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Apparatus For Bleaching Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for bleaching lard compounds. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCarroll, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Cultivator.
Patent for combined plow and cultivator "to provide a manually operated mechanism by which the front and rear plows may be simultaneously adjusted up or down, and held in any position of such adjustment" (lines 11-15).
Date:
October 7, 1913
Creator:
Womble, Corneilous E. & Martin, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Control for Pumps
Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
William M. Stephenson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay Machine
Patent for a machine coils the wire around the fence stay within one device.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Lewis Alverson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machinery.
Patent for new and improved well-drilling machinery. This design "is to make a well-drilling machine which will drop the drill at the proper time and from the proper height" (lines 11-14). It consists in "the bevel-wheel having cam on its periphery and arranged loosely on a vertical shaft, a bevel-pinion fast on power-shaft, a loose drum sliding on [the] shaft, the spring, and collar, in combination with the drill-rope" (lines 69-74).
Date:
June 7, 1892
Creator:
Lee, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet
Patent for a kitchen cabinet.
Date:
June 7, 1904
Creator:
Rosser, Virgil O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Smoke-Conveyers And Spark-Arresters.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for smoke conveyers and spark arresters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Danan, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shingle-machine.
Patent for to improve the construction of the shingle-machine known as the "Evarts Rotary Twelve-Block Shingle-Machine".
Date:
March 7, 1876
Creator:
Stewart, Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler.
Patent for a water boiler that allows the water to circulate and produces steam faster when heating water.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Wilson, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Tank
Patent for a food storage tank with ventilation. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter which cuts stalks in rows. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Stopple, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mirror Attachment for Dressers.
Patent for a mirror attachment for dressers with an improved clamping mechanism so that it can be easily adjusted when in use and easily put to the side when not in use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Gibson, Lizzie & Crank, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hosiery Spat.
Patent for hosiery spat that provides feet and ankle "protection when fancy 'open work' or thin hosiery is worn." (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1922
Creator:
von S.S. Blum, Elisa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Machine
Patent for Envelop Machine
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Otey, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for a stirrup. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Bantz, Frederick Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration inlcuded.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Taylor, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for useful improvements to surface-treating machines with a "rapidly moving surface treating member," (lines 12-13) including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel For Electric Cars
Patent for improvement to trolley wheel design for electric cars, specifically the addition of friction-disks to prevent the wheel from running off the wire while moving. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Crawford, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Band-Saws
Patent for an attachment for band-saws.
Date:
April 7, 1903
Creator:
Catudal, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow.
Date:
April 7, 1903
Creator:
Mills, Fredrick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Huller, Cleaner, and Gin-Feeder
Patent for an "improved cotton huller, cleaner, and gin-feeder adapted for separating the hulls and foreign substances from the cotton, ... and feeding the seed-cotton to a gin" (line 8-12) illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Larson, Eric B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Brush
Patent for gin-brush relating to the speed and convenience in removing and replacement of rotatable brushes for cotton gins.
Date:
August 7, 1917
Creator:
Murray, Stephan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Planter.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and durable grain planter that plants large grains like corn, peas, and wheat. The improved machine is perfectly timed and does not crush the seeds.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Yarbrough, Orceneth Fisher
System:
The Portal to Texas History