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Annunciator.
Patent for improvement in annunciator by “providing a circuit-closing attachment for annunciators by means of which an electric lamp will be lit when the annunciator-drop falls.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Fouts, Lambert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planter
Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Lusk, Eli M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake
Patent for a car brake. This is an invention for a brake on railroad cars.
Date:
October 20, 1903
Creator:
Brown, Herbert Eddes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Seal.
Patent for a lockable seal to be affixed to doors of passenger cars.
Date:
October 20, 1916
Creator:
Wright, Memory G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn suspended on a pendulum.
Date:
October 20, 1903
Creator:
Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a new churn, an improvement on the device shown in prior Patent Number 944,129 granted December 21, 1909.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Floyd, Ellis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pair of wheels and a main frame mounted loosely thereon, of a shaft journaled therein carrying a pinion and crank-wheel, a hoe adapted to be reciprocated by the crank-wheel, and an operating-lever connected with the shaft and hoe-handle, whereby the shaft is moved laterally and the hoe elevated simultaneously therewith" (lines 41-48).
Date:
October 20, 1885
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for cotton chopper attachment for wheeled cultivators that allowed the user to "cut or chop out portions of the cotton row so that the growth of the remaining cotton is facilitated."
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Arthur, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for an invention relates to cotton gins, and the principal object of this invention is to produce a cotton gin of small dimensions.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Morrison, Porter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop
Patent for envelopes, particularly for inter-office use, in which an envelope would have an improved means for indicating the designation of the envelope to any series of persons or locations. Additionally, the envelope is provided a series of spaces with a separatable or removable indicator adapted to be located in any said spaces to indicate the destination of the envelope.
Date:
October 20, 1919
Creator:
Crate, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines
Patent for improvements in fan attachments for sewing-machines, which can be applied to the fly wheel of a sewing machine and generate air draft during operation of the machine. This invention is also durable and inexpensive to manufacture, as well as simple in construction and operation.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Warrell, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastening Device for Fence-Runners.
Patent for a fastening-device for fence-runners that is a staple and tie-wire in one. The device will not be drawn or displaced regardless of its placement in relationship to the runner.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
Logan, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power Press.
Patent for improvements in horse-power presses by using a combination of a “frame and a shaft mounted therein, carrying an eccentric provided with a groove, of a packing-rod having a pivoted arm, carrying a roller working in said groove.” (Lines 87-91) This newly designed press is “reversible—that is to say, the eccentric may be rotated to the right or left and the same result produced on the packing-rods and in equally as effective a manner.” (Lines 75-79) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Willis, William Beale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Support
Patent for hose support with pivoted standard having a part which is adapted to support the nozzle of the hose, with illustrations.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvements in the composition of cosmetics for removing freckles or tan-discoloration, including a description.
Date:
October 20, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an "invention to produce a cheap and convenient tie, which is durable, and which will not unlock should the rivet holding the button break from any strain on it, the button still holding by means of slots, and the strain being transferred to a slot in the end of the tie in which the button was riveted." (Lines 15-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 20, 1874
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box.
Patent for a journal box for railroad cars with an improved bearing and lubricating system.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Jones, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lint-Cotton Feeder
Patent for the collection of cotton, monitoring the amount of cotton lint being received, creating certain actions when those amounts are reached, including detailed instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 20, 1904
Creator:
Hague, James Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Regulating Growth
Patent for a method of regulating growth. This is new method of regulating the growth of the roots of trees, plants, and shrubbery.
Date:
October 20, 1903
Creator:
Risien, Edmund E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Burial-Vaults.
Patent for a mold for making burial vaults, which is easily removed from the finished product and allows for easy transport of the vault.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newspaper-File.
Patent for improvements in newspaper-holders by using a long metallic “piece bent at its upper end to form a spring and a means of suspension for the holder, and also bent at its lower end to form a similar spring and a hand-grasp, an upper and a lower loop connected to the bent ends of the metallic piece, and a retaining-tongue pivotally connected to the lower loop and having a hooked end for engaging the upper loop” (lines 82-89) to hold the newspaper. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Jaehnig, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. This invention is for use with crude or refined oils in fire boxes of stoves.
Date:
October 20, 1903
Creator:
Raymond, Emmet B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing.
Patent for packing material for use in preventing lateral movement of rods in pumps.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Grant, Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment.
Patent for a planter attachment, which allows seeds to be covered with varying depths of soil, that is operated from the seat of the planter.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
O'Brian, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History