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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
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "is to convert a given rotary into a vertical reciprocating motion, and to provide means whereby the stroke of the reciprocating motion may be increased or diminished, according to the use or work to which the machine may be applied; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same" (lines 10-18).
Date:
November 11, 1884
Creator:
Groves, Isaac N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump Puller.
Patent for a new and improved stump puller. This design's object "is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective stump-puller, readily portable and easily operated by one man and a horse; and to that end the novelty consists in the construction of the same" (lines 10-15).
Date:
April 24, 1883
Creator:
Tucker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler
Patent for an improved wash boiler that contains a false bottom and ejectors to more efficiently clean the wash boiler, and to better control the passage of water.
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
McFarland, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler
Patent for a wash boiler used to wash clothes with steam and water. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 28, 1908
Creator:
Morton, Milo A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trapping Device.
Patent for a fish trapping device.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Rains, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk - Cutter.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in stalk-cutters to "provide a simple, light, and durable machine by means of which three rows of stalks may be cut in one passage of the machine across the field" (line 13-16).
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Acre, William Floyd & Wafford, William Penn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burning Furnace.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hydrocarbon burning furnaces, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Gearing, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Breaker.
Patent for a stalk-breaker that breaks "the stalks into small pieces and which will be under the control of the driver so as to be thrown in and out of gear at will, and in which the breaker mechanism will be so constructed that it will give when an unyielding substance is run against, thereby preventing breakage or damage to the machine" (lines 13-20).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Neck Yoke
Patent for neck yoke.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Metts, Amos E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer.
Patent for an underreamer that will be used to ensure that the well casing is clean. Its construction is simple and can be made cheaper than older devices of the same type.
Date:
February 9, 1914
Creator:
Pippin, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor
Patent for a new type of motor. The aim of this new type of motor is to use head and cold to expand and contract the bar used to apply power.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power.
Patent for a machine that "has relation to mechanical powers designed for stump-pulling, hoisting heavy weights, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 21-24).
Date:
April 29, 1884
Creator:
Gray, William Smith
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
Milking Apparatus.
Patent for a manually operated milking device, which eliminates the need for the milkers hands to touch the cow's teats or the milk, thereby lessening germ exposure.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Hardy, Augustus Williams
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for planting attachment for cultivators.
Date:
February 24, 1903
Creator:
Hutcherson, James H.
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
Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows.
Patent for a steering mechanism for motorized plows.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
Hill, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syringe
Patent for a syringe for containing water used for bathing and fountains. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 17, 1912
Creator:
Rhone, George Mobley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Oven.
Patent for a device that heats wagon and buggy wheel tires that will warm them evenly.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Howlett, Isaac C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler.
Patent for improvements in washboilers involving water and steam being forced through a perforated clothes receptacle as well as automatic draining or release of accumulated water and soil.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
McFarland, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Carrier
Patent for carrying an extra tire on an automobile along with a method for easy removal and placement of the tire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Collins, Thomas Jefferson & Jordan, Royal Blaine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper File.
Patent for a new and improved paper file. This design "provide[s] a simple, cheap, and effective wire clamp for . . . holding bills, papers, cards, and the like . . . that can be secured to a table, desk, wall, or other object, thereby dispensing with the strips of wood or other material to which the wire clamps are usually connected" (lines 18-29).
Date:
September 5, 1882
Creator:
Clark, Chester Cady
System:
The Portal to Texas History