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Country
States
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Month
Day
Cotton-Boll Harvester.
Patent for improvements to the cotton-boll harvesters. "..has for its principal object the production of a structure which will quickly and readily strip the unopened bolls from the cotton stalks"( line 9-14)
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Millard Elmor & Simmons, J.T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard consisting of pivoted metal plates, mounted longitudinally on rail ties that rock to an inclined position when stepped on by an animal. The displacement of the plates causes a portion of the plate to come into contact with the foot of the animal, frightening it and preventing the animal from crossing the cattle guard.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Hagan, Francis D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.
Patent for a device which is completely detachable from the steering column, can be quickly applied and removed from the steering wheel, and securely holds the steering wheel from turning on the steering column. The purpose of this device is to prevent unauthorized use or theft of a vehicle.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Grimm, Max F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT
Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).
Date:
April 21, 1919
Creator:
Kiessig, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells
Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date:
July 21, 1917
Creator:
Carden, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores.
Patent for an improvement to hydraulic separators used in frothing classification to increase the recovery of larger mineral particles.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Cole, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher
Patent for a machine for removing boll-weevils from growing cotton
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hitt, Reed R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Vaporization and Distillation of Petroleum and Other Hydrocarbon Oils.
Patent for a device that helps in the distilling process of gasoline.
Date:
January 21, 1919
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bale-Rolling Attachment for Compress.
Patent for improvement in automatic bale-rolling attachments for compressors.
Date:
September 21, 1875
Creator:
Reisel, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Protecting And Preserving Poles And The Like
Patent for add-on device to shield existing electric posts and poles from decay over time and weather damage.
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composing and Typecasting Machine
Patent for a composing machine utilizing the general principles of the linotype and similar composing and typecasting machines. It is used to provide a more compact machine of that general character for commercial use.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
French, Morris & Miller, Monroe E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Winding Machine
Patent for a wire winding machine for well screens that allows for winding wire around a tube with notches for the wire to fit into.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Stancliff, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade and Curtain Hanger
Patent for a window shade and curtain hanger. This invention is designed with a bracket attached to the frame in order to hold the pole for draping a shade or curtain. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Gregson, Emily G. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1905
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastening Clip.
Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Dunk, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence
Patent for a new and useful improvements in wire fences. This invention is to "make a cheap and efficient post to which fence-wires may be quickly and durable stapled" (line 15-17).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench for Rotary Well-Drills.
Patent for a wrench designed to assist in working with rotary well drills. The wrench is adapted for unscrewing the coupling that attaches a drill point to a pipe section, as well as for detaching the pipe sections from one another. The advantage of the wrench is in allowing convenient detachment of the parts of a well drill quickly and efficiently.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Lebus, George Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Stiles, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire stretchers by using a T-shaped lever “to stretch the wire readily to the desired tension, and is capable of maintaining the wire at that tension until after stapling or otherwise fastening the same to a post.” (Lines 61-65) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Kennedy, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench that can also be used as a pipe. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Green, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an improved insect destroyer that can be fixed to farm equipment and other vehicles.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
King, Charles L. & McKie, Stephan A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for "a compound or composition for the extermination of ants, moles, salamanders, prairie-dogs, large rats, &c." (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 21, 1888
Creator:
Simpson, James Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists, "with the supporting-frame and hinged board, of the inclined bar pivoted to the under side of said board, the lever hinged at one end to the lower end of the bar and fulcrumed . . . to the under side of the cross-bar, and the treadle hinged to one bottom rail and passing under the other" (lines 75-82).
Date:
October 21, 1890
Creator:
Wagnon, Andrew W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved two-wheeled vehicle. This design consists, "with the vehicle-body, the side springs secured thereto, and the bow-shaped brackets secured to said springs, of the axle and the shafts secured to the axle, the links pivoted to the axle and the said brackets and suspending the vehicle-body from the axle, the spring having its rear end secured to the vehicle body and provided with an eye at its front end, the cross-bar connecting the shafts, an eyebolt depending from the said cross-bar, and the adjustable link adapted to be lengthened or shortened" (lines 53-64).
Date:
October 21, 1890
Creator:
Harper, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History