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Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Tippit, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap for “catching small animals in a trap which will be ever set and in operative position for catching an animal and which will be automatically reset” (lines 10-13), illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bassinger, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle.
Patent for improvement in axles by using a “combination of a bar, two skeins and means for holding the skeins in place upon the bar,” (lines 17-18) includes illustration.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Stewart, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Sheller.
Patent for a new and improved corn sheller. This design "comprises a double-shelling surface of peculiar construction in one plate or bed-piece, whereby a corn-sheller having but little weight is produced, which shall be capable of shelling either one ear of corn, or, by using both hands, two ears of corn at the same time, and which shall do its work with increased ease, ready clearance for the shelled corn, and protection, when using both hands, against their striking each other" (lines 12-21).
Date:
March 4, 1884
Creator:
Matthews, Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Standard for Plows.
Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Teague, Jasper K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for a steam-powered device for cleaning seed-cotton. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Driving Light Machinery from an Irregular Power.
Patent for light machinery that runs on irregular power. Device stores power produced by wind-wheel.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Lint-Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus for handling lint-cotton that allows air to move freely without back pressure while putting the fiber into a bat. It has a "trunk into which a series of gins deliver, of a primary condenser having a high surface speed, so that it will rapidly remove the fiber and prevent the bat from building up of such thickness as to check the escape of air, and a second condenser having a slower surface speed and arranged to receive the lint from the first condenser and form it into a thicker bat" (lines 29-37).
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Suction Fan
Patent for improvements made towards in suction fans that are found in cotton picking machines to improve efficiency. The primary improvements detailed in the patent describe and illustrate an improved design of the casing inside the fan to prevent damage to the cotton or the seed once they are sucked into the fan, among other design improvements.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Meier, John & Miller, T. S., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressing Apparatus.
Patent for a new air compressing apparatus which employs two kinds of tanks called high pressure containers and low pressure containers charged by means of an air compressing engine.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inductance Device for Wireless Electrical Signaling
Patent for device to "receive messages transmitted in the form of dots, dashes or spoken words through space" (lines 16-17)
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Lorenz, Charley O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sawmill Carriage Track
Patent for Sawmill Carriage Track. This device allows for the logs to be held in place on a straight line while lining up for timber production.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Heard, Wm. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Connector
Patent for a battery connector that will bind the, "posts and nuts of batteries."
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Hale, Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Frantz, Erza A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cooling Apparatus.
Patent for an air cooling apparatus for air to be delivered into a room treated with moisture to reduce the temperature of the air without the use of ice.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Hollenburger, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picket-Fence Machine.
Patent for a picket fence machine for a fence that can be built of wire where normal fence pickets are woven and spaced an equal distance apart, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Purdy, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Geeslin, Robert Worn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Glen B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Impeller-Pump.
Patent for an impeller pump with separate sections and parts that can be connected together. The line of pipe of can be withdrawn without removing the head, and there are measures to keep the liner in operative position. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporative Cooler.
Patent for an evaporative cooler/refrigerator that is cooled by the evaporation of water with ventilating tubes to maintain the air condition in shelves. Water is adapted to move through a "cloth, flowing downwardly therethrough and being evaporated therefrom to thereby effectually cool the articles disposed within the refrigerator" (lines 28-31). This patent includes illustrations
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester
Patent for device used with a harvester to head stalks of corn using an adjustable cutting mechanism.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Barnett, Solomon V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Heading Knife
Patent for improvements in the cutting blades of corn-heading knives that are worn on the hands. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Owen, Melville D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telltale Switch
Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Howland, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History