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Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker
Patent for automatic circuit maker and breaker that automatically cuts off the circuit to electric lights. Also for automatically completing circuits to said lights at the proper time
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Scholl, Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water Cut-Off
Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Goodridge Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment for Invalids.
Patent for a new and improved bed attachment for bed-ridden persons. This design "consists, principally, of a frame, hinged between the side boards of the bedstead, said frame having a removable seat and adapted to be brought to a vertical position for supporting the [bed-ridden person] in a sitting position. The invention also consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 10-16).
Date:
October 11, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Joshua Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Burran, William Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Line Buckle.
Patent for "...a novel means for connecting a check-line to the main line..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Snell, David C. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor
Patent for a spring motor intended to operate churns. It has a quality which allows it to be stopped or interrupted during its operation.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Murdock, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool that provides "a novel form of tool-head arranged to interchangeably carry a plurality of tools of different characters, whereby the single tool-head may be employed in various capacities" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Spicer, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists in a combination-tool embodying in a single implement a nail and staple-puller, pinchers, nail-straightener, and wire-cutters, the device being more particularly designed for use in constructing, taking down, and resetting wire fencing" (lines 7-12).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Beazley, James Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Planter
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and planter, made to be easy to construct and easy to convert between functions.
Date:
October 11, 1892
Creator:
Parker, Francis H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for an adjustable cotton chopper which allows for the chopper to be set to different heights (vertically).
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Seamon, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Brooks, John Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Parsley, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Spacer.
Patent for a device that efficiently and quickly travels over cotton-drills, spacing the stands uniformly apart and covers up any grass or weeds around the stands, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Totty, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper
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Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Murray, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Roller Bit.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in cross-roller bits. Invention relates to "improvements in rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells for water, oil or gas and has particular reference to drills of the so called cross roller type for use in hard formation."
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for improvements in cultivator-plow through the positioning and connection of parts. Adjustable plow for different cultivating functions and different crops, especially for cotton. Illustration and materials recommendations included.
Date:
March 18, 1902
Creator:
Sheffield, James A. D. & Sheffield, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture
Patent for a curtain fixture which raises and lowers curtain shades by tightening and loosening. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Johnson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Drill-Bit.
Patent for a new invention in drill-bit machine which can be detached from two different sides and very flexible for use.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Sly, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Differential Mechanism for Automobiles
Patent for improvements for differential mechanisms for automobiles, including a "means for transmitting power from the motor to the traction wheels of the machine".
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Maniscalco, Anthony S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check
Patent for a door check that holds a door open in a secured position. This particular door securer has a manual operation lock independent of the knob-spindle.
Date:
February 24, 1903
Creator:
Skidmore, John C. & Tyer, Author
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved dredging-scraper. This design "has for its object the production of a marine plow which shall serve to raise and remove obstructions and accumulations from the beds or channels of rivers, bays, harbors, and other water-courses; and the invention consists in a device for this purpose of novel construction . . . The plow, which is to be drawn over the bed of the water-course to be cleared—as, for instance, by drag chain or cable attached to a steamboat—operates to raise a few inches in depth of the deposit each time it passes over the bed or bottom of the water-course" (lines 9-22).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Coult, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Neck-Yoke
Patent for a neck yoke which may be lengthened or shortened and has novel means for securing the adjustable sections to prevent slipping, should the main fastening become loose.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Waddell, Gasper Leon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game-Board
Patent for "a game-board having a trough at its head and squared apertures near said head, and numbered cubical blocks adapted to be revolved in said apertures" (lines 18-21) and "has relation to games to be played on bowling-alleys or boards with balls" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Thompson, James Whiteford.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden Rake and Cultivator.
Patent for a garden rake and cultivator that can be adjust in various positions to do the gardening works for the growing plants.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Guice, Benjamin J. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History