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Tie. (open access)

Tie.

Patent for device to make the tying of devices faster, easier, and cheaper than using traditional methods.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Day, William H. & Day, Samuel S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Square-Gathering Device (open access)

Cotton-Square-Gathering Device

Patent for cotton square gathering device will "provide a gatherer by means of which the punctured squares can be quickly collected off of the ground without compelling the user to bend, as ordinarily, with the result that a much smaller number of people can gather the punctured squares in a given area than has been possible heretofore in a given length of time" (lines 21 - 28).
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Summers, Martin Vandver & Passmore, Henry Tracy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Fastener. (open access)

Door-Fastener.

Patent for a door-fastener, lock, that can be attached to on the facing side or from the inside so that the fastener cannot be unlocked from the outside. The door-fastener is light weight so that it can be easily carried about.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Scroggins, Fred.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Hair-Clipper. (open access)

Double-Action Hair-Clipper.

Patent for an improved hair clipper design with both stationary and movable cutter blades.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Appleman, Ernest E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Keying Device for Cutter Heads (open access)

Keying Device for Cutter Heads

Patent for a keying device for cutter heads. This invention is designed attaches cutter heads to rotate shafts to align the cutter head. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Ash, William D. & Herndon, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner

Patent for a music leaf turner that is operated by a foot lever.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Jeter, Clell Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber Conveyor and Separator. (open access)

Lumber Conveyor and Separator.

Patent for a lumber conveyor and separator that sends cut lumber automatically away from the machine to a storage area.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Williams, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a single bed that can be converted into a double bed. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Lockhart, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a hose coupling that is more durable than other models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Lockhart, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, which has easily removable parts for easy cleaning.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Minyard, Sam Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Fastener. (open access)

Chain-Fastener.

Patent for a chain fastener for logging trucks, which can be easily unattached and works with most types of logging trucks.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Biskamp, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Gate. (open access)

Swinging Gate.

Patent for "a self closing swinging gate" (line 9) including illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Perego, Joseph V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Shipping-Crate. (open access)

Foldable Shipping-Crate.

Patent for a foldable shipping crate for shipping poultry or produce, which folds open and shut easily.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Rollins, Edgar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Making Fertilizer (open access)

Process Of Making Fertilizer

Patent for a process of making fertilizer.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Luckey, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date: May 16, 1905
Creator: Charlton, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch (open access)

Gate Latch

Patent for gate latch. Illustration included.
Date: November 29, 1904
Creator: Huffman, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment Fastening (open access)

Garment Fastening

Patent for a garment fastening.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Peffley, Emery A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede. (open access)

Velocipede.

Patent for a new and useful velocipede, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1900
Creator: Myers, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Car Attachment. (open access)

Log-Car Attachment.

Patent for "an improvement in log-car attachments, and has for its object to provide, in connection with the bolsters or bunks thereof, adjustable pins or standards for engaging the lower tier of logs and preventing their escape." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: Johnson, Benjamin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Carrier. (open access)

Log-Carrier.

Patent for a log-carrier that improves on a patent previously granted to Robert E. Terry (No. 481,314). The adjusting lever is made to be more powerful so the log chains can be moved with less friction and will not slip from their guides. Ratchets and pawls prevent the tongue from moving.
Date: May 14, 1895
Creator: Carroll, Joseph Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ox-Yoke Key. (open access)

Ox-Yoke Key.

Patent for an ox-yoke key that holds the bows in place. The key makes movement easy because of a swinging plate. "By this arrangement the plate may be swung so as to move the key away from the bow, and so as to move it toward the same; and in operation of advancing and retracting the key, the plate swings in the manner described abode" (lines 20-25).
Date: March 26, 1895
Creator: Johnson, Benjamin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Blow-Guns and Arrows. (open access)

Improvement in Blow-Guns and Arrows.

Patent for an improved design of the blow-gun and arrows consisting of the broader boar for the blow gun, an arrow fastening cord, and arrow-shafts with grooves. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: White, Luther C.
System: The Portal to Texas History