Resource Type

Attachment for Planters. (open access)

Attachment for Planters.

Patent for attachment for planters that currently employed for planting cotton and corn fields, the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby the runner is mounted and held firmly in position by action of spring, including illustrations.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Raulz, Willie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan. (open access)

Automatic Fan.

Patent for a new and improved automatic fan. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the attaching-plate, the depending rod, the fixed plate on the lower end thereof, the socket arms pivotally connected to said plate at their inner ends, and the fans held in the sockets in said arms, of the plate loosely mounted on the rod above [the] plate, having arms, the rods pivotally connecting the outer ends of said arms, the pitman connected to [another] plate, and the operating crank" (lines 67-76).
Date: October 9, 1888
Creator: Goodspeed, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a bailing press. Illustrations included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Peschel, Otto J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
BalingPress (open access)

BalingPress

Patent for the usefulness of baling press.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Woodward, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Exterminator (open access)

Boll Weevil Exterminator

Patent for a boll weevil exterminator. This invention is designed to remove boll weevils from cotton plants and crushing them between rollers. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Meeks, William & Brown, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener. (open access)

Box-Fastener.

Patent for an improved box-fastener for cases and boxes that hold bottled liquids. The invention allows for the cover to be easily removed, and hangs on the side of the box when not being used. The cover can be used on an ordinary box without altering the box.
Date: October 9, 1894
Creator: Beck, Edwin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump (open access)

Centrifugal Pump

Patent for a centrifugal pump. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Bettis, William Irvin & Hamilton, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Actuating Mechanism (open access)

Churn-Actuating Mechanism

Patent for a churn actuated mechanism that is operated by means of a rocking chair.
Date: October 9, 1914
Creator: Jones, Erastus T. & Stanton, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine. (open access)

Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine.

Patent for a con-controlled vending-machine that sells stamps and similar products including illustrations. The machine "compels a complete cycle of operation for each coin received and cannot be rendered inoperative through the deposit of a plurality of coins in the chute or while the operation of the machine is in progress." (lines 14-17).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Wolford, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists of a drum or hollow cylinder journaled to a suitable frame, said drum being designed to receive the grain or seed through a suitable door or opening. This drum or cylinder has at each end a peripheral beveled flange, and centrally around the drum a series of holes, and an adjustable strap or band, also provided with holes, so that when this strap is secured around the drum and properly adjusted the seed or grain within the drum will pass through the holes as the drum rotates" (lines 17-28).
Date: October 9, 1888
Creator: Jacobsen, Frederik August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator (open access)

Direction-Indicator

Patent for Direction Indicator for a motorized vehicle. This particular model is electrically operated and used to indicate to other vehicles and pedestrians, what the vehicle intends to do and aims to reduce accidents.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Britton, Osa Leo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Display Advertising-Machine.

Patent for an advertising display that carries a number of large advertisement sheets that are revolved and held stationary to periodically display each advertisement in repeating succession.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements upon Farm-Gates, through an object that will help in, "the simple and efficient means for either opening or closing the gate upon the pulling of an operating cable."(line 12- 14)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Skaggs, Silas R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post Mold (open access)

Fence Post Mold

Patent for fence post mold. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Collier, William Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap. (open access)

Fish-Trap.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective fish trap formed of wire fabric and fabric strips.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Crowson, Jonas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Table (open access)

Folding Table

Patent for a new round folding table with leaves, includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Henderson, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Hanger. (open access)

Garment-Hanger.

Patent for a garment-hanger that is adjustable which enables it to be used for garments of various sizes, including illustrations. The device enables an entire suit to be supported and prevents wrinkles. This garment-hanger can also be utilized to crease clothing such as trousers, coats, etc. in the proper locations.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: McAlister, Ramey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Attachment for Bolly Cotton (open access)

Gin Attachment for Bolly Cotton

Patent for gin attachment for bolly cotton. This seeks to make the gin stands have automatic control and for disposing of hulls and waste products from the gin.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Becknell, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness (open access)

Harness

Patent for a harness. This invention has a breeching strap, holdback straps and traces that form a breast collar for hitching horses to a cart or wagon. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for hay-presses relating to the arraignment and and construction of the means for operating the plunger of the press whereby reciprocation of the plunger may be secured by the revolution of an arm or lever whereby a single or double reciprocation of the plunger during a single revolution of the arm or lever may be secured as desired.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Dudley, John Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for a new and improved mechanical movement. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the vertical post or upright having guideways formed therein, and the horizontally-disposed shaft having the pinion secured thereon, of the slidable block or frame, the rack-bars pivotally secured to the lower end thereof and having oppositely-projecting teeth, and the spring connected to the lower ends of said rack-bars" (lines 68-75).
Date: October 9, 1888
Creator: Kincaid, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for "a method of and apparatus for treating seed cotton and compromises in its entirety a system of handling cotton as it comes from the field until it leaves the gin" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Thompson, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method for co-processing waste rubber and carbonaceous material (open access)

Method for co-processing waste rubber and carbonaceous material

In a process for the co-processing of waste rubber and carbonaceous material to form a useful liquid product, the rubber and the carbonaceous material are combined and heated to the depolymerization temperature of the rubber in the presence of a source of hydrogen. The deploymerized rubber acts as a liquefying solvent for the carbonaceous material while a beneficial catalytic effect is obtained from the carbon black released on deploymerization the reinforced rubber. The reaction is carried out at liquefaction conditions of 380--600{degrees}C and 70--280 atmospheres hydrogen pressure. The resulting liquid is separated from residual solids and further processed such as by distillation or solvent extraction to provide a carbonaceous liquid useful for fuels and other purposes.
Date: October 9, 1990
Creator: Farcasiu, M. & Smith, C. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method of electrode fabrication and an electrode for metal chloride battery (open access)

Method of electrode fabrication and an electrode for metal chloride battery

A method of fabricating an electrode for use in a metal chloride battery and an electrode are provided. The electrode has relatively larger and more uniform pores than those found in typical electrodes. The fabrication method includes the steps of mixing sodium chloride particles selected from a predetermined size range with metal particles selected from a predetermined size range, and then rigidifying the mixture. The electrode exhibits lower resistivity values of approximately 0.5 {Omega}cm{sup 2} than those resistivity values of approximately 1.0--1.5 {Omega}cm{sup 2} exhibited by currently available electrodes.
Date: October 9, 1990
Creator: Bloom, I.D.; Nelson, P.A. & Vissers, D.R.
System: The UNT Digital Library