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Adding-Machine
Patent for "an adding-machine which, while being constructed of but comparatively few parts, will be so adjusted as arranged as to allow an operator to make rapid and correct calculations; furthermore, to produce an adding-machine in which the operator will be enabled to detect immediately any mistake which he may have made, and, finally, to produce a simple, efficient, and effective adding-machine" (lines 13-22).
Date:
June 25, 1889
Creator:
Stinson, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Wright, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for improvements to certain components of agricultural machines, particularly the plow, planter, and stalk cutter attachments.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, O. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake Lock
Patent for an air brake lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Mabry, Davis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Brander
Patent for an animal brander with interchangeable characters and a holder for the characters.
Date:
June 3, 1913
Creator:
Hayes, Monard Vinson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Seay, Mark Machel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arm for Telegraph - Poles.
Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Bait
Patent for an artificial bait. Illustration included.
Date:
June 16, 1908
Creator:
Caldwell, Charley D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fly Fish Hook
Patent for an artificial fly fish hook. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Caldwell, Charley D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Ginning-Machines.
Patent for improvements in attachment for ginning machines: "provide mechanical means for conveying the cotton and seed that is delivered from the gins through pneumatic tubes to the baling room and see house" (lines 15-19).
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Coursey, Netter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Locomotives.
Patent for a safety attachment for locomotives that is simple and prevents unwelcome people from getting into a position to take control of the train. It consists of steam pipes with open jets connected with the boiler that go around the entrances of the cab, and the train engineer can turn a valve and make hot steam project across the entrances.
Date:
August 29, 1894
Creator:
Rutherford, James Rice
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel
Patent for a type of wheel called a spring wheel, and will allow for simple and efficient means of producing a spoke, and eliminate the need for an inflated tire when attaching the spoke, including illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1913
Creator:
Lewis, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer
Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Miles,Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back or Lining for Fireplaces.
Patent for improvement linings of fireplaces including the cost for creation, the adaption to fireplaces of different sizes, the expansion and contraction of parts under the influence of heat.
Date:
August 9, 1898
Creator:
Dickson, John Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder
Patent for bag holder that is adapted to receive and hold bags of any size in a way that is convenient for removal as needed.
Date:
November 11, 1902
Creator:
Nosker, Orren G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Box Attachment.
Patent for improvements in cotton-presses, in which “it comprises two presser-rollers between which the cotton as it comes from the gin, is compressed, yielding bearings for one of the said presser-rollers, two guard-bars, one for each presser-roller, to prevent the cotton being carried out by the rollers, the ends of the guard–bars being threaded to receive nuts by means of which the attachment is clamped to the baling-box, and a conveyer to transfer the cotton from the gin to the said rollers.” (Lines 22-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 12, 1891
Creator:
Sanders, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Lindsay, James W. & Lindsay, Worley C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 19, 1889
Creator:
Bywaters, Joseph K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Bottom.
Patent for a new and improved bed bottom. This design "consists in a spring-bed formed of two U-shaped spring-rods or frames formed by the rods, which frames have their end pieces crossed and secured at their free ends in the opposite ends of slates. To the longitudinal pieces of the spring-frames the side edges of a piece of canvas are secured, and spiral springs are secured on the slats below the canvas" (lines 11-19).
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Bentley, Travis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Drawer Attachment for Bedsteads.
Patent for improvement in bed-drawer attachments for bedsteads by “having bed-drawer arranged to slide beneath the usual mattress-support.” (Lines 8-10) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 22, 1891
Creator:
Mabee, Leonia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Stone, John Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock.
Patent for a new and improved bolt-lock. This design is for a flat piece of metal (the "lock") that secures the head of the bolt so that, when the adjoining nut becomes rusted, the nut and bolt can be successfully separated without damaging the surrounding material.
Date:
October 18, 1881
Creator:
Berry, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a a nursing bottle employing a jacket designed to hold the parts of the bottle together. Illustration included.
Date:
September 18, 1906
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History