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Bank Register and Remittance Sheet
Patent for a bank register and remittance sheet. Illustration included.
Date:
August 23, 1904
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles
Patent for apparatus for straightening ax-handles. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 23, 1904
Creator:
Sullivan, Stephen Dunkling
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard to prevent animals from going on railroad tracks by installing plates which grate and rock if an animal steps on them to scare the animals away from the tracks.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Husker and Chopper
Patent for a corn husker and chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
August 23, 1904
Creator:
Willmann, Joseph, Sr. & Leek, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auger.
Patent for a new and improved auger. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a shank provided with a conveying-screw and the cutters at the lower end of the screw, the sides of the cutters being extended beyond a vertical line drawn across the edges of the screw, and a tube or casing enclosing the screw and connected at its lower end with the cutters, said tube being of less diameter than the cutters and arranged within the outer sides thereof" (lines 56-64).
Date:
August 23, 1887
Creator:
Tevebaugh, Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter
Patent for "a planter that shall be self-covering and adjustable as to the transverse and longitudinal space between the hills and rows, and which at the same time may be regulated as to the amount of material fed at each throw of the seed-slide, and which will also mark off the adjacent row as the machine advances" (lines 10-16).
Date:
August 23, 1887
Creator:
Westhoff, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements to wrenches for removing nuts from vehicle-axles.
Date:
August 23, 1898
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a wheel hub, which has anti friction parts inside of it.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Neighbour, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insectifuge Fertilizer for Cotton.
Patent for an insectifuge fertilizer for cotton, which promotes the growth of the cotton plant and prevents boll weevils and cotton worms from attacking cotton plants by making them distasteful to the insects through the application of a mixture of bicarbonate of soda, nitrate of soda, sulfate of copper, and crushed decorticated cotton seed.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
White, Reuben G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor and Steam Burner
Patent for a vapor and steam burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Gang-Plow and Cultivator
Patent for a new gang-plow and cultivator design, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 23, 1870
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal which is attached to a locking system on the mail box which prevents anyone from changing the signal without unlocking the box.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Harmon, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mirror-Supporting Device.
Patent for a mirror supporting device for use in supporting mirrors from a window pane.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
McClelland, James B., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Controlling Means
Patent for a pump controlling means. This invention applies even pressures on the discharge line. Illustration included.
Date:
August 23, 1904
Creator:
Small, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hanger.
Patent for a new and useful meat hanger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 23, 1898
Creator:
Couch, Lizzie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer for Unloading Cotton.
Patent for a new and improved pneumatic conveyer. This design "relates to improvements in pneumatic conveyers of that class or style adapted for unloading cotton from a wagon and depositing it on the gin-stand or other place; and the object is to provide a machine whereby cotton may be readily, conveniently, and expeditiously taken from the wagon or other vehicle or dumping-platform and carried or conveyed through a pneumatic tube and deposited on the gin-stand or similar floor for ginning" (lines 9-19).
Date:
August 23, 1892
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the end-cleft screw-bolt, of the wedge which is made of the same width as the diameter of the bolt, and provided with serrations corresponding to the screw-thread, and the fastening-wire which is wrapped around both bolt and wedge and lies in their respective grooves and serrations" (lines 72-78).
Date:
August 23, 1881
Creator:
McAllister, Lewis Campbell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Bolt Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design consists in "a wrench-head having a handle and a longitudinal slot through the wrench-head, a slidable bar having a jaw moving in said slot, a rack upon said bar, a worm-wheel in the wrench-head, meshing with the rack, and a jaw upon the wrench-head, jointly with a screw-driver inserted in the end of the slidable bar, said wrench-head having a plane outer surrounding surface in proximity to the longitudinal slot" (lines 1-10).
Date:
August 23, 1892
Creator:
Hoval, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Sound-Record Tablets.
Patent for a holder for square sound record tablets that are 10 or 12 inches.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Moses, Jacob Bernhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving-Gear for Vehicles.
Patent for a driving gear for cars, which allows various amounts of power to be used in different gears.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Spoon.
Design patent for a souvenir spoon typical or representative of the state of Texas; "The leading feature of [the] design is a head and bust of Davy Crockett, which forms the outer and wide end of the handle...About the middle of the shank and projecting on each side of the same is the lone star, while on the bowl of the spoon is a representation of the old building known as the 'Alamo'" (lines 14-22).
Date:
August 23, 1892
Creator:
Hughes, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a puzzle made of interlocking blocks that are attached by a cord through holes in the blocks, that, when fully assembled, forms the shape of a Chinese cross.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Hime, Clint T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Wood.
Patent for less expensive chemical wood treatment that will not leach out, will make wood more durable, and preserve wood for multiple uses including marine construction.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Chandler, Asa C. (Asa Crawford), 1891-1958
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Loop
Patent for a harness loop for connecting the bands and trace of a harness. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History