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Cultivator.
Patent for a riding cultivator that keeps the shovel gangs positioned "parallel with the line of the draft, or with the longitudinal axis of the machine" (lines 19-21), by shifting them in the direction that the driver guides the wheels. The cultivator also provides a means to keep the depth of cultivation as uniform as possible when working on uneven ground or in different kinds of soil.
Date:
January 3, 1922
Creator:
Mayer, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Watch-Chain.
Design patent for a rosary watch-chain that includes strings of beads, hearts, an image of the "Virgin Mary," and a watch-key in the shape of a crucifix. There is no accompanying illustration.
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Graham, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton by Atmospheric Suction.
Patent for a new device for handling and cleaning seeding cotton by atmospheric suction in which the cotton may be conveyed and cleaned without passing through the exhaust-fans, thereby avoiding danger of the machine being choked while in operation. (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 19, 1891
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
System:
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Discharge-Nozzle
Patent for discharge nozzle for insecticide spraying machines. Proposed nozzle design to have adjustable opening.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Gohmert, Otto Adolph
System:
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Duplex Door-Check Holder and Buffer
Patent for door check holder for preventing doors from slamming and holding them in open position. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 28, 1908
Creator:
Kibbe, Isaac Pease
System:
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Earth-Auger
Patent for structural improvement in machines used for boring post holes and wells with illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Cudd, Decater P.
System:
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Engraving-Machine
Patent for improvements "in the peculiar construction and combination of [engraving machines]" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 19, 1889
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
System:
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Envelope.
Patent for a new and improved envelope. This design calls for "a projecting flap, to which the postage stamp or stamps may be attached in such a manner that the said stamp or stamps may be canceled by perforation (or by means of a punch or otherwise) without danger of injuring the contents of the envelope" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Terry, James Doss
System:
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Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment
Patent for an inexpensive attachment for "drilling compost, manure, or other fertilizing material &c., &c" (lines 9-10). It is designed to be attached to any farm-wagon including illustrations.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Schlabach, William
System:
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Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives.
Patent for valve changes that "provide a valve operating means whereby the valve may be very finely adjusted and prevented from being casually turned" (lines 16-18).
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
System:
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Float for Delinters
Patent for a new float for cotton seed de-linters. Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 17, 1910
Creator:
Blanchard, George L.
System:
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Float for Linters.
Patent for a float for rapidly removing lint from cotton seeds.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Blanchard, George L.
System:
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Gasolene Tank Filler and Gage
Patent for a means of filling a gasoline tank for a motor vehicle with a sight gage for determining the level of gasoline placed in the tank.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Boyce, Leonora
System:
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Grinding-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grinding machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Post, Bernhard
System:
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Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "consists of an adjustable regulating fastener for the upper and lower ends of the hames, and this fastener is further provided with a swinging loop, to which the breast-strap may be attached on the lower fastener and the strap on the upper fastener when desired" (lines 19-25).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
System:
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Horse Collar.
Patent for a new and improved horse collar. This design "consists in forming a portion of the large roll of the collar with leather, and the other part with canvas or ducking of two thicknesses, between which double part of ducking or canvas is placed a medicated composition and preservative, which serves as a remedial agent for the galling of horses shoulders', and as a preventative against gnawing of the collar by vermin. It also relates to an improved manner of stitching together the collar roll" (lines 13-23).
Date:
August 7, 1883
Creator:
Hake, Francis A.
System:
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Horse-Detacher
Patent for a horse detacher for use on wagons that prevents accidental separation.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Backermann, Henry G.
System:
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Horse - Releaser.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "devices for releasing fractious animals from vehicles" (line 15 -16).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Grossman, Amanda I.
System:
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Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
George, Charles Hentz
System:
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Improved Mode of Regulating the Velocity and Furling the Sails of Wind-Wheels.
Patent for a new windmill using different parts to help regulate the sails and for folding and unfolding the sails, including illustration.
Date:
March 24, 1857
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
System:
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Improvement in Ant-Destroying Apparatus.
Patent for "a new and Improved Apparatus for Destroying Ants" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1875
Creator:
Grafton, William
System:
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Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.
Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
Date:
September 5, 1876
Creator:
Bunker, Thaddeus
System:
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Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using a cam-lever for operating the side of the press-box with two different application of power, including illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1858
Creator:
Witting, F. W.
System:
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Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jackson
System:
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