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Gathering-Machine.
Patent for a gathering machine for boll weevils and other pests in the cotton fields, which collects the insects of of the plants and throws them in the middle of the furrow to expose them to direct sunlight.
Date:
August 31, 1909
Creator:
Barnes, Ferdinand S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for hay-presses relating to the arraignment and and construction of the means for operating the plunger of the press whereby reciprocation of the plunger may be secured by the revolution of an arm or lever whereby a single or double reciprocation of the plunger during a single revolution of the arm or lever may be secured as desired.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Dudley, John Z.
System:
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Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
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Sod Cutting and Disintegrating Machine.
Patent for a sod cutting and disintegrating machine that has a wheel-supported frame, inclined elevator, plow attached to the elevator, front truck, and disintegrating rollers.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Thompson, Robert L.
System:
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Driving Mechanism
Patent for a driving mechanism. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for transforming reciprocatory motion into rotary motion. It can be adapted in order to connect to other mechanisms.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
System:
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Fish Hook
Patent for a fish hook. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Roberson, Elige L.
System:
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Fender.
Patent for a device "to be secured to the prow of a ship or vessel and which projects forwardly therefrom for the purpose of protecting the vessel against injury from a collision" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Barton, Charles H.
System:
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Grease-Trap.
Patent for a grease trap "in which the grease is designed to be removed from the trap automatically and the object of my invention is to cause the water passing through the trap to carry the grease out with it" (lines 8-12).
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas
System:
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Gate-Hinge.
Patent for a "gravity-hinge for causing a gate to automatically close, and which is susceptible of such adjustment that if the gate-post and the latch-post, either or both, become disarranged as regards their perpendicular position, or if they are not exactly coincident with relation to each other, the gate can be centered relatively to the latch-post, or rather the hinged end of the gate can be set precisely perpendicular or be shifted laterally to any required angle of inclination for the purpose of causing the gate to properly close and engage the latch on the latch-post." (Lines 11-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
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Screw-Jack.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and economical lifting jack "which is particularly designed for removing and replacing the brasses in the journal boxes of freight, passenger and other railway cars, and which is so constructed that it can bear against the shoulder formed by the concave part of the car wheel in proximity to the tread and thus avoid the employment of special blocking for the jack, thereby enabling it to be quickly set and operated at any place without preparation of blocking as a foundation for sustaining the jack" (lines 10-21).
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Quinn, William
System:
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Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate.
Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
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Sand-Band for Vehicles.
Patent for an inexpensive improved sand band for vehicle hubs that can be easily installed.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Darby, Robert J.
System:
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Refrigerating Apparatus
Patent for a refrigerating apparatus for the purpose of regulating the liquid refrigerant agents in the expansion coils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Mayhew, John Daugherty
System:
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Whiffletree Attachment
Patent for device which attaches swingle trees to double trees and decreases shocks and jerks experienced by the tree of a vehicle.
Date:
August 22, 1911
Creator:
Bates, William W.
System:
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Spring-Seat Attachment For Vehicles
Patent for a spring-seat attachment for vehicles.
Date:
January 26, 1892
Creator:
Haney, John W. & Owens, William A.
System:
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Stovepipe Drying Rack.
Patent for a new and improved drying rack. This design consists, "with a stove or steam-pipe, of the band having the sockets, lips, and springs, said lips adapted to be secured by proper bolt, bent arms . . . having the hooks [and] the eyes, said arms adapted to fit around the said band and be gathered in a bundle, the hooks interlocking with the eyes of the arms" (lines 65-73).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Dowler, Libbie Moore
System:
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Spring Support For Vehicle Tops
Patent for a spring support for vehicle tops. Illustration included.
Date:
May 31, 1904
Creator:
Martin, Edward Gale; Miller, Joseph Sherman & Hurt, William Hurt
System:
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Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock
Patent for a side bearing for railway rolling stock. This invention is designed to prevent derailments in turns. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Wood, George H.
System:
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Fluid-Fuel Burner.
Patent for "a simple and efficient device adapted to feed the fuel as required for the support of combustion and avoid flooding and hence the danger of explosion, and, furthermore, to provide a compact arrangement of parts whereby the device may be arranged in the fire-box of an ordinary stove or range." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1896
Creator:
Stapp, William A. & Hamilton, Charles P.
System:
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Flue Beading Tool
Patent for a flue beading tool. Illustration included.
Date:
June 27, 1905
Creator:
Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
System:
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Flue Expander
Patent for a flue expander. Illustration included.
Date:
June 27, 1905
Creator:
Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
System:
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Fastening for Nailless Horseshoes.
Patent for a detachable nailless horseshoe that consists of a shoe-plate with front and side wings, links attached to the front wings, half-bands that are attached to the side wings, and lugs.
Date:
February 28, 1893
Creator:
Mayow, Daniel L.
System:
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Grocer's Bin.
Patent for a new and improved grocer's bin. This design "consists, broadly, in a box or bin pivoted so that its upper open end may be conveniently tilted out for the purpose of replenishing or taking therefrom, and may as conveniently be pushed back into the casing or framing" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Johnston, Lysander
System:
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Portable Dental Chair.
Patent for a simple portable dental chair meant for traveling dentists. It adjusts easily and folds compactly.
Date:
January 15, 1895
Creator:
Lovejoy, Edward Harrison
System:
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