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Overhead Radial Conveyer System.
Patent for a freight and merchandise handling system utilizing overhead conveyor belts to move items going to/from either a warehouse facility or an applicable mode of supply chain transportation.
Date:
December 6, 1920
Creator:
Wohn, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench.
Patent for use with oil well drills to enable easier rotation and less friction. The invention aids in quick and easy adjustments to oil well parts.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Ellinger, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool
Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Accelerating Foot Throttle for use on Automobile Engines
Patent for an "improved form of foot pedal or foot throttle" (line 10) which "provides means for effectively controlling the speed of an engine by the action of the driver's foot against the foot throttle located in a convenient position on the floor of the car" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Vineyard, Pleas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stand for Rolled Goods.
Patent for a merchant stand for improved storage and movement of various forms of rolled fabrics and other textiles.
Date:
November 6, 1919
Creator:
Luzenberg, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Showcase or Screen.
Patent for a cabinet that holds pictures that are easily viewable and free from dust and debris. There is one movable side for storing and removing the photos, with the remainder of the cabinet staying immobile.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Praytor, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hoist.
Patent for vehicle hoist that "will be operated automatically by the momentum of the vehicle" (lines 17-19). The hoist is intended to be accessible to all users, professional and layperson, due to its simple design and lower price.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Boutte, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws.
Patent for new useful improvement of the cotton-gin saws that consists of the dress or shape of the teeth, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Oglesby, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film Winding Attachment
Patent for film-winding attachment that allows for the exact number of rotations to wind film. This invention seeks to prevent unnecessary damage that excessive winding can do to film.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Mansfield, Clarence H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Knee-Pad.
Patent for a pneumatic knee-pad, to protect the clothing and relieve pain of workers who kneel for prolonged periods of time.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Shelton, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baby Net Frame.
Patent for a frame that can support a baby net and can be collapsed for easy storage. The frame also features components that prevent collapse and provide stability when in use.
Date:
June 6, 1922
Creator:
Akers, Blessie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crown Setter
Patent for a crown setter that can make impressions of varying sizes with the same tool.
Date:
July 6, 1920
Creator:
Lewis, Samuel Riley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Basket
Patent for a shipping basket designed to keep contents secure and undamaged.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Pitts, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Binder
Patent for "a platform-binder in which the needle or cord-carrying arm is placed below the deck of the platform and the cord-tying mechanism is placed above the deck of the platform, and the needle being so arranged as to pass beneath the upper plate of an ordinary platform five or six inches in depth and to receive the grain and to compress the same without the assistance of any packers or specially-operated packing mechanism" (lines 8-18).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate
Patent for a type of crate used for shipping eggs. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Willaim F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Albreekt, Niklaus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Plow And Stalk-Chopper.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination plow and stalk chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Williams, Wood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. This invention is designed to plant seed in hills at any desired predetermined distance apart.
Date:
October 6, 1903
Creator:
Coble, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fence and Repair Tool
Patent for a multi-purpose tool related to working with wires in and around the home. It is intended to tighten, twist, and/or sever a wire.
Date:
September 6, 1917
Creator:
Grogan, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool.
Patent for a well packer and setting tool for the prevention of intermingling between oil and water in a well when used by itself or with other pipes. The invention allows for the packer to be set using the setting tool which can then be removed once the packer is in place.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Abercrombie, Jamie & Dunman, Nesbit M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clothes Washer and Churn.
Patent for a new and improved combined clothes washer and churn. This design "is to facilitate the operations of washing clothes and churning, and also to avoid the necessity of having a separate mechanism for each use. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 16-21).
Date:
March 6, 1883
Creator:
Bridges, Mary Jane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for an invention that provides "a single structure in which the air-brake pipes will be simultaneously coupled with the coupling of a car" (lines 14-17).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coffee-Pot.
Patent for a new and improved collapsible coffee pot and similar receptacles, including illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Irwin, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Shade Roller And Lock.
Patent for new and useful improvements in a combination shade roller and lock, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1899
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert M
System:
The Portal to Texas History