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Brace Attachment For Seats
Patent for diver stability and control of heavy machinery like cultivators, mowers, etc. Is designed to attach to all machine seats and adjust to a driver's leg or thigh; it also functions as a foot rest.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hart, Henry, C., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Glass Fastener
Patent for window glass fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
October 5, 1909
Creator:
Phinny, Christphee W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Bucket
Patent for a clam-shell hoisting bucket that automatically opens and closes as it is lowered and elevated.
Date:
October 21, 1902
Creator:
Gearing, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bell-Ringer
Patent for an electric bell ringer that is "operated either by electric wires from a distance or by merely pressing a push-button" (lines 11-13).
Date:
October 24, 1905
Creator:
Hall, Ira W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Appliance
Patent for a draft attachment to be used with a animal-drawn vehicle to hitch a third horse to the vehicle if need be. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Gaines, Wister F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Display-Cabinet.
Patent for a rotary display cabinet for lace and ribbons, which has a dust free delivery system, rotates to allow the spools to be wound back up easily, and has a glass window for easy viewing.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Duncan, Delorus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester.
Patent for an improved, simple, and durable corn harvester that "when drawn over a field of corn of cutting the ears of corn from two rows simultaneously, and of depositing the cut corn in a receiver at the rear of the cutters" (lines 11-15).
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Perkins, James Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for "a very simple and economically-constructed alarm mechanically connected with windows and doors of a house or a room and adapted to be sounded by a raising or opening of the same, and at the same time to strike a light or illuminate the surroundings (lines 10-15).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Canterbury, Crawford R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support
Patent for "an improved tongue-support adapted to be applied to any ordinary vehicle, and combining simplicity and cheapness of manufacture with strength and effectiveness" (lines 8-12).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
CanterBury, Crawford R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Vegetable Oils.
Patent for a process of purifying vegetable oils, specifically cottonseed oil, using a little or no soap-stock and without losing oil. It also improves the purifying process. This process is meant for crude oil, but can be used to further refine already refined oil.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Latting, Richard G., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing-machines by using a combination of body, the shaft journaled in suitable bearings and extending beyond the body, the cog-wheel arranged on the extended end... and the rotary rubber.” (Lines 91-98, p.1 to lines1-6, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Walter, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer
Patent for a new cotton-packer design involving a drum, pulleys, rope, and springs, with illustrations.
Date:
October 4, 1887
Creator:
Thompson, Robert K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History