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Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Woods, John Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper.
Patent for a combined railroad tie and rail anti-creeping device, which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine
Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Ricketts, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Tightener.
Patent for a lever used to tighten the bands on bales of cotton or other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Mullane, Dennis.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Bleaching Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for bleaching lard compounds. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for an innovation in the combination and arrangement of parts for car-couplers including illustrations.
Date:
August 7, 1900
Creator:
Hawkins, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Cultivators
Patent for an attachment for cultivators. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1905
Creator:
Burks, Edwin H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press for hay which is more efficient at compressing the hay than previous machines.
Date:
April 7, 1908
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for new improvements in cotton choppers which allows them to be durable and strong, yet flexible with adjustable parts to accommodate soil and growth conditions including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Gerding, Fred F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for a single row planter for corn or cotton. The planter is to be used in virgin soil with out any soil preparation.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which cut the cotton into hills of equal distance apart.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Alexander, Winston B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement.
Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Jones, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner used for fuel.
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
Seeger, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin that is durable and strong.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Key and Automatic Stop Cock
Patent for "new and improved Combination Key and Automatic Stop-Cock" (lines 6-7) for the purpose of providing "an automatic arrangement for cutting off the water-supply in hydrants and like appliances when the weather becomes so cold as to endanger the freezing of the water" (lines 11-14).
Date:
May 7, 1900
Creator:
Randall, C. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beehive
Patent for a concrete beehive whose walls keep the temperature even, is ventilated, and large enough to fit honey frames into.
Date:
September 7, 1909
Creator:
Weaver, Phillip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton handling apparatus, which automatically feeds the cotton into the gin and stops if there is an overflow.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Sullivan, Arthur A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister Plow and Planter.
Patent for a combined Lister plow and planter that both breaks the ground and plants seed. Appears to be a type of early tractor.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Setting Machine
Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Roberts, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney
Patent for a chimney. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1905
Creator:
Palladino, Gaetano
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Winding Machine.
Patent for a cloth winding machine, which measures cloth for cutting and then winds the rest of the bolt of cloth back up.
Date:
April 7, 1908
Creator:
Blythe, Edward Willey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carrier for Game
Patent for new and improved carrier for game. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a very light, simple, durable, economic, and effective device for carrying game adapted to be worn across the shoulder and which is held in place simply by the weight of the load". (lines 8-13). Includes description, instructions, and illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1906
Creator:
Paul, James Mount
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus
Patent for a boiling receptacle to efficiently boil water while food may be cooked above the boiling water. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Wilson, William Wharton
System:
The Portal to Texas History