Jacob D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal-poke.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Morris, Rolin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History