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Nut Lock.
Patent for a keyed lock for nut and bolt that is removable and does not damage the threads.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Crisp, James E.
System:
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Eye Testing Device.
Patent for a neater and more attractive eye testing device, including illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Jones, Aaron Leroy
System:
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Harrow and Seeder
Patent for a harrow and seeder. This invention is an attachment for disk harrows. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Easterling, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design "consists in a horizontal frame having at its open end a pivoted and weighted abutment, a plunger adapted to reciprocate in the frame, a toggle-lever connecting the plunger with the closed end of the frame, and means for actuating the toggle-lever" (lines 14-20).
Date:
September 30, 1890
Creator:
Smith, John F.
System:
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Hay Press
Patent for an improvement to hay press designs resulting in a "simple, durable, and effective press" (line 13). Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
August 10, 1897
Creator:
Couch, John Calvin
System:
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Harrow Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators. "This inventions relates to a harrow attachment for plow or disk cultivators" (line 12-13). Illustration included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Mauldin, William E.
System:
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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:
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Grading Device for Seed.
Patent for a new and improved grading device for seed.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Leach, William Logan
System:
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Electric Sign.
Patent for an electric sign, which lights up each letter individually and turns them all off at the same time after being on a short while.
Date:
May 24, 1910
Creator:
Miller, Leonard
System:
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Fish Net
Patent for fish net. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Gilstrap, David P.
System:
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Rake Head
Patent for a rake head. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Newsom, Millard F.
System:
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Sand Box
Patent for a sand box. This invention "relates to sand guards for vehicle wheel hubs, and has for its principal object to provide a guard" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Underwood, Thomas M.
System:
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Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels
Patent for sand cap for vehicle wheels. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Wright, William E.
System:
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Sash-Fastener.
Patent for an improvement in sash fasteners for window attachments. The patent allows the window to be opened without counterbalances and also keeps the window from being opened from outside.
Date:
February 6, 1906
Creator:
Staton, John William
System:
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Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvement in "the construction of washing-machines and increase their efficacy and produce a thorough rubbing of the clothes and to prevent the latter being torn or in any wise injured by the rubbing action," (lines 11-15) includes illustration.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Walter, George P.
System:
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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:
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Sheep-Dipper.
Patent for a sheep dipper that does not drown the animals. It "may be readily operated without requiring that the entire weight of the sheep under treatment be lifted by the operator; and furthermore to provide a device which may be supported upon wheels and made portable, and which is provided with simple and efficient means for conveying the sheep into and from the vat containing the dip" (lines 12-19).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Sieker, Edward Armin & Schmidt, Adolph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roof-Shoe
Patent for shoes worn by carpenters working on shingle roofs. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Phinny, Christopher W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Bench-Shears
Patent for foot-operated shears for cuttings bands on bales or general shearing, including illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1913
Creator:
Howlett, Peyton L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved feed-cutter. This design consists in "a body having bottom and sides provided at their forward ends with a metallic plate and supporting-leg, and frame having sill, uprights, and panels, in combination with frame sliding in grooves in the uprights and provided with knife, lever, swinging link having offset, and inclined trough having sides provided with detents" (lines 92-100).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Wilson, John Calhoun
System:
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Folding Cradle.
Patent for a new and improved folding cradle. This design "consists of a cradle formed of two triangular folding end frames provided with folding braces and connected by longitudinal rods, from which the canvas bottom is supported, which frames are pivoted at their apex on the top of two connected triangular folding standards, and are provided with a crank for swinging the cradle. . . . [The cradle] is simple in construction and may be provided with a fan attachment" (lines 10-19).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Clark, Chester Cady
System:
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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:
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Gas Generating and Burning Furnace.
Patent for a gas furnace which also generates gas from crude oil.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Gearing, Charles M.
System:
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