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Bale-Band Fastening
Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
Date:
November 11, 1902
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Machine
Patent for a wire winding machine for making coils of wire for well screens with notches in the wire.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
Johnson, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Linotype and Intertype
Patent for automatic stopping of matrices.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Sundstrom, Herman T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.
Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, Eliza M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspender Clip
Patent for a clamp, used primarily for fastening the shoulder straps of overall garments but can also be used for suspenders for supporting trousers. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Murray, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Fastening Bale Bands
Patent for a method of fastening bale bands. This method is designed to tie and fasten bale bands to cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1906
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump. This invention is designed to improvement pumps, by addition of a dish-like deflector within the water box that forces water down into the well preventing leakage around the pump head.
Date:
November 11, 1912
Creator:
Dubuque, Arthur A. & Voight, Phillip H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fish-Hooks.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in the Sockdolager Fish-Hook" (lines 4-5), including illustration.
Date:
April 11, 1854
Creator:
Sigler, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Buckle.
Patent for the improvement of tie buckles, specifically for bales of cotton at cotton gins. The paten includes an illustration of the tie buckle, explanations on how to easily use it, and why it is useful for cotton farming.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Wallace, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock- Weaner.
Patent for "...new and useful Improvements in Stock-Weaners..." (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Shannon, Albert M. & Bobbitt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Operation for the Separation of Liquids.
Patent for method to separate liquid through a separation device connected with an electric circuit.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Channel Protection.
Patent for new and improved submarine channel protection. This design "consist[s] of two walls approximately parallel with each other extending across the sand-bar, and a barrier consisting of inclined wings extending from the side walls to the center of the channel, and a filling in rear of the wings" (lines 46-51).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Mauermann, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Polisher
Patent for a grain polisher designed to remove foreign objects from rice and other similar grains. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 11, 1911
Creator:
Couch, Albert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Hose
Patent for a flexible metallic hose to be used in places where both "flexibility and indestructibility are necessary" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Schultz, Wilhelm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel
Patent for a new and improved resilient wheels designed with a very simple, durable, and efficient construction to eliminate cushion or pneumatic tires to obtain desired resiliency and are intended to be used on trucks or other heavy vehicles.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Hughes, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sham Pillow
Patent for sham pillow. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1906
Creator:
Cary, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind Wheel
Patent for a wind wheel. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Stay-Bolt
Patent for a stay bolt for steam boilers which is flexible on both ends.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Mooney, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for "improvements in fence or other posts and bases thereof, and especially telegraph and telephone posts" (lines 13-15). The design involves "a minimum amount of lumber" and "a maximum amount of strength" (lines 17-19). It claims further benefits, such as "preventing early decay" (lines 22-23) allowing "perfect drainage" (lines 25-26), and facilitating the re-use of old posts.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Beazley, John & Beazley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well Torpedo.
Patent for "detonating explosives in oil wells" (nitroglycerin) (lines 10 - 13).
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Mosher, Lewis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump used during the process of drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 11, 1911
Creator:
Wintz, Thornton E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil and Water Well Strainer
Patent for a well strainer for oil or water wells which strains out sand or other substances before the oil or water reaches the top of the well.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game - Carrier.
Patent for a new and useful instrument and device to "provide hunters and fishermen with a light, cheap, clean, convenient, and secure means of carrying their game and fish" (line 18 -20).
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Parker, McCluer H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuse-Plug.
Patent for a fuse plug for prolonged usage by allowing a new wire to be substituted to replace melted wire. This fuse plug has a second wire that can be triggered into circuit.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Dugan, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History