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Baling-Press.
Patent for "a double-acting [screw] baling press...capable of exerting pressure from two directions and operated by two independent mechanisms" (lines 15-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Kenner, William Housenton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Presss
Patent for a top loading Bailing Press with feed openings and removable sides.
Date:
February 14, 1901
Creator:
Nicholson, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the bedstead having bolts at the corners, the hooks at the centers of the end rails, and the hooks at the centers of the side rails, of the two wires on each side having their ends secured to the bolts, engaging the hooks and passing to the side of the bed and engaging the hooks, the rings strung on and embracing the adjoining wires between the hooks . . . so as to cause the wires to be brought together, and the cord or strap connecting the said rings so as to slide the rings upon the wires" (lines 20-31).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Warfield, Dunbar Griffith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack.
Patent for an improvement in a device to hold brooms and items with handles by simplifying the design and making it more resistant to strain.
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Jones, Wesley C. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener
Patent for a can opener which cuts cleanly and rapidly around the outside wall of the can, so as to avoid jagged edges.
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Minor, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilating System.
Patent for a railroad car ventilating system that does require opening the windows.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Mechanism
Patent for a casing mechanism for placing in oil wells to block water flow.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Stewart, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Engine.
Patent for a chemical fire engine that does not require refilling after the first charge is emptied.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an improved and simple churn that works easily and quickly. It "is adapted to permit of the simultaneous securing and retention of the cream vessel or receptacle in position in its journaling or carrying frame, as well as the cover upon said vessel, and to provide for the ready removal of said vessel or receptacle and its said cover preparatory to removing the contents of the vessel or the cleaning thereof" (lines 18-25).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a churn operating mechanism, which can be attached to a wall.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Wiley, Alvin Herbert; Lathem, Diah Walter & Lathem, Mariand Wiendfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cinder and Smoke Consuming Apparatus.
Patent for "devices for conducting exhaust steam, gases and cinders to the fire place of a boiler and is primarily intended for use in locomotive boilers, and its object is to increase the efficiency of such apparatus" (lines 11-16).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Little, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number.
Patent for a combined automobile tail-light and illuminated frame for the number of the car.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Stafford, Frederick S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hedge Trimmer and Mower.
Patent for a new and improved hedge trimmer and mower. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of combined hedge-trimmers and mowers in which the side and top of a hedge are trimmed at the same time; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the frame-work, the driving mechanism or gearing, and the cutting devices or knives" (lines 10-17).
Date:
February 14, 1882
Creator:
Lattner, Jacob V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Separator.
Patent for cotton cleaner and separator. This will allow cotton to be cleaned without twisting or tangling, while removing dust, dirt and leaves.
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Hillmann, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Sweep.
Patent for a cultivator sweep that cuts weeds close to the crops.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Lundghren, Charles & Anderson, Gus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Fastening Car Wheels To Their Rails
Patent for a device for fastening car wheels to their rails. Illustration included.
Date:
February 14, 1905
Creator:
Eddins, Andrew Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Board.
Patent for a display board for advertising and signage in stores.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Fitts, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus.
Patent for an improved dredging apparatus "and it consists in combining with the well known bucket chain form of excavator a suction pipe provided with a hopper and a crushing or breaking device so that the material being deposited in the hopper by the continuously moving buckets will be carried under the action of gravity to the breaking or crushing device and thence through a suction pipe and pump and delivery pipe to the place of deposit" (lines 9-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit
Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Childs, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Hammer.
Patent for an electric hammer operated by magnetic pull.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Reuben S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch
Patent for electric time switch. Illustration included.
Date:
February 14, 1905
Creator:
Gerhard, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Cotton Presses.
Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton presses. This design "consists in a feeder for cotton-presses, constructed with a box to receive the cotton from the gin, the said receiving-box being provided with a movable top board to force the cotton into the packing-box placed beneath the said receiving-box, and from which the cotton is forced into the baling-press by a follower" (lines 23-30).
Date:
February 14, 1882
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Robert Insley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Producer
Patent for improvements in the apparatus for making producer gas to provide a safer and more effective gas storage unit.
Date:
February 14, 1910
Creator:
Hirt, Jules H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History