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Improvements in Boll Breakers and Cleaners (open access)

Improvements in Boll Breakers and Cleaners

Patent for a new mechanism that combines the processes of boll breaking and cleaning into one apparatus including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1915
Creator: Kinne, Tempel, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Gin-Saw Sharpeners. (open access)

Improvements in Gin-Saw Sharpeners.

Patent for new and improved Cotton-Gin-Saw sharpener.
Date: June 10, 1878
Creator: Walsh, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Tractors (open access)

Improvements in Tractors

Patent for a tractor that of a light and durable but simple construction for the purpose of advancing the implements over the ground.
Date: October 12, 1914
Creator: Lightfoot, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Auxiliary Clutch-Pedal Lever (open access)

Improvements to Auxiliary Clutch-Pedal Lever

Patent for improvements in Auxiliary Clutch-pedal Levers for tractor foot pedal levers, providing much greater operability when attached, but does not interfere with the driver's use of the pedal in a traditional manner.
Date: December 17, 1919
Creator: Stoltz, Otto W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knotter Attachment for Harvester (open access)

Knotter Attachment for Harvester

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Knotter Attachments for Harvester" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1901
Creator: Wolf, Davis Levi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lantern globe (open access)

Lantern globe

Patent for lantern globe
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: McCrone, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Link Gear (open access)

Link Gear

Patent for a link gear that provides a valve gearing for locomotives resembling a link motion. This link gear has a reduced number of parts compared to other link gears.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Flournoy, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load-Indicator (open access)

Load-Indicator

Patent for a load indicator that can be attached to the sustaining cable of a drill, allowing its operators to more carefully control the amount of weight applied to the drill bit while it is in use - making it less likely to be crushed during the process of drilling.
Date: March 16, 1920
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for a lock that was invented for house doors, outside doors, inner safe doors, and other similar doors. The lock is simple in construction and easily operatable for the user's efficiency.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Bell, William E. & Brown, Francis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut (open access)

Lock-Nut

Patent for an improvement in nut locks that incorporates a pin that secures the lock and works with a spring and a notch to make it easy to remove.
Date: October 12, 1911
Creator: Oden, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock Nut Construction (open access)

Lock Nut Construction

Patent for “a lock-nut construction that can be applied and easily taken apart without injury and provide a device for locking a rotary cutting disk in place and prevent accidental removal from its bearing.” (lines 14-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1914
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low Pressure Air Brake Alarm (open access)

Low Pressure Air Brake Alarm

Railway brake mechanism leveraging a fluid pressure alarm
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Parson, Avery H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber Door for Railroad Box Cars (open access)

Lumber Door for Railroad Box Cars

Patent for lumber door on railroad box cars.
Date: December 6, 1882
Creator: Nichols, George B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Mattresses. (open access)

Machine for Making Mattresses.

Patent for Machine For Making Mattresses.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Daviss, H. P. & Daviss, N. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Translating Rotary into Reciprocating Movements (open access)

Machine for Translating Rotary into Reciprocating Movements

Patent for a machine that translates rotary into reciprocating movements. This invention improves the mechanism of the class including those each of which comprises a rotary element and a reciprocating power imparting element.
Date: July 12, 1921
Creator: Stewart, Norris D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Bricks (open access)

Manufacture of Bricks

Patent for an improvement in the manufacturing of bricks, using the waste products of a coal burning furnace and other cheap ingredients.
Date: December 22, 1922
Creator: North, Clarance Lupfer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Securing Flexible Material to Supports, Frames, &c. (open access)

Means for Securing Flexible Material to Supports, Frames, &c.

Patent for a means for securing flexible material to supports, frames, or other similar spaces. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Fulton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means of Cooling Turbine-Rotors (open access)

Means of Cooling Turbine-Rotors

Patent for letters specification
Date: feb 15, 1921
Creator: {Auguste C.E. Rateau}
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement (open access)

Mechanical Movement

Patent for cranked driven shaft
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Stewart, E. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Sulphur Mining (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Sulphur Mining

Patent for a methodology and mechanical structure for the mining of sulfur using extendable concentric cylindrical tubes.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Burning Finely-Divided Fuel. (open access)

Method of Burning Finely-Divided Fuel.

Patent for a combustion apparatus used in-conjunction with a fuel-burning furnace. The apparatus is a rotating device that rotates in a one-directional whirling motion, which imparts finely-divided fuel evenly to ensure a uniform mixture with air for a continuous combustion.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Irish, David J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for a combined water-cooler and refrigerator. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of devices of this character and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one capable of enabling the temperature of its contents to be readily controlled and quickly changed. A further object of the invention is to provide a combined water-cooler and refrigerator which may be advantageously employed as a churn-body" (lines 10-19). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1900
Creator: Halford, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milling Machine. (open access)

Milling Machine.

Patent for an improvement for milling machines to thoroughly remove dirt and other substances to improve the quality of product.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Lakey, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor (open access)

Motor

Patent for a "new and improved propeller for boats which is simple in construction, prevents a loss of power, and is thus very economical." (lines 8-10). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Lay, William
System: The Portal to Texas History