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Linting Machine.
Patent for a linting machine (Carver type) that contains an air pocket at the end of the passage to prevent cotton from clogging the machine.
Date:
August 10, 1920
Creator:
Woodrow, George N. & Bruce, Thomas D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the king-bolt at the center of the same, the plunger, the pitman pivoted thereto, the double-armed lever centrally-mounted on the king-bolt and provided with loops or bridles at its ends and acting on the pitman, and the supplemental lever having its end engaging one of said loops or bridles" (lines 24-31).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Brown, Lemuel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Closer.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive gate closer that can be used with any gate and is easy to use. It consists of an arm that is secured to the gate, an adjustable wedge that sits between the arm and the gate, a weight connected to the arm, fastening devices, a slot on the wedge, pulleys mounted in a casing, and chords.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Dickson, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straw Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved straw cutter. This design "relates to certain improvements in straw-cutters; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-15). The novel construction and arrangement of parts means that "[t]he machine is simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, will not readily get out of repair, and will perform the necessary work in an efficient manner" (lines 1-4).
Date:
May 10, 1881
Creator:
Cornish, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke Consumer
Patent for smoke consumers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farming Implement
Patent for a new farm implement. It is described as a ridable frame that a farmer could attach assorted tools, making it a multipurpose farm tool.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
McHam, John Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment.
Patent for a pencil attachment that holds a picture that is designed to have a picture mounted in an opening of the pencil. When the opening is held close to the viewer's eye, the image is magnified. The main purpose of the device is to be used for advertising or souvenirs.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Tippit, Thomas Oland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway.
Patent for improvements in elevated railways: "provide simple means for regulating and adjusting the weight of the car so as to throw the preponderence thereof upon either the upper or the lower track or to equally divide the weight so that each track bear a like proportion" (lines 12-17).
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Higgs, William A. & Hamilton, Morgan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History