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Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed
Patent for an apparatus for separating cotton from its seed that uses heat and air to separate the cotton.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Myers, Absalom G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.
Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Darden, George Albion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved axle-box for locomotives. This design "has relation to self-adjusting wedges for axle or driving boxes for locomotives, and has for its objects to produce a wedge that is controlled by a spring, which can be readily and easily adjusted for removing the pounding and lost motion between the axle-box and pedestal" (lines 11-17).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Carlson, Frank August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bread-Knife.
Patent for bread knives that consists of a plurality of knives spaced apart to cut the slices of uniform width.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Roberts, Isaac 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
Collar Fastener or Clasp
Patent for a collar fastener "which will hold the flaps of a collar properly spaced from each other and insure a secure gripping of the flaps to avoid untidy appearance of the collar" (lines 14-17). Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Orson, Kelly N.
System:
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Collar Fastener or Clasp
Patent for a fastener to hold the flaps of a collar securely.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camp-Cooker.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a form of camp cooker, or camp stove and particularly appertains to a folding and demountable cooker" (lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hanson, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar Fastener or Clasp.
Patent for a collar fastener that will grip the flaps of a collar and maintain the curvature of the collar in a neat manner.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
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Collar Fastener or Clasp.
Patent for a collar fastener that grips the opposite edges of a soft fabric collar in a neat and presentable manner.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attaching-Ring.
Patent for an attaching ring to connect a boiler to a water heater jacket that is described in pending application Serial No. 304,041.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Fowles, Alfred T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Confection.
Patent for confections with an edible packaging. These confections come in the form of a spherically shaped casing, simulating a baseball, which have been secured together and contain an edible filling.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Cressey, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal System
Patent for a Traffic Signal System for universal traffic management, i.e. automobiles, pedestrians, railway, street car, etc. The system has a warning signal to indicate danger and designate a safety zone. This system provides an audible as well as visual signal.
Date:
July 21, 1921
Creator:
Wetter, R.E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Press
Patent for device which can clamp down leather strips while they are being flexed.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Shaw, Fred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Screen Holder.
Patent for a new and improved window-screen holder. This design "consists in the combination, with a window-frame and a window-screen held in the same, of wires secured on the casing of the frame and having bends near their upper ends, and of hook-eyes held on the sides of the screen-frame and surrounding the wires. The invention also consists in a plate pivoted to the under side of the bottom rail of the screen-frame for covering a recess formed in the under edge and inner side of the said rail or piece" (lines 13-23).
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Barlow, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Level.
Patent for a level that holds vials in place securely.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Smith, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1905
Creator:
Kinnison, Hallah C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inflatable Tire.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in inflatable tires, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1898
Creator:
Heelan, Lawrence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cock for Water-Heaters.
Patent for a water cock for a water heater that automatically drains the water heater when the main water supply is cut off.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Simpson, Ray C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters.
Patent for cutting grain in gavels at regular intervals along the track of the machine, including illustration.
Date:
April 21, 1857
Creator:
Wilson, J. C. & Wilson, T. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor
Patent for a hydraulic fluid compressor for gas and air compressors.
Date:
May 21, 1912
Creator:
Hawkins, Alda F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
House Screen
Patent for a house screen. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Faires, Elisha & Martin, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator.
Patent for a device that is set upon a piano or other keyed instrument to indicate keys and chords, with illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Hobart, Frederick Earl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Huller
Patent for hullers for removing hulls of shells for seeds or other similar products. The invention "is of especial utility in hullers for cottons seeds." However, it is noted that a cotton seed huller is only one adaptation of the invention.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A. & Highland Gee Vardell
System:
The Portal to Texas History