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Table.
Patent for a table with sections that are rotatable and vertically adjustable, including illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1901
Creator:
Jolly, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Grasshopper
Patent for a toy grasshopper that is able to jump on surfaces once it is set down to simulate the propelled jumping of a grasshopper. Because of its design, primarily of rubber bands and levers, the movement is unique. It is also able to be formed into other animals or insects, as the body is made of wood.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Ford, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Forge
Patent for a portable forge adapted for use in oil well drilling. Used to create a compact form of a forge for easy breakdown and storage, while also making it easier to transport.
Date:
March 1, 1921
Creator:
Wright, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hobble-Arch for Cultivators.
Patent for a new hobble arch that laterally adjusts shovel beams of cultivators without stripping shaft threads.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Rutledge, Robert P.; Boland, Randsome G. & Devault, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Guard.
Patent for device to hold a hat pin and prevent injury.
Date:
November 18, 1913
Creator:
Judia, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Iron
Patent for a soldering-iron, which is used to feed a "molten solder directly to the point of the iron," and to keep the flow steady.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Rodger, Don E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for hay presses with "a construction operable by horse-power in which the plunger will be operated as the sweep is moved in both directions and in which, furthermore, there will be an efficiency of operation and an economy of power" (lines 11-16).
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Bryant, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Tooth.
Patent for a new and improved harrow-tooth apparatus, which is attached to a tractor during farming. It will not injure the growing plants while still managing to break the crust of the furrow on each side of the row of plants, thus the improvement to the existing machinery allows the furrow crusts to be broken more effectually.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Rutledge, Robert P. & Boland, Randsome G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook.
Patent for a novel snap hook that is easily attachable to an object, but cannot be accidentally detached. The hook utilizes a snap engagement with the bill of the hook and a spring. The hook can be disengaged with finger pressure on the plating.
Date:
January 27, 1920
Creator:
Carroll, Basil M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish Trap
Patent for a fish trap. Illustration included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Angel, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer
Patent for a device with a mechanism that will aid in soil preparation and efficiently distribute fertilizer over a field and prepare for the immediate planting of grain.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Duke, Luther H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Moving Picture Machine.
Patent for motion picture machine with interchangeable heads, allowing for change of one reel while the other continues to play undisturbed from same machine.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Hansard, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Adams, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Churn.
Patent for a new and improved rotary churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, the walking-beam, two crank-shafts journaled in the rear part of said frame, means for connecting the walking-beam with said shafts, a balance-wheel and dasher carried by one of said shafts, a larger balance wheel connected to the other shaft, and a churn-body secured to said balance-wheel" (lines 50-57).
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Chicken-Coop.
Patent for a simpler and less expensive chicken coop "capable of being compactly folded for shipping or storing and adapted to easily and quickly arranged for use" (lines 18-20), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Welty, Elbert E. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finder For Fireplaces
Patent for a fender for fireplaces. Illustration included.
Date:
July 25, 1905
Creator:
Plummer, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device.
Patent for equipment for use in the drilling of wells to help with the placement of casing, pipes, etc. by holding it in place
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Moody, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter.
Patent for improvements to peanut-planters in order to plant peanuts without removing or crushing the hulls.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Little, Thomas Dewitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a peanut harvester which allows the vines to move from the uprooting mechanism to the conveyor and cleaning device, incorporates a variable depth uprooting mechanism, and introduces efficiency and durability improvements of several parts.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Brummett, Sinclair H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Harvester.
Patent for a "new and useful peanut harvester" (lines 9-10), with illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Erwin, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a new kind of peanut harvesting machine that can be attached to a riding planter.
Date:
September 21, 1915
Creator:
Boyd, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device.
Patent for a poultry and animal fumigating device that spreads the fumigating substance throughout the animals cage.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Graeffe, Ernst Frederich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device
Patent for improvements to a power transmitting device, the likes of which may be attached to motor vehicles or other motor operated machinery.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Foster, Frank A. & Rockwell, Clayton S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester.
Patent for a new, mobile harvesting machine designed to uproot, clean, and pile agricultural products that grow underground, including illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Green, Zedekiah W., Sr. & Green, Zedekiah W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History