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Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press for cotton and uses a compression chamber and a head or compressor block to compress the cotton. The invention is more effective and more expeditious than other baling-presses.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new implement "for planting cotton-seed, cultivating the soil, and covering the soil" (lines 14-15) and corn (line 61) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
McCall, Duncan Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for bailing press including improvements in the compressor, feeder, and plunger-actuating mechanisms.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
North, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Womb-Battery.
Patent for a womb-battery that has "an advantageous electrical or galvanic device adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient where it will be subject to the chemical action of the mucous fluid, to develop a mild electric action and thereby stimulate the generative organs and promote the cure of the various diseases peculiar to the female sex" (lines 13-20). It also is not easily displaced and is easily adjusted.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Petit, Julius C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the radial arms of the wheel-frame and the vertical pivot-posts thereon, the sails or fans pivoted to said posts, the pivoted detents, and the pivoted governing-levers to which said detents are connected, said levers carrying adjustable weights" (lines 16-23).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a well-drill swivel designed to improve the function of a well-drilling apparatus. The improved swivel is meant to create a better connection between rod and rope and prevent twisting of water-supply.
Date:
June 5, 1906
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows
Patent for sulky plow improvements plow beams, pivot studs, and plow frame.
Date:
June 5, 1877
Creator:
Fowler, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
Date:
June 5, 1866
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump design that allows for the pump barrel to be securely locked in position in the well and easily released again when the parts need to be removed again.
Date:
June 5, 1916
Creator:
Ligon, Arthur Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine.
Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Up Stand for Mail.
Patent for the tying of mail into bundles. The invention is adjustable and allows for mail of various widths.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Zerwer, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Trap
Patent for " a improved steam-separating trap or steam-eliminator for obtaining a supply of dry steam to an engine or like machinery" (lines 7-10 including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1900
Creator:
Guild, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for an inexpensive and simple plow attachment meant to convert the single foot plow stock into a double shovel plow or a gang plow. The attachment is adjustable in order to "straddle the rows to be cultivated; and finally, means for adjusting the standards of the plow whereby the same are adapted to run at any desired depth" (lines 16-20).
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Jensen, Ole T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for improvements in motors designed for motor-vehicle operation. Cheaper manufacture and less expensive fuel are included as claimed improvements.
Date:
June 5, 1916
Creator:
Edwards, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook.
Patent for "a new and useful invention of hame-hook that can be easily and quickly applied to harness-hame." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1900
Creator:
Plumhoff, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Hoisting Apparatus
Patent for gearing that hoists items in construction. This one is designed more specifically with the drilling of wells in mind, but it can be used in other activities as well. The apparatus can run at varying speeds, all controlled by a single person who does not have to leave the controls to adjust said speed.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Black, Lee Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoop-Fastening for Buckets, &c.
Reissued patent for a a hoop fastening "to hold the hoops on buckets, barrels, kegs, and other like vessels in an effective manner, and to prevent them from dropping off when the vessel dries and shrinks" (lines 8-12).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Phillips, Hiram B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a simple, durable, and easy to use gate-latch for swinging gates in which the lock latches move vertically. The latch is on the gate, and a catch is mounted on the post.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fabric-Turfing Implement.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in fabric turfing implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1898
Creator:
Connett, Matthew F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener
Patent for improvements to end gate fasteners to improve removal, and provide a simple, well constructed end gate fastener, including illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1913
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie.
Patent for an invention relating to the railway tie that aims to produce "a tie which is adapted to be constructed of reinforced concrete" (lines 14-16). Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Shearer, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rocking-Chair Clamp
Patent for converting standard chairs into rocking chairs, including illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Bell, Silas, D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Conduit.
Patent for flexible conduits that posses maximum strength, resilience, and flexibility that extend the life of dredge sleeves, couplings and other capacities.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nailless Horseshoe
Patent for horseshoe with extended sides that will bend inward to fit the shape of the horse hoof and that will be secured by screwing on nuts to pre-attached bolts on ears pressed against the hoof. Invention is a light and adjustable shoe that can be put on without the use of nails and can be removed at any time.
Date:
June 5, 1906
Creator:
King, Alphonse
System:
The Portal to Texas History