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Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for a machine that exterminates boll weevils. This machine employs air suction for drawing boll weevils into a retaining box from which they may be removed for destruction.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Stubs, Orace Virgil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Exterminating Device.
Patent for a machine that catches insects and their eggs by using beaters and a catch pan as the machine is drawn over crops. The parts are adjustable to adapt to the size of crop rows and crops.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Cape, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tool
Patent for a tool designed to remove the tire casings from vehicle rims and also to replace the casing back on to the rims.
Date:
August 18, 1919
Creator:
Rylander, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads
Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Beechie, Simon Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump.
Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Runge, Friedrich Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vulcanizer
Patent for a product that vulcanizes the rubber of tire casings more easily. It holds a combustible fuel for heating and has a curved design to better fit the shape of the tire.
Date:
April 17, 1914
Creator:
Lawrence, Arthur E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Repeating Gun.
Patent for an improvement on toy repeating guns "which may be cocked and fired by manipulation of a single member and which embodies a magazine to receive a number of projectiles which automatically feeds by gravitative action into proper position to be projected by the striker or discharging member. " (lines 10-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Osborn, Carl B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Cannon
Patent for an improvement to toy cannons to enable marbles and other spherical objects can be fed into cannon and fired providing a varied range of distance.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Osborn, Carl B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator
Patent for Insulator
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Roger A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cultivator
Patent for an improvement to motor cultivators. It provides the operator a way to manually adjust the depth of the furrow and cultivator blade, including illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Runge, Friedrich Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polish for Woodwork and Method of Preparing the Same.
Patent for a polish for varnished woodwork
Date:
September 14, 1914
Creator:
Hancock, John Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door.
Patent for a door "that can be secured in either open or closed position either from the exterior or interior of the building on which the door is mounted" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Niemann, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Cable Clamp.
Patent for Drill-Cable Clamp is for a device that clamps the rope to which the drill connects. The rope can be rotated, while connected to both the drill and the drilling machine securely.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Clayton, Robert Fentress
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Protector.
Patent for improvements in plant-protection by providing a foraminous hood for young plants. This particular plant-protector is protect melon type and vegetable of similar qualities against worms, grubs, lice and other pests.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Cook, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog.
Patent for a new and useful automatic bench clamp and dog.
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Rogers, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Holder
Patent for " a new coin holder that holds coins of different denominations in given amounts for circulating purposes," (lines 8-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Sledge, Clarence Linden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Planter.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined plow and planter which "can be readily adapted for planting different kinds of seed, such as corn, cotton, cane, and the like" (line 21 - 23).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Franklin, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Parker, Joseph Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch for Cultivators
Patent for an adjustable arch for cultivators.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Porter, Harrison B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer.
Patent for "a new and improved cotton-distributer to provide a means for equalizing the distribution of cotton to a series of connected receptacles and for retaining the cotton in the receptacles until it is desirable to deliver it to the hoppers or feed devices for cotton-gins." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1900
Creator:
Parker, Joseph Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for new bailing press that that improves "hay-presses of the full circle or continuous type for baling hay, straw, and the like." (lines 8-10) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Leineweber, Francis & Welge, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive and efficient wrench device, which is "capable of extracting nails and of being used as a screw-driver without interchanging any of the parts or substituting one part for another" (line 14 - 17).
Date:
May 3, 1898
Creator:
Weiss, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench that can also be used as a pipe. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Green, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Tube Holder
Patent for a well tube holder for removing pipes from wells and holding them in place. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1910
Creator:
Preston, Lyman L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History