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Ant Trap.
Patent for an in-ground ant trap that prevents the ants from escaping once caught in the trap, including instructions and illustrations
Date:
September 12, 1911
Creator:
Knox, Jessie Lonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amalgamator.
Patent for a new and improved amalgamator. This design "consists in placing in the bottoms of the chambers a number of iron balls or other suitable-shaped pieces of amalgamated iron, which have sufficient room to move freely among themselves, and then forcing up through the balls or pieces of iron, in contradistinction to forcing it down over their tops, the amalgamated ore and water, so as to cause the pieces of iron to vibrate, and thus to grind and break the pieces of quartz passing up through them" (lines 14-24).
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Schmidt, Erich Franz & Streernwitz, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 12, 1911
Creator:
Oliver, Jesse L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow.
Patent for a wheeled cultivator that "may be attached to a wheeled supporting-frame in such a manner that the front end of the plow-beam may be raised and lowered, the construction also providing means for readily detaching the plow-beam from the frame" (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Vance, Sidney F. & Harrison, Hubbert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Top Support.
Patent for an improved vehicle top support that is simple and inexpensive, and easily adapted to form support for a buggy top.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Buchanan, Sanford McElory
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Toy Trumpets.
Patent for improvements in toy trumpets in which in addition to making sound, the movement of air through the instrument also causes a disk on top of the instrument to revolve by the force of the air on paddles that form the bottom of the disk. The top of the disk will have decorative figures such as soldiers.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Sterzing, Fred.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement in ironing-machine which can iron clothes quicker and better with very little physical labor. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter
Patent for transplanters that allows fro greater ease in the removal of plants from hot beds, using an attached blade to easily cut through extended roots and provide enough accompanying soil for the plant.
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Frakes, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination Locks.
Patent for improved combination locks, with a bolt that is locked or unlocked by the combination of spindles and pivoted buttons. The invention combines the spindles in to an "annular ring having letters or numbers and a series of different shaped pegs or combinations of letters or figures or both jointly" (pg 1).
Date:
September 12, 1871
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Detaching Hook.
Patent for "a new and useful improvements Hooks"
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Wyckoff, Cornerius P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-hives
Patent for an improvement of a bee-hive enabling inspection of bees, protection of bees from moths, ventilation of the hive, and removal of honey without disturbing the brood-chamber.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Hayden, Noah Dunken & Clapp, Amasa O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel.
Patent for "a simple, compact, and efficient water-swivel for well-drilling machines, to reduce friction between the water-swivel and the drill-rod, and to provide certain novel and improved details of construction and arrangement." (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Embry, Leonard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Joint Reinforcing Attachment
Patent for Pipe Joint Reinforcing Attachment
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Frilick, Joseph O
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandrel
Patent for Mandrel
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molding Apparatus
Patent for Molding Apparatus
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Shearer, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Tenderer.
Patent for a meat-tenderer that "consists of two plates having a series of intermeshing teeth thereon and connected by suitable means to allow of automatic adjustment, the object of which is to provide a utensil for culinary purposes" (lines 11-15).
Date:
September 12, 1893
Creator:
Passmore, Benjamin Hill
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved spark arrester. This design "consists in the construction and arrangement of devices by means of which the sparks are extinguished and the cinders distributed on the road-bed, while the fine dust is delivered into the ash-box" (lines 19-23).
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Nichols, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "an improved plow especially adapted for use in plowing down listed or bedded land to reduce the same to a level and also adapted for other purposes" .(lines 11-14). The plow is designed to improve the physical construction of the plow making it better and stronger while eliminating past flaws.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Killingsworth, Robert Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Curing Meat, &c.
Patent for curing meat using an air-tight brine vacuum to heat and purify the meat, including illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1846
Creator:
Allen, Augustus C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a new and useful tire tightener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1899
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment
Patent for Harness Attachment
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Eidman, Guy. G
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight Control
Patent for Headlight Control
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Hartman, Reuben. E
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track
Patent for a tying rod for railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 12, 1911
Creator:
Bzsan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Painting-Machine.
Patent for an automatic device that paints large surfaces that has a reservoir for the paint, a brush that sweeps similarly to an expert painter, a mechanism that dips the brush in the paint, and an air pump that is connected to the reservoir to bring the paint to the brush. Multiple brushes and reservoirs can be used with this machine. The pump may be operated by hand or by machine.
Date:
September 12, 1893
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History