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Improvement in Feeders for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for the improvement of cotton-gin by feeding cotton in a uniform manner of removing sand and dirt, separating hulls, leaves, and imperfect pods for improved quality and reducing physical labor, including illustration.
Date:
September 11, 1860
Creator:
Hall, S. Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater.
Patent for an improved tire heater that utilizes gasolene (gasoline) or other liquid hydrocarbon burners to encircle a tire and direct jets of flame at it to quickly heat the tire. The tire heater can adapt to fit tires of different sizes.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Palmero, Louis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Case.
Patent for a new and improved packing-case. This design "relates to cases or cabinets for packing and transporting articles that are brittle and easily breakable, such as eggs, glassware, china, and the like; and it has for its object to provide a device or case containing a series of sub-compartments or boxes, each of which is provided with cells to receive and hold the individual articles to be packed, thus affording great security in transportation and convenience in handling and in exposing the articles for sale" (lines 8-18).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Moos, Henry Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Hub
Patent for a spring hub. This invention is for vehicle wheels to make cheap and quick repairs. Illustration included.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Krezdorn, Herman A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester Bag Carrier
Patent for improvements made to harvester bag carriers so a product does not drag the ground and provides ease of transport.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Schertz, Arthur M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Hook
Patent for hame hook. This invention couples traces to the hames in the harness. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Brister, William T. & Galle, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing
Patent for a gearing to be used as an attachment for the driving axle of a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Gesche, Eugene C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat and Coat Hanger
Patent for a wall mounted structure on which a hat or coat can be stored.
Date:
March 17, 1903
Creator:
Krezdorn, Herman A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for "a seed-planter for planting corn, cotton, and other seeds; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall be simple, inexpensive, and efficient in operation" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas L. & Schuwirth, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt-Supporter.
Patent for skirt supporter that consists of a waist belt, skirt supporter, and shirtwaist holder for use under the outer skirt to hold the skirt up in wet weather and keep shirtwaists in place.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Mader, August W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate
Patent for a foldable crate for transporting poultry, fruits, or vegetables. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 22, 1912
Creator:
Smith, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "may be detached and used independent of the frame or carriage; also, that the tongue or pole may be detached and removed from the axle, and such axle, together with the bolster and hounds, may be applied to and used with the farm or other wagon. Thus by means of the attachments described a farmer can, by providing himself [or herself] with the pole and the attachments thereto . . . readily convert his [or her] ordinary walking plow into a wheel-plow by the aid of the hind wheels, axle, and hounds of his [or her] ordinary farm-wagon" (lines 72-84).
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Green, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvement in cosmetics by using various chemicals to enhance the cosmetics in which it “can remove freckles or tan-discoloration from the skin, and for improving the complexion.” (Line 5-6) Formula for the improved cosmetic is included. Instructions on how to prepare the cosmetic and how to use the cosmetic are described. There is no illustration.
Date:
February 25, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, I. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvements in the composition of cosmetics for removing freckles or tan-discoloration, including a description.
Date:
October 20, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.
Patent for "the invention of a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper and Chopper" (lines 3-5), including illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1875
Creator:
McClaugherty, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses
Patent for "a new and improved cotton-press" (line 3) using a stationary toothed wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 18, 1870
Creator:
Booton, Sinclair
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow, of the board, the clip detachably securing said board to the plow-beam, the hopper secured to the rear end of the board and provided with the openings and brush, the lever pivoted upon the clip, the spring, the seed-slide secured to the end of the rear arm of the lever, and the dropping-tube screwed through its wing to the plow standard" (lines 37-46).
Date:
January 8, 1889
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pyrometer.
Patent for a new and useful pyrometers "in which the motive power is a column of metallic balls of high expansive quality inclosed in a metallic tube of less expansive power" (line 9 - 12).
Date:
November 21, 1899
Creator:
Von Koehring, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pyrometer.
Patent for improvement in pyrometers for more accurate and reliable use in cooking stoves.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Von Koehring, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an improvement to the plow by adjusting various devices for better results.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Kopplin, Otto E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement for planting cotton seeds using a toothed wheel and hopper, including illustration.
Date:
April 27, 1858
Creator:
Donovan, I. T. & Fowler, W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Receptacle.
Patent for a "novel, convenient, and ornamental bottle or receptacle, adapted to contain ink, a sponge, or the like, combined with a pin-cushion and a pen-wiper" (lines 11-14), with illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.; Terrell, Edward H. & Terrell, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Cabinet.
Design patent for a cabinet with a rectangular body and an internal horizontal partition.
Date:
April 5, 1895
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using coupler-head, coupling-pin, different shapes of plates, operating-lever and link-lifter to “couple and uncouple cars without necessitating a person passing between the cars.” (Lines 14-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
McBride, Thomas Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History