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Fence or Gate. (open access)

Fence or Gate.

Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms, combined with a series of horizontal tubes" (lines 54-64).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Friday, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher (open access)

Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher

Patent for a mechanism designed for surfacing, cleaning, and polishing wooden flooring. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Warner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net Frame. (open access)

Mosquito-Net Frame.

Patent for a mosquito-net frame that can support a tester, but does not require one to operate. The net can be draped over a bed and moved out of the way again without interfering with the tester.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Lottman, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop (open access)

Mop

Patent for "a simple and durable construction of mop in which the fibre holding element consists of strands of twisted wire" (lines 9-11) designed such that the mop maintains its shape with or without the handle, including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Welch, James. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a coupling device for train pipes used on railroad trains to connect fluid conduits and similar pipes.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hume, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Drying Briquets (open access)

Means for Drying Briquets

Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date: July 20, 1917
Creator: Baker, Burke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer (open access)

Reamer

Patent for the improvement of vertical reamers used in the drilling of wells. Intended to provide a multi-bladed reamer that expands holes more evenly with less parts than previous models.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed-Meal Heater (open access)

Cotton-Seed-Meal Heater

Patent for improvements to cotton-meal heaters "to provide means to communicate as much heat as possible to the meal contained in the heater in as short a time as possible, and to retain the heat in the meal until it has all been used in forming the cakes" (lines 18-22).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Price, James Sterling
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gangway for Loading or Unloading Stock Cars. (open access)

Gangway for Loading or Unloading Stock Cars.

Patent for a new and improved gangway. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in an animal-trap having an inclined bottom and opposite sides, of a winch journaled at one end thereof, a movable platform mounted on the bottom and provided with opposite posts at its front end, a gate hinged to one of said posts, and opposite chains connected to the winch at one end and passing over drums located at the opposite ends of the sides, the opposite terminals of the chains being connected to the opposite posts" (lines 6-16).
Date: August 20, 1889
Creator: McIver, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal. (open access)

Signal.

Patent for a signal to be placed on the fender of a motor vehicle to indicate to other drivers the intended direction the vehicle is going.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Cochran, Carl T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters (open access)

Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters

Patent for a riding attachment. This invention is designed for a one-row walking planter. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Fisk, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Articulator. (open access)

Dental Articulator.

Patent for a dental articulator that will more precisely demonstrate the natural movements of the human jaw.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Hall, Rubert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Culmore, March
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Seperating Associated Liquids. (open access)

Method of Seperating Associated Liquids.

Patent for a new method of seperating liquids, specifically those "in which particles of one liquid are held, or bound in mechanical suspension in another" (lines 10-12). The inventor provides the specific example of water and crude oil.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device (open access)

Core-Taking Device

Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Christian, Walton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for an adapted barrel/container that can be assembled from the barrel/containers collapsed form, including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: York, Edward Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History