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Convertible Mop and Brush.
Patent for improvements in convertible mops and brushes by using a “combination of the fountain-handle, the bail/frame secured thereto and provided with a rubber strip at its lower edge, and the mop secured to the bail/frame.” (Lines 3-7, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Bagby, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corner-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in corn-planters and fertilizer-distributers is to combine the two into one machine by dividing the hopper into two compartments; one for fertilizing material and the other for corn-seeds. The bottom of these two compartments, each has its own opening design to dispense the seeds and fertilizers. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Davis, William Haywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Truss-Rod and Corner-Brace for Cars.
Patent for a bracket to "strengthen the car-sills, and, furthermore, to provide means whereby the worn sills may be removed and replaced in a ready and convenient manner." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Heidelberg, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a "new and useful Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid" (lines 5-7) that will aid in the commercially successful production. Patent includes specifications for the composition of matter.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Blum, Sylvain; Eldridge, Hillary; Clark, Daniel J. & Lazarus, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Braiding Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for an "attachment to the pressure-foot of sewing machines to carry a tinsel or braid in proper position relative to the needle" (lines 15-17) to ensure the tinsel or braid is fully attached to the desired outline on the cloth. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Tynes, Minor Eugene.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for improving acetylene gas generator designs with the use of an added specification in the form of a new apparatus. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pessary and Womb-Battery.
Patent for a combined pessary and womb-battery. It is inserted into a woman's vagina and is used to deliver medication "and to stimulate the genitals to a healthy and normal action both mechanically and electrically" (lines 11-13). The device is worn without discomfort and can be worn while pregnant.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Keller, Martha Ellen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning and Bat-Forming Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton-cleaning and bat-forming apparatus that prepares cotton for compression into bales. The apparatus is meant to increase the value of the cotton it processes, and do so in an efficient and inexpensive manner. The amount of compression doubles the number of pounds of cotton one can fit into a bale. The chute does not let air out of the apparatus while cotton is being cleaned, and the air-pressure in the cleaner-condenser does not restrict the cotton's movement into the cleaner.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Halter and Weaning-Muzzle.
Patent for a combined halter and weaning muzzle, "the halter being adapted for use independently of the muzzle and the latter being detachably connected to the halter" (lines 17-19). The halter is "the combination of a chin-strap and nose-band made in one piece and a weaning nose-band" (lines 18-20).
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Schow, Ottinus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Processing method for superconducting ceramics
A process for preparing a superconducting ceramic and particularly YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7-{delta}}, where {delta} is in the order of about 0.1--0.4, is carried out using a polymeric binder which decomposes below its ignition point to reduce carbon residue between the grains of the sintered ceramic and a nonhydroxylic organic solvent to limit the problems with water or certain alcohols on the ceramic composition.
Date:
May 7, 1990
Creator:
Bloom, I. D.; Poeppel, R. B. & Flandermeyer, B. K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A method of genetically engineering acidophilic, heterotrophic, bacteria by electroporation and conjugation
A method of genetically manipulating an acidophilic bacteria is provided by two different procedures. Using electroporation, chimeric and broad-host range plasmids are introduced into Acidiphilium. Conjugation is also employed to introduce broad-host range plasmids into Acidiphilium at neutral pH.
Date:
August 7, 1990
Creator:
Roberto, F. F.; Glenn, A. W. & Ward, T. E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attachment for Seed Planters
Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Hooks, Jesse J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for a sliding car door and the frame that allows its sliding mechanism to work.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Sneddon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher.
Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Davis, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for a cotton harvester designed for the harvesting of the cotton crop, including illustrations.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Upshaw, Lucius L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCarroll, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for an adding machine that is simple and can be manufactured at a small cost.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCaleb, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cab-Signal and Automatic Stop
Patent for a cab-signal and automatic stop that "relates to railway safety appliances and has particular reference to signals carried preferably within the locomotive cab." (lines 9-12) includes instruction and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.
Patent for a new, efficient machine, with a double purpose: "to clean hand-picked cotton and better prepare it for the ginning operation" (lines 11-13) and to extract cotton "from unripe and closed bolls" (lines 14-15).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle and Bit.
Patent for improvements to Bridles and Bits, specifically what are known as stranglers, used to easily gain control over an animal by exerting pressure on its nose, operated by a slight pull on the auxiliary reins. This patent also provides for a device which activates the strangler when the driver releases it and the animal steps on it.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Hentschel, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CHOPPER
Patent for a simple arrangement to be drawn along a row of standing plants in order to chop or cut out the superfluous plants in the row.
Date:
January 7, 1914
Creator:
Charles Lomax
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caustic-Soda Process.
Patent for mixing anhydrous sodium-sulfate with saw dust, heating the mixture in a furnace to 880 degrees Celsius and letting it partially cool. This process will convert the sodium-sulfate to sodium sulfide which when combined with the saw dust creates a liquid which will not oxidize because of the saw dust. The saw dust prevents the mixture from becoming volatile. When lime is added to the mixture then caustic soda is created.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Hirt, Jules Hector
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel.
Patent for an improved "funnel device which is adapted to be connected to the inlet of a receptacle such as a tank and form therewith an air tight connection provided with a manually operated valve" (lines 18-23).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Errington, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History