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Plow.
Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Alston, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for gate that uses a lever mechanism for operation while seated in a vehicle or on horseback. This invention allows the user to open and close the gate while seated. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Baker, Guilford D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for an object that simplifies the operation of rotary engines and motors.
Date:
October 16, 1900
Creator:
Baxter, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Intermittent-Operating Mechanism
Patent for intermittent-operating mechanism. This is to improve upon the automatic regulating means for windmills in regards to supplying water to a tank.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Bittner, Emil R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Closet Flush.
Patent for a siphon flushing apparatus for water-closets in which it will regulate the quantity of the water being discharged at each flushing; at the same time it can prevent water leakage. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 16, 1900
Creator:
Bowman, Jonathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Operating Air-Compressors, &c.
Patent for operating air-compressors, an improvement on the action rather than simply the machinery, accompanied by illustrations on the patent.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Brown, Ira Ellsworth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel and Gage.
Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Burkett, Joseph Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Actuated Sawmill Set-Works
Patent for an electrically-actuated sawmill set-works that regulates movement of the clutch-stop and set-shaft, which determines the extent of knee-movement including illustrations.
Date:
October 16, 1900
Creator:
Carroll, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armor For Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for armor for pneumatic tires to prevent puncturing of the inner inflatable tube. To also provide anti-skidding lugs which connect to the flexible armor embodied in the tire casing.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Chilton, William G. & Hobgood, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Sack.
Patent for improvements in a cotton-picker's sack, allowing for easy access to deposit and empty picked cotton while remaining nearly closed to hold and protect the cotton.
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Cliett, Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Coursey, Thomas Maxton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Blocker.
Patent for an invention that provides a wheeled carriage, or supporting frame, to support cotton choppers, or similar devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Cunningham, Jasper V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Ferries, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Patent for improvements on insect destroyers to be used in cotton fields, including illustrations.
Date:
October 16, 1877
Creator:
Fordtran, Eugene H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Means for Propelling Boats.
Patent for a means for propelling boats that uses pneumatic pressure and does not use propellers and screws. The invention has increased propulsion.
Date:
October 16, 1894
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Mechanism
Patent for hoisting mechanism for use in oil-wells. This invention employees a sand-reel placed upon the hoisting shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Machine.
Patent for a pneumatic device to remove and crush boll weevils and their associated bolls on cotton plants, in the ground around cotton plants, and in the air.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Jones, Henry A. & Harrell, Billington C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Joint Means For Rails Or The Like
Patent for joint designed to bolt together rails so as to prevent accidental displacement of the nuts and bolts. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Kline, William Bennet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the hopper having the opening in its base, the seed-slide provided with the slot, the strip having the longitudinal adjusting-slot and set-screw, the pivoted vibrating lever, the limiting-bracket, the coiled spring, the pivoted reciprocating bar moving in the bracket and having the beveled rear end, the conveyer-wheel, and the arms standing from the side of the conveyer-wheel and actuating the bar" (lines 21-31).
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Knox, Washington Irvine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Chain or Belt.
Patent for a transmission belt with elastic contact components to allow for a constant pressure exerted on the pulleys, which in turn allows for smoother driving.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Lynn, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for a fumigator meant to exterminate prairie dogs, mice, rats, Texas red ants, and other pests. It burns fumes, and the container has a hose on the top that forces fumes into the pests' homes. There is an inlet pipe in the base of the container.
Date:
October 16, 1894
Creator:
Manahan, Thaddeus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Generating Apparatus
Patent for a tool designed to generate small volumes of gases.
Date:
October 16, 1915
Creator:
McFarland, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History