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Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal.
Patent for an apparatus for cooking cotton-seed meal meant to get the maximum amount of oil for the meal used and puts moisture into dry meal and evaporates excess moisture in meal. Meal is continuously supplied through the machine and water-bath. The steam does not burn or harm the meal.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dabney, Benjamin & Yopp, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Butler, Louis
System:
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Well Screen
Patent for a well screen that is durable.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
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Well-Strainer.
Patent for a well straining plug that fits inside of a pipe.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
System:
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Well-Strainer
Patent for a well strainer with a plurality of little strainers over each intake pipe in a well.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Arthur Melville & Hunter, Frank
System:
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Well-Screen.
Patent for improvements in the construction of well-screens in order to increase efficiency and prevent clogs using a "cheap and durable construction" (lines 11-12) that includes illustrations and a description.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
System:
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Line support
Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Lott, Truman R.
System:
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Wire-Spacing Attachment for Baling-Presses
Patent for a hay baling press attachment, which automatically spaces the wires and prevents them from becoming tangled between bales.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Grant, William A.
System:
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Ironing-Machine
Patent for an ironing machine that has an adjustable ironing board.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Green, James J.
System:
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Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1877
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
System:
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Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains.
Patent for improvement in spark-conductors for railroad trains by using a “horizontal flue in sections and use “other devices to engage and disengage the sections, where by to arrest and extinguish sparks and conduct the smoke, ashes, and cinders to the rear.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 27, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
System:
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Trap.
Patent for a small animal trap that prevents injury to the animal. When the animals step on the pedal inside the enclosure, a door is automatically dropped. The animal is trapped inside the enclosure.
Date:
June 27, 1922
Creator:
Dinkins, Earl T.
System:
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Track-Laying Machine
Patent for Tracking Laying machine.The combination of train of cars, sectional tramway, and extending along the sides of the car gives means for disconnecting the connection. The fore-mentioned applications improves tack laying machines.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Simpson, Charles, M. & Smith, Howard F.
System:
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Method of Forming Concrete Foundations and the Like.
Patent for forming concrete foundations and piers by placing metal tubes into the ground and enveloping them with gravel.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box
Patent for "improvements in journal boxes, the object of my improvement being to provide simple and effective means for applying the lubricant, retaining it always within reach of the wearing surfaces, and conveying it over all of the surface which is subject to frictional content" (lines 8-14).
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Sneddon, William
System:
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Mold for Cement or Concrete Ties
Patent for a mold for cement or concrete railroad ties. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Percival, Herbert Elmer
System:
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Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for improvements in hydrocarbon burners that is inexpensive and can take refined oil or heavy crude oil and make it useable as fuel.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
St. Wrba, Joseph J.
System:
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Spark-Plug
Patent for a spark plug that has a cooling method for keeping the porcelain section from cracking and a better way of keeping it clean.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Harpst, Fred E.
System:
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Press
Patent for a press that is related to "letter or book presses" and it has "a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, and which shall at the same time be effective and strong and convenient for use" (p. 2).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Kay, William V.
System:
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Trimmer and filer for saws.
Patent for trimmer and filer for saws. It is particularly designed for gin saws.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Norman, James E.
System:
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Holster
Patent for a holster. This invention is designed for attachment to a belt or clothing. Illustration included.
Date:
November 27, 1906
Creator:
Townsend, Joseph W.
System:
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Record for Live-Stock and Other Shipments.
Patent for a record for live stock and other shipments to create a centralized publication of the conditions of live stock shipments.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Lloyd, George Henry
System:
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Roller Boring-Drill
Patent for a roller boring drill with a large load bearing area.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard
System:
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