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Improvement in Plows.
Patent for improvement in plows: "The invention consists in so attaching a revolving disk, cutter, or colter to the beam of the plow that it will rotate on its own axis, and vibrate laterally, to accommodate itself to the line of draft or direction of the beam of the plow; also, in the means used by which the revolving cutter or colter is attached to the beam of the plow, and having the means of swiveling or turning in the beam to accommodate itself to the line of draft of the plow" (lines 22-31) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
December 28, 1869
Creator:
Hall, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Show-Case.
Patent for a showcase that may be easily taken apart for transportation or storage. It is also easy to replace broken panes of glass, and the parts "mutually brace and support each other" (lines 20-21).
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Mistrot, Felix E.
System:
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Staple-Puller and Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a simple, reliable, and efficient staple-puller and wire-tightener or twister. The operator can easily transfer between pulling staples and tightening wires.
Date:
June 2, 1896
Creator:
Wooten, Theophilus Parker
System:
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Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Lee, Frank A.
System:
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Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed-oil press mat. This design calls for three separate plates to be bound together, which allows for two pressings simultaneously. The materials (sheet metal, leather, press cloth) make for a press that is stronger, cheaper, more durable, and more effective than previous presses.
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Mistrot, Jean Jacques
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medicine Case.
Patent for a new and improved medicine case. This design is "to provide a series of receptacles for the medicine to be taken or administered, said receptacles being of different colors, to avoid mistakes or errors in the distributions of the medicines; to provide means for accurately indicating the medicine to be taken; to indicate the time which said medicine shall be taken; to provide means for holding a spoon or other article within the cases for taking the medicine when in a liquid or powder form" (lines 15-25).
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils
Patent for a formula for an insecticide for the Mexican cotton boll weevil.
Date:
March 4, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Wilmon
System:
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Plow
Patent for an improvement to reversible plows. The plow specified is capable of throwing dirt to both the left and right sides.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Sramek, Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer.
Patent for a poison-distributer. This invention relates to improvements in poison-distributers, the objects in view being to provide a cheap and simple machine for an efficient manner over the entire surface of cotton-plants for the purpose of destroying the worms, and, furthermore to so construct the machine as to adapt it to readily pass through ordinary-sized gates.
Date:
January 26, 1892
Creator:
McGee, Joseph Thomas & Carr, Robert Wooten
System:
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Plow.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple plow that has an improved braces placement which makes the plow very rigid. The blade angle is also adjustable and the plow can be a single or double plow.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Edge, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Submarine Destroyer
Patent for a munitions delivery system designed for anti-submarine warfare. Specifically, this devise is a multi-stage explosive that periodically (period of deployment determined by depth measurement) deploys first a primary detonating charge, followed up by the detonation of multiple, smaller charges scattered by the primary explosion, ensuring an area of effect should the primary canister miss it's intended target. The patent notes that should the canister actually make contact with an object on it's bottom facing, all explosives in the canister will be triggered at once.
Date:
October 1, 1917
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tea-Chest.
Patent for "tea-chests and other receptacles of a light nature in which the articles are shipped and retailed in and from the original packages," (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1891
Creator:
Buford, Paschal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil-press mat. This design "produce[s] a mat which is provided with three leaves, whereby two cakes can be pressed at the same time, and the three leaves to be flexibly connected together in such a manner that the mat can be readily and easily handled, at the same time that it is made strong and durable and lasting" (lines 25-31).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Mistrot, Jean Jacques
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader
Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder
Patent for a copy holder.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Hoyle, Samuel Cook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Roaster.
Patent for a coffee roaster that intends to "supply a ready and cheap means of effectually stirring the grains of coffee while being roasted in any convenient and suitable vessel...(lines 6-9). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
November 23, 1869
Creator:
Hall, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader.
Patent for the improvement of Half-Car Unloaders as it "relates to the handling of material in bulk and has special reference to a device arranged to enable railroad cars such as are sued for hauling coal, ore, and other like material to be unloaded by a single operation." (lines 13-18)
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Scardino, Mariano P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an automatically opening and closing gate including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1887
Creator:
Philpott, Horatio V.
System:
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Combined Toy and Bottle Stopper.
Patent for a novel bottle stopper. This design "consists in certain improvements in [bottle stoppers] whereby the outpouring fluid may be utilized to set in motion an automaton attached to said stopper" (lines 18-21).
Date:
January 3, 1882
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for simple, inexpensive, and fast-acting a washing-machine for clothes and dishes. It does not take much work to use. It has two bodies that are secured together.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch.
Patent for improvements in railroad-switches, relating to a simple and more efficient means for throwing a switch of a railway truck, whereby a train of cars or a single car may be switched from the main track to another track or on a siding.
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
Hester, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard
Patent for a railway cattle guard whereby the weight of the animal causes a barrier to emerge, but the barrier will be removed automatically when the weight is removed.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Fountain, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flower-Pot.
Patent for a flower-pot that doesn't damage the roots of the plant while transplanting the plant. The pot has a removable bottom and sides made from sheet metal with clasps.
Date:
October 29, 1895
Creator:
Simpson, McDuff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for fan attachment for sewing machines: "adapted to be readily applied to a machine and capable of family an operator effectively without interfering with the work of the machine" (lines 12-15).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Miller, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History