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Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Seay, Mark Machel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills
Patent for a windmill part which stops the windmill from running when the water tank is full.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Roesler, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat-Propeller
Patent for a boat propeller that runs more efficiently by turning in such a way that the load of water on the propeller is taken off when its blades are going up.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Reames, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine for selling cigars or other objects in round or square packages which can deliver the correct number of products regardless of how many coins are inserted into the machine to equal the selling price.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Wilson, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening
Patent for "a simple and thoroughly-practical form of bale-band fastening or cotton-tie buckle easily fitted to the band and comprising positive and reliable means for effectually preventing the band from slipping or rending without injuring or fracturing the band, so that the original strength of the latter may be maintained" (lines 19-26).
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Mullane, Dennis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brining and Syruping Machine
Patent for a brining and syruping machine for filling large numbers of cans of fruit or vegetables with syrup quickly like in a factory setting.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Ogburn, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for a cotton picker that can be used on several rows of cotton at a time. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Meier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Hoe and Plow
Patent for a tool that can be used as either a hoe or a plow. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Willis, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air and Steam Apparatus for Sinking Wells
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive apparatus for drilling the rock and earth until sufficient loose material has accumulated in the shaft, and then remove such material by the pressure of an aeriform fluid - such as steam or compressed air" (lines 23-29).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Goodrich, Hervey K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "the combination of the two overlapping fulcrumed or pivoted levers having handles and forward ends of flattened crescent shape bent in reverse directions to cause their extreme reduced ends to abut to form nippers, and provided with beveled shoulders at the bases of their inner edges to form cutters and with serrated projections in rear of the pivot or fulcrum, and an angular arm movably attached to said pivot or fulcrum, carrying a receptacle adapted to be adjusted under the nippers for the reception of staples" (lines 29-42).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Carter, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of the draw-heads provided with forwardly-projecting portions having curved faces and notches in the rear thereof, bails pivoted centrally on vertical pins passing through the center of the draw-heads, springs exerting a rearward pressure on the rear ends of the bails, and chains secured to the forward ends of the bails to move them in opposition to the pressure of their springs" (lines 78-87).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Neal, Adam S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling meant to "provide in an automatic car-coupling improved means for holding and guiding the link into the draw-head" (lines 9-12).
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Rowell, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Core-Operating Device
Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like.
Patent for an apparatus of simple structure that allows for the easy adjustment and manipulation of parts. It is "used for molding silos and similar structures from concrete cement material" (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Atkins, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.
Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Fanning, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine.
Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Greer, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Sewing Machine.
Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.
Date:
July 16, 1867
Creator:
Sims, Ferdinand
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade-Support
Patent for an adjustable window shade support.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Dixon, Raymond E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Direction-Signal.
Patent for an invention of a simple signal that allows drivers to indicate they are turning left or right to the vehicle behind them, illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Vaca, Pedro
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe-wrench that has a shank with a fixed jaw, a handle for the shank, a movable jaw with two loops for the shank to pass through and a movable upper loop, a ferrule attached to the handle with a long opening, an adjustable screw with a milled collar in the movable jaw, and a pin attached to the shank.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
McElroy, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Gun.
Patent for a machine gun, meant to have relatively few parts, that includes a belt to carry a large amount of cartridges. The machine gun "provides a structure wherein the cartridges are positively and consecutively fed to the explosion chamber" (lines 11-14).
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
McManus, Luis M. & Warner, James Harold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricant
Patent for "a new and useful composition of matter to be used for the prevention of heat caused from friction and attrition in the use and operation of all kinds of machinery, including railroad engines and cars, and all parts thereof" (lines 5-9).
Date:
July 16, 1889
Creator:
Corder, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for an efficient lubricator apparatus that is made up of a reservoir for lubricating oil, a discharge pipe, another pipe that feeds water or condensed steam into the reservoir to displace the oil, a sediment container that has a valved discharge outlet on the bottom, a filter that cleans oil from the discharge pipe, a pipe that lets fluid into the sediment receptacle, and a steam pipe above the oil reservoir.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
Herold, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History