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Cotton-Pest-Destroying Machine
Patent for a machine that destroys boll weevils and other agricultural pests. It distributes moisture and poisonous powder that adheres to plants.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Electric Saw.
Patent for improvement of portable electric saws that can be used "as readily and accurately as a hand saw in performing many different grades of work much more rapidly and with less physical exertion" (lines 17-20), including illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Lange, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard
Patent for a railway cattle guard whereby the weight of the animal causes a barrier to emerge, but the barrier will be removed automatically when the weight is removed.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Fountain, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Pest-Poisoner
Patent for an insect destroyer specifically designed for use in the treatment of cotton plants. The cotton-pest poisoner is in the form of a powder that can be scattered over the plants.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch.
Patent for improvements in railroad-switches, relating to a simple and more efficient means for throwing a switch of a railway truck, whereby a train of cars or a single car may be switched from the main track to another track or on a siding.
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
Hester, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship-Destroyer.
Patent for a new airship-destroyer with the new ability to fire pellets and bombs in various directions and differing altitudes (lines 8-12), to ignite fuses to prime the device for firing at a predetermined altitude (lines 13-19), to incorporate a bomb to explode upon contact with the airship (lines 20-24), and to provide the projectile with a rocket to propel it to a greater altitude (lines 25-28).
Date:
November 5, 1918
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Projectile
Patent for a new type of projectile that includes an initial explosion followed by multiple other explosions from smaller bombs contained inside the larger projectile. The projectile is described as a "novel and improved instrument of destruction" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 5, 1918
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Submarine Destroyer
Patent for a munitions delivery system designed for anti-submarine warfare. Specifically, this devise is a multi-stage explosive that periodically (period of deployment determined by depth measurement) deploys first a primary detonating charge, followed up by the detonation of multiple, smaller charges scattered by the primary explosion, ensuring an area of effect should the primary canister miss it's intended target. The patent notes that should the canister actually make contact with an object on it's bottom facing, all explosives in the canister will be triggered at once.
Date:
October 1, 1917
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader.
Patent for the improvement of Half-Car Unloaders as it "relates to the handling of material in bulk and has special reference to a device arranged to enable railroad cars such as are sued for hauling coal, ore, and other like material to be unloaded by a single operation." (lines 13-18)
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Scardino, Mariano P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Treating Apparatus and Process
Patent for cotton treating apparatus and process, cleaning the cotton as it is removed from bolls and then formed in to bales.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Dunlap, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Key-Ring Holder.
Patent for an improved device which holds key rings, and may be fastened to a belt.
Date:
January 16, 1917
Creator:
Kropp, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Torpedo.
Patent for an aerial torpedo. This device is well suited for automatic targeting without help from man.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Fender
Patent for fenders for truck wheels using hoods and reinforcing bands, including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Leach, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Railroad-Switch
Patent for a safety railroad-switch which is meant to prevent vertical displacement.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Leach, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader
Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Round Bale Cotton Compress
Patent for a round bale cotton compress that efficiently creates cotton bales with little manual labor, including illustrations.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Dunlap, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Device
Patent for a rail securing device which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Tritico, Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Forms
Patent for a locking device for forms that will not crush the edges of circular forms.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Irvin, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for a recipe for insecticide for the Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil.
Date:
May 14, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Wilmon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils
Patent for a formula for an insecticide for the Mexican cotton boll weevil.
Date:
March 4, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Wilmon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for an improvement to reversible plows. The plow specified is capable of throwing dirt to both the left and right sides.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Sramek, Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow with an adjustable slide mechanism, standard, and handles.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Hall, Charlie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool of the Pliers Type.
Patent for pliers with an improved handle.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Ball, William Rossam
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