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Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire-stretcher designed to repair wire fences manually.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Pearson, Charles Ewell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver.
Patent for a machine that aids in pest control of cotton boll weevil and other insects including including illustration.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Dannelly, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for wire fence tool attachment for a wire stretching machine. The tool can also perform other operations related to the fence wires when detached from the machine.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Pearson, C. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter for cutting dead stalks left over from the last crop that has an improved rotary cutter and lifting mechanism.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Klock, George Wade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant.
Patent for a fire hydrant, which can send a normal pressure flow of water into a hose before a fire engine is attached to allow water to be put on a fire faster. Once the fire engine is attached, the hydrant will switch to high pressure water flow.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Midgett, Franklin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike-Puller.
Patent for a spike remover that firmly grips the spike being removed.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Webb, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus.
Patent for "a suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus for harvesting cotton" (Lines 10-11) with illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Dannelly, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie.
Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Joynt, Dudley Layng
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Josheph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Fender.
Patent for a plow fender, which allows a plow to be operated next to plant rows without injuring them and deflects rocks and other obstacles.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Skidmore, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pole or shaft.
Patent for poles and shafts for vehicles with the objective of providing "simple and inexpensive means for dispensing with the singletree ordinarily employed with a pair of shafts or thills in a one-horse vehicle or the usual doubletree in a two-horse vehicle." (Lines 10-15)
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder.
Patent for a device to secure a pencil within the breast-pocket, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Hogg, George, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock and Lift
Patent for sash lock and lift that "relates to improvements in devices for operating window-sashes, and especially provides an improved means for operating the upper sash and locking the same securely in any desired position with respect to the lower sash, thus obviating the necessity for reaching up for the upper sash when it is desired to raise or lower the same or to lock it in open position for the purpose of ventilation" (lines 12-21) including instructions and illustrations
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Schairer, John Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book or Music Leaf Turner.
Patent for a music page turner, which can be operated by a lever or foot pedal.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Alrich, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop.
Patent for a device which locks blinds in place at the desired angle.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Koenig, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History