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Improvement in Clod-Crushers. (open access)

Improvement in Clod-Crushers.

Patent for a land-drag and clod-crusher that will effectually crush the clods, level the land, and pack the soil, at one and the same operation.
Date: May 16, 1876
Creator: Crockett, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Thomas, Robert S.; Hardwick, Saunie W. & Elam, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels. (open access)

Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels.

Patent for a new and improved device for extracting liquids from sealed containers. This design utilizes a bellows apparatus, and "by simply compressing [it] air is forced into the space in the barrel or vessel above the liquid, when the pressure of this air will exhaust the liquid through the faucet at the bottom under pressure" (lines 65-70).
Date: October 16, 1883
Creator: Park, Hardy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design, when "traversing soft and marshy soil[,] the ribs or lugs engage in the surface in the ordinary way; but in passing over hard or stony soil the flange bears on the surface and prevents jarring. The ribs and the flange are flush with each other . . . and this height may be considerably more than that of the ordinary ribs . . . for the reason that the said height does not affect the regularity of motion of the wheel in passing over hard soil. The advantage in tapering the ribs or lugs and the inner side of the flange is to prevent earth from clogging therein" (lines 51-53).
Date: October 16, 1888
Creator: Hatch, Jerome B. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a medical compound consisting of magnesia, soda, potassium oxide, manganese, sodium chloride, acid phosphate of iron, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. The compound is said to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Coleman, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle. (open access)

Riding-Saddle.

Patent for a riding-saddle with a "short rigid tree, which constitutes the front or forked portion of the saddle, and [the inventor] construct[s] the body and cantle of pieces of thick but duly flexible leather" (lines 21-25). This makes the saddle more comfortable for both horse and rider.
Date: July 16, 1895
Creator: Padgitt, Jesse D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour and Meal Bin. (open access)

Flour and Meal Bin.

Patent for a new and improved flour and meal bin. This design "is to provide a flour and meal bin for family purposes, especially where it is found desirable to economize space and have the bin conveniently at hand ready to have the desired quantity of flour or meal taken from it in a sifted condition" (lines 9-15).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Clarke, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Roof. (open access)

Metallic Roof.

Patent for a metallic roof that has "an improved means for securing the adjoining edges of the metallic strips together, whereby a tight water proof joint is produced and the metal strips securely attached to the sheathing of the roof" (lines 15-20).
Date: April 16, 1895
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Automatically Exhibiting Business Cards, &c. (open access)

Device for Automatically Exhibiting Business Cards, &c.

Patent for a new and improved display. This design, "for automatically exhibiting business cards and the like, of a panel having an opening therein, uprights having the retaining guides secured on each side of said opening, the angle-irons secured beneath said opening, a longitudinally-inclined bar having a beveled upper edge provided with a recess for extending across said panel, a sliding frame having a spring secured thereto, a hook on said spring, and means for giving said frame a vibratory or reciprocating movement" (lines 11-22).
Date: October 16, 1888
Creator: Keach, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple planter that is "adapted to plant either corn or cotton and that at predetermined distances; to so construct the machine as to adapt it readily for change from one form of planter to the other; and to improve the manner of securing the furrow-opening shovel-carrying standard and the seed tube, whereby the former and latter are prevented from breaking or becoming injured should they contact with a stone, stump, or other obstacle of sufficient size and firmness to injure them" (lines 10-21).
Date: May 16, 1893
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus and Method for Inducing Electrical Property Changes in Carbon Nanotubes (open access)

Apparatus and Method for Inducing Electrical Property Changes in Carbon Nanotubes

Patent relating to an apparatus and method for inducing electrical property changes in carbon nanotubes.
Date: September 21, 2004
Creator: Allara, David L., 1937-; Chen, Min; Henley, Donald E.; Imholt, Timothy & Roberts, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like. (open access)

Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like.

Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Fondren, Theodore Robert ; T. R. Fondren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Heater and Radiator (open access)

Combined Heater and Radiator

Patent for a combined water heater and radiator. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Wheeler, Mary J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Hat. (open access)

Bathing-Hat.

Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Herndon, Florence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that is adjustable to different size nuts and has a reciprocating screw member.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Daniel, Robert O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Firearm. (open access)

Magazine-Firearm.

Patent for a magazine firearm, whose breech bolt is operated with the left hand to leave the right free for pulling the trigger.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Rebman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mangle (open access)

Mangle

Patent for a mangle which employs a "multiplicity of rollers" (line 18). Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Musch, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders (open access)

Suspenders

Patent for drawer suspenders. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Hengy, Frank J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice Saw (open access)

Ice Saw

Patent for an ice saw. The invention is designed for cutting ice blocks for use in ice boxes, refrigerators, and such devices. Illustration included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Butler, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Embossing-Machine. (open access)

Embossing-Machine.

Patent for improvements to embossing machines. specifically machines for embossing saddle leather, including an illustration.
Date: September 16, 1902
Creator: Russell, Frank Keach
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Splice. (open access)

Rail-Splice.

Patent for a rail splice that joins the ends of railway tracks to one another to prevent spreading of the tracks and is easily taken on and off for repair work.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Bonner, Benjamin B. & Bonner, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Switch (open access)

Railroad Switch

Patent for a railroad switch. "This invention relates to railroad-swtiches and is especially designed with reference to street railways and surburban lines" (9-11). Illustration included.
Date: October 16, 1906
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W. & Tucker, Hugh H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner to be used in cement kilns. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Griffiths, Leonard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History