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Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design calls for a tank of water to be buried in the ground and a collar of cheap material to be attached to the tank and placed over the mouth of an anthill. The concave nature of the collar prevents ants from climbing out of it, so they are forced into the water tank, where they drown; the design is cheaper and less toxic than previous designs.
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Arnett, Sandridge Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber, Railway Ties, &c.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for treating and preserving. This design "insure[s] the complete and perfect treatment or impregnation of timber of varying hardness and density, and to provide a portable organization of apparatus by which timber at various points or stations along the line of a railroad can be treated with great facility, efficiency, and economy" (lines 12-19).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Kreuter, Hugh E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bench Plane.
Patent for a new and improved bench plane. This design "consists in a stirrup pivoted to the sides of the plane in such a manner that the traverse piece of the stirrup passes through a transverse groove in the under surface of the plane, this groove increasing in height toward the rear of the plane, so that when the plane is drawn backward it will be slightly raised by this stirrup, so that the cutting-edge of the plane-iron cannot slide on the board being planed" (lines 10-19).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Sawyer, George Frederic
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for an adapter to be added to corn and cotton planters to convert them from one to the other while still being fully functional.
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Knight, Thaddeus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub Attaching Device.
Patent for a new and improved arrangement of axles and boxes for vehicles. This design calls for a solid axle formed with a shoulder and screw-threads, an axle-box closed at its outer and provided at the other end with an annular wall, a collar formed with internal screw-threads, annular flange, bearing surface, wrench-gripe surfaces, and a cap or ring (lines 16-22).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Warth, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard for Horned Stock
Patent for an attachment to be fitted to any horned animal to prevent it from going over, under, or through wire fences using hooks attached to the horns to hook the fence as the animal attempts to cross it. Hooks can be made to any length specification.
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Tackitt, Louis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hay presses.
Date:
November 22, 1887
Creator:
Flato, Friderich W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Truck for Cars
Patent for safety trucks for railway cars to help prevent the derailment of cars.
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Moore, George Wash.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Tuning-Pin
Patent for a piano tuning pin that has "superior advantages and of a simple and effective construction and arrangement of parts, which will provide for a more accurate tuning of the piano with which the device is used and at the same time preserve the strings against breakage by avoiding the use of sharp corners" (lines 14-18).
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Enos, Henry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Joint
Patent for improvements onto railway joints to "omit the declining surfaces of the fish-plate and to employ in conjunction with my other devices or wedges an ordinary fish-plate, whereby the invention may be applied to the joints of rails now in use any change whatever either to the fish-plates or the bolts" (lines 22-28).
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Greenwell, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a new and improved harrow. This design "consist[s] of a central longitudinal beam having perforations, the jointed toothed frame pivoted to supports on the beam, the handles connected at their forward ends to the said beam, the brace-rods pivoted to the handles and to a cross-bar resting on the beam, and the vertical bolt adapted to the perforations in the beam to adjust the cross-bar thereupon, and thereby raise and lower the handles" (lines 85-94).
Date:
November 22, 1887
Creator:
Wilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter and Puller.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-stalk cutter and puller. This design "is to facilitate the removal of cotton-stalks from land in preparing it for subsequent cultivation" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Richardson, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace
Patent for a brace. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Goodson, Milton A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap or Dip
Patent for a trap for small animals. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Morris, Leopold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp
Patent for a clamp. This device is employed to use a hoisting line attached to well casing or tubing. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Athey, Earl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil
Patent for an apparatus for burning crude oil in stoves.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Kunkel, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Burner
Patent for a "useful improvements in burners for liquid and gaseous fuel" (line 9-11). Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Gregson, Emily G. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton
Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Kelly, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Pumping Mechanism
Patent for well pumping mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Gray, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Hoisting Apparatus
Patent for water hoisting apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Moody, Winfield H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for a lubricator for locomotives and steam engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Coppers, John Andrew & Booth, Eldredge Early
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in type writing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 22, 1898
Creator:
Wendelken, Frederick S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support
Patent for a wagon tongue support. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Evans, Martin S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History