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Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for a boll-weevil exterminator comprised of a wheeled frame with a tank containing insect poison and a means to gradually distribute the poison through a field. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Griffin, Willis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Counter.
Patent for a grocery display counter that has drawers at the back and transparent containers that enable customers to view merchandise from front and side.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Friedrich, Edward
System:
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Nozzle For Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a nozzle for cotton pickers that uses suction to pull a cotton boll away from the cotton burr, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Hartwell, George Harry, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for a device to crack nuts that can be attached to a table or other stationary object, and that allows a nut to be placed in a stationary position to be cracked, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
May, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File
Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
System:
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Picket Pointer.
Patent for a picket pointer that sharpens and bevels pickets uniformly, including instructions and illustrations
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Purdy, John S.
System:
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Refrigerator Car Door.
Patent for a sliding refrigerator car door, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Judia, George H.
System:
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Silo.
Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Brookshire, Samuel N.
System:
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Device for Killing Boll-Weevils
Patent for a "means for destroying weevils, vermin, and the like that thrive in cotton fields" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
September 1, 1908
Creator:
Rosson, William L.
System:
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Match-Safe
Patent for a match safe which can contain many matches at once, but only one at a time may be withdrawn. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 1, 1908
Creator:
Swenson, Frank Oscar
System:
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Trap
Patent for a trap. This design is for a live trap. Illustration included.
Date:
September 1, 1908
Creator:
Pierce, William Z.
System:
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Barrel Press
Patent for a barrel press.
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Schenck, August
System:
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Buckle.
Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
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Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer
Allows for planting and fertilizing fields at same time whether it is "for strewing or for check-row planting with or without wire" (lines12-13).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
McDaniel, James H.
System:
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Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for combined seed planter and fertilizer distributer that "can be readily adapted for strewing or for check-row planting with or without a checkwire" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
McDaniel, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument.
Patent for a dental-instrument holder which suitable handle allows to hold a clamping rod firmly while reaching out the difficult cavities and surfaces during the teeth cleaning.
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Harrell, Hardy B.
System:
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Lifting-Jack.
Patent for an improved lifting jack, which "can be quickly placed beneath the axle of a vehicle and easily removed therefrom" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Adair, Benjamin Lockett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. This invention is designed to not allow air in the burner proper except at the point of combustion. Illustration included.
Date:
December 20, 1902
Creator:
Murphy, Alfonso F.
System:
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Stump-Puller.
Patent for a stump puller consisting of a "frame adapted to be secured to the rear end of a wagon" (lines 15-16) with a drum mounted on the frame. The drum is secured by one end of a cable, the other end of the cable "adapted to be secured to a stump, a ratchet-wheel, pawl, and lever adapted to operate said drum" (lines 18-20).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Hawkins, Fletcher M.
System:
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Broom or Mop Holder.
Patent for a wire folded so that it firmly clamps "broom-corn, corn-shucks, mops, and feathers, or other material for brushes" (lines 10-11).
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
McIlhany, Joseph W.
System:
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Car-Coupling.
Patent for a pin-and-link car-coupling that allows "cars to be readily coupled and uncoupled without going between them, and by which a link may be readily guided into the mouth of a draw-head without necessitating a person going between the cars" (lines 11-16). It also has a durable link lifting or guiding device.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Orr, Thomas J.
System:
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Combined Flour and Meal Bin and Sifter.
Patent for a combined flour and meal bin sifter meant for the kitchen. The amount of flour or meal put into the machine does not matter, and the sifter may be removed when desired. The sifted material is directed into a container, and the end of the chute can be closed when not in use.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Pen.
Patent for a fountain pen that has a piston which suctions ink into the pen's barrel and feeds it to the pen-point. The pen will be sturdy with no loose parts.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Rogers, William Joseph
System:
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Ironing-Table.
Patent for a simple and durable ironing table that is sturdy when in use and can be folded when not in use. The table is hinged to and held up by a vertical piece of wood. Two sets of legs cross and are centrally pivoted together, one being stopped by the vertical board. When not in use, the table swings up and rests on the board.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C.
System:
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