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Barber's Bottle-Holder
Patent for a bottle holder used for barbers. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Faris, John W. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Catching Insects
Patent for a device to gather and remove eggs deposited by insects, particularly boll weevils, from plant material.
Date:
February 4, 1915
Creator:
Stautzenberger, William C. & Olsen, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.
Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Kasmeier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench "that a great number of tools [screw-driver, hammer, hatchet, auger, etc.] may be mounted thereon at one time and each accessible for use without removing any one part and without the various parts mounted thereon interfering with each other." (Lines 30-35) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Rush, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work Holder
Patent for a work holder. The invention provides adjustable jaws to clamp the work in position. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 16, 1904
Creator:
Eichblatt, Otto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improved design for windmills that are in regular use. The design implements two sets of hinged vanes and uses weights to control the amount power that the windmill can generate. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1880
Creator:
Rudolph, Calvin Foster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Capturing and Destroying Insects.
Patent for a machine that removes insects from cotton plants. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Strouhal, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for "an improved insect destroyer" ... "embodying a fuel supply and a burner for the purpose of destroying insects brushed from plants beside which the device is traveling" (lines 9, 11-14) including illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1911
Creator:
Garner, William W. & Rush, Owen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a trap for bedbugs made of pine wood with many nooks and crannies and springs attached to either side of the wooden block. It can be put on the bed frame and bedbugs hide in its dark recesses during the day, and then the trap can either be hit to close the springs and crush the bugs or put into hot water to drown them.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Mattingly, Benjamin Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Discharger and Cleanser.
Patent for a well discharger and cleanser, which draws the water out of the well and cleans the sides of the well.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Chivers, Algernon S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Wrench.
Patent for a new and useful hub wrench, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Sauls, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Wrench.
Patent for a new and useful hub wrench, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Sauls, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new stalk cutter that cuts up stalks, stems of weeds and vines to prepare the field for cultivation. This stalk cutter provides rocking or oscillatory movement regulation to avoid rocks or other obstructions.
Date:
May 26, 1914
Creator:
Edwards, Jessie V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a riding plow that can be operated by a person rather than a horse or motor. The plow includes means to form straight furrows and stops vines and bushes from getting stuck between the wheels and frame.
Date:
May 26, 1914
Creator:
Edwards, Jessie V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syrup Percolator.
Patent for a percolator that makes syrup from sugar, or can turn any granular, or leaf substance into liquid, that involves an air tube to allow air to escape from syrup during the process. Includes illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1912
Creator:
Elledge, William, N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device for Rolled Goods.
Patent for an improved "means for measuring rolled goods while the materials is being unrolled and also to indicate the amount of material remaining in the roll" (lines 10-13).
Date:
February 10, 1900
Creator:
Sauls, Henry & Cook, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner
Patent for an attachment for lamp burners designed to automatically extinguish the flame of the lamp should it be tilted at an angle. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Sommerville, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Taking Up Wear on Vehicle-Axles
Patent for an "apparatus for taking up wear upon vehicle axles" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Short, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Rod-Guide Bearing.
Patent for a pump rod guide bearing that increases durability.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Range, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Attachment.
Patent for a turning plow attachment which prepares the soil to receive seed, whereby reducing labor.
Date:
March 6, 1920
Creator:
Miller, James Archie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved mud-scraper. This design consists, "with a vehicle, of the transverse shaft geared to one of the wheels and provided at one of its ends with spiders, having its arms provided with perforations, the approximately U-shaped scrapers arranged to straddle the wheel, and the L-shaped plates or knees having one arm secured to a scraper and the other arm provided with perforations adjustably connected to the spider" (lines 88-102).
Date:
June 3, 1890
Creator:
Mangum, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Loader.
Patent for a stock-loader that loads cattle onto locomotive cars and does not use a gangway. It is a "movable floor or platform which, by means of suitable mechanism, is moved toward the car, thus carrying the stock thereinto whether they face in the direction of movement or not, and without effort upon their part" (lines 15-20).
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Rotzien, Christopher & Arnold, Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Cut Register
Patent for a haircut register. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Faris, John W. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammer
Patent for a hammer. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Grant, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History