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Cotton-Sack Carriage
Patent for a simply structured carriage that will provide support to cotton sacks varying in different lengths.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Alexander, Eugene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-chopper by using a combination of revolving disk, fender disks, a rotary shaft and cultivator-blades to construct a machine that is able to thin and cultivate cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Allen, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Extracting Honey.
Patent for a beehive and extraction process for honey, which does not destroy the wax cells the honey is stored in.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile Lamp Support
Patent for an automobile lamp which directs light towards other automobiles.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Bailey, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing attachment for cotton presses.
Patent for improvement of packing attachment for cotton presses.
Date:
October 6, 1885
Creator:
Bradford, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter that is especially adapted for cutting cotton-stalks or cornstalks, although it may be used for cutting any variety of stalks.
Date:
April 8, 1891
Creator:
Brownlee, Robert N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date:
October 6, 1906
Creator:
Butler, Albert Carroll
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold
Patent for scaffold. This scaffold is designed to be carried on toggles allowing it to raise and lower.
Date:
November 14, 1902
Creator:
Cheves, Merrell Autry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute
Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. This invention is designed to plant seed in hills at any desired predetermined distance apart.
Date:
October 6, 1903
Creator:
Coble, William H.; Coble, Robert L.; Johnson, Bennett & Johnson, N. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Fastener.
Patent for a garment fastener which produces the appearance of a long waist.
Date:
October 6, 1903
Creator:
Croom, Nannie Vincent & Ledger, Sara
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Machine.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in wire-fence machines" (lines 12-13), including illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Darden, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block-Signaling Device.
Patent for a block signaling device for railroads, which sends an audible signal as well as a telephone message to the incoming train.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Fechner, William & Fechner, Albert Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for a joint designed to stop the ends of rails from moving.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Fedrick, Samuel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wooden Bridge
Patent for a wooden bridge with a focus on increased durability of the structure and effective drainage for moisture from the timbers and for the free circulation of air between, around, or through the structure.
Date:
April 9, 1891
Creator:
Ferguson, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Looping Tool.
Patent for improvements in wires tightening tool by using a frame in the shape of a lyre and a hollow screw-shaft mounted on the frame. A twister-rod arranged within the shaft which having a hook at one end and a polygonal head at the other. A hand-lever is adapted to operate the shaft and rod in order to twist a wire. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Baling Cotton.
Patent for a method of baling cotton. The cotton is taken direct from the gin, condensed, compressed progressively into a thin sheet of suitable density, and baled, the bale being formed previous to the expansion of the fiber.
Date:
November 5, 1890
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket.
Patent for a wire basket, which is sturdier than previous ones for use in groceries.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement in car-couplings by using many separate parts to work together to connect cars; and it can be operated without the operator going between the cars. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Goss, Wilson Lumpkin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Converting Motion
Patent for mechanism for converting motion. "The present invention relates to mechanism for converting reciprocatory into rotary motion; and the objects are to provide a practical apparatus of this character in which rotary motion may be imparted to a driven member without occasioning any dead-centers and to provide simple means reversing the direction of motion of the driven member" (line 10-19). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 6, 1903
Creator:
Griffin, George L.; Griffin, Robert Alonzo; Griffin, Chelsea Beach & Griffin, Herbert Elvia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Mechanism and Train-Carrried Actuating Means Therefor.
Patent for a switch mechanism for railroads, which is triggered by the train.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Haas, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warp-Beam for Looms.
Patent for a warp beam for a loom, which allows the thread to be attached directly from the spool to the warp beam without the need for a reel in between.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Harbour, Rebecca
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer
Patent fora dishwasher. The object of this invention is to furnish an improved means for washing dishes in such a manner that all foreign substances, greasy matters, and offensive odors may be readily and expeditiously removed and the dishes restored dry and clean by the operation of the machine without handling them.
Date:
January 14, 1891
Creator:
Hoppe, Frederick William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale
Patent for a scale used to cut a precise amount of meat for customers from a larger piece of meat.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Jack H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History