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Stalk Cutter
Patent for stalk cutter. This invention consists of rotating knives that severs the stalks into several pieces for use as fertilizer. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Davis, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washer for Wagon-Bolsters
Patent for a washer wagon-bolsters. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Martin, James Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Swinging Gates.
Patent "to simplify and improve the construction of means for opening and closing swinging gates," (lines 10 - 12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1892
Creator:
Rhodes, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spoke-Tightening Device
Patent for a spoke tightening device which can be adjusted to different lengths for different wagon wheels.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
Weidemann, Reinhold
System:
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Process of Forming Individual Foot-Forms and Fitting Shoes Thereon.
Patent for the improvement of the process of forming individual foot forms or replicas of a person's specific foot. This alleviates a person having to go through the painful process of breaking in new shoes. The foot forms can then either be kept by the individual or by the shoe dealer for making future foot wear.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Butler, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool Joint.
Patent for a new tool joint used in rotary drilling to connect the parts of a drill stem. The tool joint is not exclusive to drill stems and may be used in other applications.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Kreiter, Richard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Burkhardt, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer.
Patent for a new and useful gin-saw filer.
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Wilson, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivator.
Patent for a combination harrow and cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in hoisting apparatus by “employing two cables and two sheaves that one cable and one sheave operate to elevate the weight or object in an approximately-vertical plane, so as to avoid contact with any side obstruction, while the secondary cable can subsequently be slackened sufficiently to permit the traveling sheave of the hoisting-cable to run off in a lateral direction and carry with it the sheave of the slackened secondary cable, for the purpose of transferring the object or weight to a desired position out of the line of the approximately-vertical direction first given to it.” (Page 2, lines 4-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 22, 1892
Creator:
Davis, Benjamin F.
System:
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Feed-Water Heating and Purifying Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in feed-water heating and purifying apparatus by “utilizing the heat of exhaust-steam from locomotive-cylinders, and the waste heat from the products of combustion in the combustion-chamber; or smoke-arch for heating and purifying the feed-water in transit to the locomotive-boiler.” (Lines 11-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 22, 1892
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel.
Patent for a hydraulic swivel valve, to allow water to flow to the drill stem for purposes of cooling and lubrication.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Piston.
Patent for new and improved pump piston. This patent is accompanied by drawings and the object is to provide a pump piston wherein the the piston body proper is securely maintained against shifting upon the piston rod.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Yount, Miles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Motor.
Patent for an internal combustion engine designed for better lubrication and simplicity of repair.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Sanford, Harold M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for "a plow especially adapted to be used in turning the well-known black or stiff lands in the Western States," (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1891
Creator:
Hill, David J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Park, Henry Jackson & Darrough, Rufus Clark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maternity and Invalid Chair.
Patent for a folding chair designed specifically for the use and comfort of the sick and disabled.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Read, Edwin T. & Bartz, Adolph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener.
Patent for a new and improved pencil sharpener "which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly effective in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Scougale, Malcolm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful piano attachment.
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Moyer, Jesse Hechler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful piano attachment for "facilitating the adjustment of the means employed for producing said tones and for locking said means in operative position" (line 11 - 14).
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Moyer, Jesse Hechler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for improvements in harrows, "so that any farmer who possesses a Georgia stock or ordinary plow-beam with its attached handles can purchase one of [these] improved harrows per se and without the exercise of any special mechanical knowledge or experience apply the harrow device or contrivance to the beam of such ordinary plow stock." (Lines 40-47) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game-Counter
Patent for an apparatus designed to maintain a record of points earned and the number of rounds played in a game. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 22, 1910
Creator:
McKinney, Ansel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows by providing readily-operable means for adjusting the plow-shovel on the standard, to facilitate adjustment of the shovel and of the gage with relation to each other, thereby to vary the cut of the shovel, to improve the means for holding the gage assembled with the standard, and generally to simplify and increase the efficiency of plows of this character. (Lines 14-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Wilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Circuit -Closing Device.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in electric circuit closing devices.
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Newman, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History