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Boltless Rail-Joint
Patent for a rail joint designed without bolts. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Crawford, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Table.
Patent for a new and useful adjustable table, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1899
Creator:
Congour, Presley Alpheus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Tie
Patent for a bale band tie. Illustration included.
Date:
December 27, 1904
Creator:
Robinson, Laurence B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Crowson, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightener
Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Taylor, John Quincy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Colter-Clamp
Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Allin, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint
Patent for a rail joint designed without bolts. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Crawford, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churning-Machine.
Patent for improvements in churning-machines by using a “pair of slotted crank-arms, which having pitman-rods adjustably connected thereto and to the upper portion of the churn-dasher, so that by adjusting the pitman-rods longitudinally of the crank-arms the vertical movement or throw of the dasher may be regulated at will.” (Lines 17-22.) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 28, 1905
Creator:
Strickland, Orien S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists "[i]n a trap comprising a well having ingress-openings in diametrically-opposite sides, the combination, with a cage constructed to move vertically in the said well, of plates mounted in ways and constructed to slide past and cover the said openings and having connection with the cage to counterbalance the same" (lines 86-93).
Date:
April 5, 1892
Creator:
McLeod, Charlie Mike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a content chopping device with an adjustable lever and cutters. The cotton chopper can be attached to different cultivator frames (farm equipment) and adjusted to chop or thin out different rows of cotton stalks (or other plants).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Adams, Joe B. & Miller, Lawrence M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brush Cylinder for Gins.
Patent for a brush cylinder for gins which "aims to provide novel and improved means for securing the brush sticks in place and for enabling them to be readily removed and replaced." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Robertson, B.A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin or Retainer.
Patent for a clothes pin, "preferably" made from non-corrosive wire, that can be moved along a clothesline while remaining clamped to laundry. It has the ability to hold clothing of varying thicknesses.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for clothes pin with illustration attached. This pin was created to allow ease shifting of clothes hanging from the clothe line. Additionally the clothes pin does not pinch the clothes it holds in place.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
McKinney, Arthur C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Knee-Pad.
Patent for a pneumatic knee-pad, to protect the clothing and relieve pain of workers who kneel for prolonged periods of time.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Shelton, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clothes-Pin
Patent for an improvement in clothes pins where the pin is formed from one single piece of resilient wire.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator
Patent for insect exterminator. This invention is used for the extermination of boll weevils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Nanny, Wiley Farest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lathe Attachment.
Patent for a jeweler's lathe attachment which holds jewelry without scratching it.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Schultze, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel that does not wear down as quickly as those currently used and that better absorb shock. The text explains the different parts of the new wheel and why it is an improvement over current wheels.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel that "embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding of the parts of said tread." (lines 10-13).
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel "which embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding action of the parts of said tread" (lines 9-13).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. This invention if for the effective cutting of cotton stalks. Illustration included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Rush, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock for use on vehicle axles, which is easily taken on and off.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Ruff, Charley C. & Ruff, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check.
Patent for a door check with improvements to device operation and movement control, with illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Kinard, Chester E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Seat.
Patent for seats which are easy to set up and take down as temporary seating for events and which can be folded up in small pieces for storage.
Date:
July 30, 1907
Creator:
Garrison, Thomas Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History