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Core-Discharge Apparatus.
Patent for an Improvement in Core-Discharge Apparatus. It is meant to be used in connection with core drills in well or mine drilling. This improvement is meant to be carried to the surface by an air-lift pump.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Carhichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for an improved cotton harvester for the purpose of increased efficiency, with illustrations and explanations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Stark, Alvin E. & Garrett, Myers A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Support
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Barrel Supports (lines 5-6)."
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Taylor, Charles E. Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps.
Patent for an apparatus that prevents the clogging of the working barrels of pumps.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Oil-Burners
Patent for improvements to oil-burners. The text contains a description of the unique improvements and is accompanied by explanatory illustrations.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Harrington, Edward A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke
Patent for neck yokes, particularly for hogs, but not made especially for hogs.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
McClure, Cicero F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Irrigation System.
Patent for an improved portable irrigation system that can be moved as one whole irrigation system and be able to water larger fields or territory, including illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Libby, Harry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for an improved and inexpensive quilting frame that can be moved and adjusted.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Gladney, John Ruff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oyster-Opener.
Patent for an oyster opener that opens an oyster in a single operation of the device while simultaneously cutting the oyster from its shell.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Schmidt, Heinrich Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Sifter and Mixer.
Patent for a "simply constructed" (line 11-12) flour sifter and mixer wherein the flour can be "thoroughly mixed without removal of the sifter" (line 12-13) including an illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Newcomer, Stella B. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adhesive and Method of Making the Same
Patent for starch used for paper that can act as an adhesive coating. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Dunham, Andrew A. & Dunham, Henry V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Connection
Patent for a rail connection. This invention consists of heavy fish-plates and screw bolts that are supported between adjacent cross ties
Date:
January 4, 1910
Creator:
Grass, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rowing Appliance.
Patent for a rowing appliance, which allows the oarsman of a boat to face toward the bow and see where the boat is traveling.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
James, William Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for cotton chopper. This invention is on a wheel mounted frame and is adjustable for cutting out sections at desired intervals. Illustration included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Walter, William Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot
Patent for a simplified coffee pot that extracts coffee by using boiling water and the receptacle without changing the structure of the device.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Haley, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker
Patent for a cotton picker. Illustration included.
Date:
November 29, 1904
Creator:
Hoskins, William Wharton
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
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for improvements in the construction of water evaporation milk-coolers to make them more easily taken apart and arranged for shipping and preventing ants from entering the device and getting in the milk. Descriptions of the parts of the device and illustrations are included.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Whaley, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Josheph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener
Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Durant, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Ice-Boxes.
Patent for an attachment for ice-boxes which is "a vessel for the reception of ice and having a surrounding series of compartments for the reception of the matter to be refrigerated" (lines 11-14).
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Moyes, Aceph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Piece Box.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in two piece boxes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 28, 1899
Creator:
Armstrong, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
James, William Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hunting-Knife.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in hunting knives, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 5, 1899
Creator:
Shelton, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History