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Plow
Patent for a plow that can be adjusted to plow to different depths.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Rogers, Anderson Layne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Glove.
Patent for a cotton picking glove, which allows full movement of the fingers and has easily replaceable tips.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Baggett, Neil J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins
Patent for an air blast apparatus used for cleaning cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
McDonald, Osmon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Harrow.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cultivator and harrow. The cultivator beam has a v-shaped tooth, arms extending forward.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
White, William C. & Stevens, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Syrup-Pitchers
Patent for a cream and syrup dispenser. The cap has a spring so that after use the pitchers orifice will be completely sealed.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Judia, George H. & Huey, B. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Dauber
Patent for a shoe dauber "in which the polishing solution will be automatically supplied to the daubing head as it is moved over the shoe" (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1918
Creator:
Dover, Devoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener
Patent for a sash fastener. The invnetion is designed to be of durable use as a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Flaniken, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Starr, William Burr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle.
Patent for a durable, simple, and inexpensive riding-saddle. The seat, front, rear, and middle jockeys and cantle are made form one piece of leather. The rear quarter is laced to the cantle, and the saddle has a bag for storing articles during travel.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Percifield, Clarence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box.
Patent for a match box, which will dispense one match at a time.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Moore, David Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Reel Support
Patent for detachable reel support. "Invention aims to provide a new and novel form of support to be hereinafter more specifically referred to and which can be readily secured to and removed from a vehicle-wheel" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date:
August 2, 1904
Creator:
Baker, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar-Button.
Patent for collar-buttons made of inexpensive, non-metallic material that when applied to bands of unusual commercial form, can adapt itself to the curvature of the band without obstructing the free adjustment of a tie in connection with the folded type of collar.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Baldwin, Lawrence G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Hook.
Patent for a low-cost door hook designed for securing screen doors in a closed position which may be operated from either side of the door.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Randazzo, Lillian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil
Patent for a device to heat a cooking utensil's content. The object provides a device which will support a receptacle in or outside any type of heating medium. It also requires only a minimal heating surface to radiate heat to all sides of the receptacle as well as the very bottom.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Kirk, Robert B. & Young, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool
Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing Swivel Wrench Plate.
Patent for improvements on Roller-Bearing Swivel Wrench Plates, including illustrations. The goal of this invention is to make the plates more efficient "for use with any suitable fishing tool, or bit for use in oil fields or water well drilling" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 10, 1922
Creator:
Harralson, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fur-Stretcher.
Patent for an improved fur stretcher capable of properly stretching the ends of the skin. Construction is simple which allows for easy application.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Aylor, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Trap
Patent for a sand-trap that will prevent the accumulation of sand by automatically removing the sand from the canals.
Date:
November 29, 1919
Creator:
Hood, James M,
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polished-Rod Clamp.
Patent for improvements in Polished-Rod Clamps that "quickly and easily attached to a rod without the use of tools" (lines 56-57) and "be easily operated at a distance from a pump" (lines 59-60).
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Weister, Edward P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device
Patent for a cooling device for milk. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Cooper, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder.
Patent for a new and improved combination blacking brush and blacking box holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blacking brush, of a swinging frame held on the back of the brush, and of devices for holding a blacking-box loosely, so as to be adapted to be rotated in the said swinging frame" (lines 82-86).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Wood, Edmund Lorenzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Carriage Seat and Couch
Patent for a carriage seat and couch. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 2, 1905
Creator:
Angel, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher
Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Simons, Silas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft Bearing.
Patent for Improvements in Shaft Bearing. This bearing shaft is used to withstand heavy thrusts.
Date:
August 24, 1920
Creator:
Ball, Authur T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History