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Necktie
Patent for a pre-made necktie. This is a pre-made four in hand necktie that is designed to be adjustable to various neck sizes and made to not tear a shirt collar.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Allen, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating Oils
Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Almer McDuffie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Lubricating-Cups.
Patent for a locking device for lubricating cups that prevents the plug from coming out of the cup.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Anderson, Kos M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Touch-System Hand-Rest
Patent for attaching a novel clamp to the rest frame of a typewriter or table. The clamps can be adjusted to fit various pieces of furniture or typewriters. The invention is to improve the way the hand rests on the frame of the typewriter.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Walter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Bandage.
Patent for a catamenial bandage, which fits itself to the wearer and does not show underneath clothing.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Argo, Ida M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hoe
Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1915
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock Or Standard.
Patent for new and useful improvements in plow stocks or standards. including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 27, 1899
Creator:
Armstrong, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packet-Holder.
Patent for a packet holder used to wrap and tie a bundle of mail or letters made using a cord and clasp plate.
Date:
January 27, 1920
Creator:
Ashby, Bert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for a spark aresster that is designed to prevent the discharge of sparks from a flue, particularly flues for small stoves used in army tents.
Date:
January 27, 1920
Creator:
Ashby, Bert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale
Patent for a scale that is used for weighing hay prior to feeding it into a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Aue, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gin.
Patent for improvements in cotton-gins by having two compartments, one above the other. “The upper roll-box being especially adapted to raw cotton and the lower one to half-ginned cotton as the lint and seeds are only partially separated in one roll-box and are then delivered into another, where the operation is completed.” (Lines 24-29) This operation used less time to separate the seed and lint. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for a reciprocating steam-engine that both live steam and exhaust-steam may be utilized with a single piston to reciprocate it.
Date:
August 27, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Joseph Clark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Trusses.
Patent for improvements in the wiring and metal plates in self-adjusting trusses.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Baker, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Drag Harrow
Patent for an invention, including specifications, of an improved Self-Dumping Drag-Harrows mechanism. The device is capable of rotating or changing the angle of harrow teeth and body without the effort of the machine operator, facilitating faster movement and increased production. The mechanism in question is claimed by the applicant in addition to the competent parts arranged in such a fashion as to mimic the capabilities of the described device.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Bales, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivator-Beams
Patent for an attachment for cultivator beams designed to help adjust cultivators while in usage. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Barham, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rotary Harrow and Stalk Cutter or Roller.
Patent for a new and improved harrow combine. This design "provide[s] a rotary harrow, to be used in combination with a stalk-cutter or roller, for the purpose of harrowing ground and at the same time cutting off the stalks of the preceding crop, or for harrowing in and rolling seed. [The] invention consists in a [novel] combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Barker, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Step-By-Step Elevator.
Patent for an invention relates to a new and useful step-by-step elevator. Its object is broadly stated to provide means for ascending or descending from one of a building to another.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Barrett, Eli B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper.
Patent for improvements to the stalk-chopping machine that will strip the ears from the corn while also chopping the corn stalk into bits to fertilize the field.
Date:
January 27, 1920
Creator:
Bartz, Adolph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Bates, Edmond Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Sugar Cane Hook.
Patent for a sugar cane hook that provides a pair of outwardly-branching and downwardly and inwardly curved hooks.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Beall, George Ashcom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads
Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Beechie, Simon Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in External Window, Door, and Shutter Sprinklers
Patent for improvement in external window, door, and shutter sprinklers. The sprinklers would be used to wet the wooden pieces in case of adjacent fire, and are designed to run down the side of the building instead of into the building, reducing water damage inside, with illustration.
Date:
August 27, 1878
Creator:
Bennison, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoemaker's Tool.
Patent for a shoemaker's tool that allows the heel or lift to be easily removed without damaging the other parts of the shoe, with illustrations and instructions. Constructed so that heels of any size or shape can be removed without making adjustments to the tool.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Berger, William & Blaschke, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Loading Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Bernard, Alfred Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History