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Rope-Measuring Machine.
Patent for a new and useful rope measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Hubbard, Ely Y. Seale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Shofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping Wagon.
Patent for a new and improved dumping wagon. This design is "to provide a double dump for carrying dirt, sand, gravel, and other loose material on ordinary road-wagons, together with mechanism for instantly unloading the same" (lines 8-12). To this end, it consists "of a frame, double dumping-boxes swinging upon axles, and a U-shaped dumping lever, said lever provided with points extending slightly beyond its axis" (lines 90-93).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Forsgard, Samuel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Separator
Patent for a cotton seed separator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier
Patent for improvements in parcel carrier for automobiles.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Campbell, William L.; Straughan, Augustus E.; Commons, A. J.; Weisman, S. & Winton, E. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for rotary engine. This invention "is to provide means whereby the steam supply from the boiler can be controlled. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Frazer, Terry H. & Vanlandingham, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Counter.
Patent for a new and improved game-counter. This design consists "in a tabular counting device of novel construction applicable to counting with great accuracy and exemption from dispute, together with a clear exhibit of progress and result, in the game of dominoes and other games, such as whist, euchre, casino, &c., also applicable as a petty-cash counter" (lines 8-14).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Herbert, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Medicine-Spoon
Patent for a safety medicine spoon which can be carried over distance without spillage or loss of the contents held by the spoon, particularly aimed at helping medicate infants or weak patients without the potential for spillage. The design prioritizes easy cleansing and decontamination.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Toler, Hubert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Distributer and Cleaner.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seed cotton distributers and cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Walla, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved horseshoeing machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the elevator-platform and devices for raising and lowering the same, of a pair of adjustable bolts located above the platform, and a harness consisting of a bar and a set of belts suspended from said bolts" (lines 30-35).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Lindsey, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Heating Sad-Irons.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for heating sad irons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Newton, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel.
Design patent for a hoeing wheel that has a circular body having a plurality of flat arms that are regularly spaced.
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
McGuire, John A. & Williams, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Heel Holder.
Patent for "the provision of means for removably holding a heel in position for attachment to a shoe...as to hold it against accidental displacement during the operation of securing it to the shoe..." (lines 10-12, 22-24). It also includes an illustration.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Creed, William Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing.
Patent for a speed transmission device that simply and efficiently changes the gears in an automobile especially at fluctuating speeds.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Anderson, Bert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal for Vehicles.
Patent for a signal designed to be carried on the rear end of a motor vehicle for the purpose of indicating whether the vehicle intends to turn to the right or to the left, operated by the driver in advance.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Mckesky, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement of the hopper, stirrer, and distributor in cotton-planters that dispenses seeds into the soil using two horizontal united disks that discharges the seeds regularly and evenly, including illustration.
Date:
September 13, 1859
Creator:
Collier, T. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter through the arrangement of a seed dispenser over a reciprocating slide and agitator operated by a pulley system simultaneously when moving forward, including illustration.
Date:
September 13, 1859
Creator:
Smith, P. M. & Collier, T. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve
Patent for a flush valve designed for efficiency.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Winckler, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Driven Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for a surface-treating machine propelled by a motor. The design is compact, economic, and more efficient than previous machines.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Slide
Patent for a coin-controlled slide used for operating mechanical musical instruments and vending machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Hammond, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Measuring Instrument
Patent for a combination measuring instrument. Illustration included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Terry, William Blake
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for a crude oil burner for use in steam boilers, which reduces fuel usage.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Owin, Elijah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for a door for railroad boxcars, which locks tightly and does not swell.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Ward, Frank & Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster.
Patent for a new and useful caster to be "applied to light and heavy furniture" (line 13-14).
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Gluck, Solomon
System:
The Portal to Texas History