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Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "[i]n a double-acting baling-press, the combination, with the two followers having the apertured end lugs, of the sliding casting having the curved shoulders, the central aperture, and the apertured end lugs, the top plate having the apertured end lugs and central opening, the drive-wheel having the handle-socket and formed with the tapering opening and the central opening, the central pivot, and the king-bolt" (lines 13-22).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Hill, Abraham J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace (open access)

Bed-Brace

Patent for a bed-brace
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Howse, Claud A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller and Cutter. (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller and Cutter.

Patent for a cotton stalk puller and cutter machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hubert, John E. & Hubert, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Cleaner (open access)

Gin Saw Cleaner

Patent for a gin saw cleaner. Object of the invention "is to provide a gin saw cleaning device which may be forced into contact with the saw blades by pressure exercised in the direction of the length of the cleaning device" (line 14-19) Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Jordan, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folder for Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Folder for Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a folder for cotton presses, which has better reciprocating rollers than previous versions.
Date: November 24, 1908
Creator: Jordan, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Ring. (open access)

Piston-Ring.

Patent for metallic piston rings to allow for expansion and contraction without leakage.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Jordan, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check. (open access)

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
Door Hanger. (open access)

Door Hanger.

Patent for a car door hanger that will take the weight of the door off the supporting rollers and the track and apply a braking action to the track that will prevent the door from unnecessarily shifting. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Kinard, Chester E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest. (open access)

Hen's Nest.

Patent for a new and improved hen's nest. This design "relates to that type of hen-nest wherein a tilting platform is employed to protect the setting hen from intrusion while permitting her to freely pass to and from the nest. The objects of [the] invention are to improve the prior construction and to provide novel means whereby the hen setting or hatching chamber is separated from the passage containing the tilting platform by a division-wall having a rear doorway, in such manner that the eggs are isolated and in a measure hid and protected while the hen is seeking food" (lines 8-20).
Date: September 9, 1890
Creator: Manlove, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

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
Animal Trap. (open access)

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
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Nanny, Wiley F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

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
Clothes Pin or Retainer. (open access)

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
Wire Clothes-Pin (open access)

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
Setting Tool for Brads &c (open access)

Setting Tool for Brads &c

Patent for a setting tool for brads that allows them to be easily placed in position.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Price, Thomas Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brush Cylinder for Gins. (open access)

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
Bale Band Tie (open access)

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
Nut-Lock. (open access)

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
Stalk Cutter (open access)

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
Lathe Attachment. (open access)

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
Pneumatic Knee-Pad. (open access)

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
Churning-Machine. (open access)

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
Axle Straightener (open access)

Axle Straightener

Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Taylor, John Quincy
System: The Portal to Texas History