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Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Hand-Machines for Gathering Cotton in the Field" (lines 3-5), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 16, 1856
Creator:
Shields, B. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that has advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency because it is adapted to operate crosswise with relation to the rows.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Fay, Louis Percy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new cotton chopper allowing for continuous operation while raising or lowering the device and without requiring additional strain from draft animals during operation, including illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Hickson, Aaron L.
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
Dirigible Headlight
Patent for new design for dirigible headlights by Mr. Hall B. Simpson and Mr. Dewitt Hood, designed with the intention of providing "novel and improved means whereby the headlights are supported by the automobile or other vehicle for turning movement about vertical axes," alongside various innovative applications (lines 23-27).
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Simpson, Hall B. & Hood, Dewitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator.
Patent for a new useful improved direction-indication that will allow an operator of an automobile to indicate to traffic in front and rear the direction in which the operator will make it's turn. The indicator will also indicate when a stop is contemplated.
Date:
March 16, 1920
Creator:
Gmelin, Ernst W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar
Patent for improved horse-collars, which supposedly makes the collar less complex and more comfortable. The patent is intended for harnesses for horses, mules, and related animals.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Mahone, Edwin W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that displays objects enclosed in containers and allows them to be retrieved without "changing the position of any other than the [container] to which access is desired" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Boudreaux, Carlos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cushion Tire
Patent for Cushion Tires. Each tire will have multiple chambers within it, so if one is punctured the remainder of the tire will continue to function and not deflate.
Date:
March 16, 1920
Creator:
Williams, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a durable yet inexpensive "demountable rim for vehicle wheels" (lines 12-13), with a sectional design for ease of attachment and removal.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
McPherson, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Mounting
Patent for window mountings that allows the window to open both vertically and horizontally.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Bast, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Stroke Pumping Jack
Patent for a double-stroke pumping jack with two pistons in the same cylinder "to discharge a steady stream of water therefrom" (line 12-13). This invention allows the pipe cylinder and pistons to be easily removed for repairs or cleaning.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Winterborne, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cushioned Holder for Dating-Stamps
Patent for a cushioned holder for dating stamps. Illustration included.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
Ensign, Ely
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Screw Swivel Lifting-Jack.
Patent for an improved double screw swivel lifting jack, including illustrations.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Morris, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Doubletree Attachment
Patent for a doubletree attachments. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1910
Creator:
Ball, William Rossem
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dipper
Patent for dipper. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Cowart, Laurance P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Churn-Frame.
Design patent for a churn frame.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
O'Marrow, Mattie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutter
Patent for a corn or feed cutter with adjustable blades.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Currie, Malcolm M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derailer.
Patent for a derailer for use on railroad tracks that can be either put on a switch or directly on the rails.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Farrell, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor.
Patent for a simple cupsidor that attaches to the floor of railway cars and other places and can be easily cleaned. They are designed to be installed in a line and connected so they can be opened and cleaned at the same time. A valve and a tube hold and empty the contents of the cupsidor.
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Simmons, David Pitman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Controlling Runaway Horses.
Patent for a new and improved device for controlling runaway horses. This design has for its object "to construct an apparatus whereby such a pressure may be applied by the rider or driver of the animal in connection with which the apparatus is employed, the invention consisting of pads that are supported by lever-arms pivotally connected to a bit, and of a means whereby said pads may be moved toward each other—that is, to a position so that they will bear upon the outer nostril-wall . . . [since horses] may be quickly subdued by bringing continued pressure to bear upon their noses" (lines 9-21).
Date:
August 16, 1887
Creator:
Grumbach, Isaïe
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
Fruit Can.
Patent for a new and improved fruit can. This design "consists in the combination of a can having its upper edge turned inward, so as to form a flange, an L-shaped collar which is secured inside of the mouth of the can, the cap which has its lower edge turned outward, so as to form a flange, and a holding device for keeping the cap in position" (lines 13-19).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Robinson, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calf Weaner.
Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design consists in "a strap, ring, or belt surrounding the muzzle of the calf or other animal, and attached permanently by means of head-stall straps or other suitable-devices, the muzzle-ring being provided with radiating blunt-pointed wires of suitable length, whereby the calf is prevented from reaching the teat, and the mother, being irritated or titillated by the projecting wires, repulses the attempts of the animal to suckle" (lines 18-27).
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Evans, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History