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Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.
Patent for "refining crude cotton seed oil designed to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor." (lines 11-13)
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Jesse C. Chisholm; J. Chisholm; Chisholm, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs.
Patent for a device designed so that "the weight of the ice may be determined while the ice is engaged by the tongs" (lines 12-14). The weighing device can be safely attached to the tongs, and the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil-Pulverizer.
Patent for a soil-pulverizer with an efficient, revolving drum. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Briles, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels
Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Heating and Regulating Means for Internal Combustion Engines
Patent for a type of air heater designed to be attached to an internal combustion engine for the purposes of regulating heat.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Brooks, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a new type of pump operator mechanism with a "novel mounting for the air compressing pump" (lines 18-19) and a more compact form. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Feagin, Luther W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Chamber.
Patent for an air-chamber that pumps in air confined with a flexible diaphragm to spray or diffuse fluid, including illustration.
Date:
June 18, 1861
Creator:
Creuzbaur, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for self-driven, rotating, exhaust vent brushes to arrest sparks.
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Elkins, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side pieces, of the traps located between opposite ends of said side pieces and separated by an inclosed space, the openings communicating with said traps and the slides for closing said openings" (lines 61-66).
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Mays, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane-Tail.
Patent for improvements to the tail of aeroplanes. This invention is to be used to help control the flight of planes or heavy projectiles, and would not have effects on the equilibrium or be difficult to use.
Date:
January 18, 1921
Creator:
Joseph, M. Krowka
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Screen Frame.
Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher tool for use in building wire fences.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Gibbens, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 18, 1898
Creator:
Curtis, Zenas Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Weight
Patent for a window weight. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Maupin, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretchers. Illustration included.
Date:
December 18, 1906
Creator:
Bradshaw, Richard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yielding Power-Coupling
Patent for a yielding power coupling to connect power units in cars to form a complete system. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire stretcher
This patent is to help provide an improved wire stretcher.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new type of wrench.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Bean, Jesse A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a chain wrench "in which both of the jaws are similar and interchangeable and provided with additional sets of teeth whereby the life of the jaws is increased" (lines 12-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for "drawing the ends of wire together for the purpose of splicing" (lines 10-12) with illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1913
Creator:
Holland, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire-stretcher. It is "a device of simple and improved form and possessing great power for the purpose of making taut fence or other wires" (liens 14-16). It is operated by rotating a shaft
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrist-Guide and Foot-Guard for Pianos.
Patent for “…a piano attachment consisting of an adjustable wrist-pin and foot-guard adapted to serve as a means for securing the proper position of the wrist and forearm in practice and also adapted to protect the front panel of the instrument and serve, with children, as a foot-rest. Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims” (lines 8-19).
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench and Cutter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History