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Claw-Bar for Drawing Railroad-Spikes.
Patent for "an invention is an improved claw-bar for drawing railroad-spikes, the object of my invention being to provide the bar with a pivoted fulcrum-piece which is adapted to facilitate the engagement of the toe or claw of the bar with the head of a spike, to increase the leverage of the bar in withdrawing the spike, and to provide means to relieve the pivots or trunnions of the fulcrum-piece of stress when the bar is being operated todraw a spike." (Lines 8-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Smitham, Nicholas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which cuts the stalks with a sliding cut and has multiple blades that are adjustable.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Henry, Reeves
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center Foot for Cultivators
Patent for "an improved center foot or standard which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a beam or beams of a cultivator adjusted thereon and adapted for the attachment of a shovel, plow, or sweep of any kind required" (lines 8-15).
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Greathouse, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger
Patent for a combined trousers stretcher and coat hanger. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1906
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton Berry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp
Patent for a bed clothes clamp for holding the sheets and blankets over the occupant of the bed.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Martin, Delia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle
Patent for bale tie buckle. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Jenkins, John C. & Flowers, W. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder
Patent for boiler feeder. This invention is designed as a gravity feed automatic boiler. Illustration included.
Date:
March 28, 1905
Creator:
Finch, Clark Ethan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. This invention consists of a series of switches and a rotary switch run by electromagnetic key operating motor. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton
Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Kelly, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke that is worn on the head of the animal to prevent it from breaking or going underneath wire fences.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Carter, Joel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. Illustration included.
Date:
October 10, 1905
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auger-Bit
Patent for an auger bit used for boring holes. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Harris, Lawrence P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Wilkinson, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Vending Machine
Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing Instrument.
Patent for a writing instrument for writing on stacks of carbon paper, which need heavy pressure to show on all the pages.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Dyches, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Purifying Apparatus.
Patent for a water purifying device for use in water distribution systems, which mixes the water with a chemical salt and then takes it into a settling basin where mud and such sink to the bottom, leaving pure water on top which is let out for distribution.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Fender, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Operating Mechanism For Presses
Patent for valve operating mechanism for presses. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Stuart, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator
Patent for an insect exterminator to be transported to and used within crop fields which separates insects from plants by means of brushes and kills the insects by depositing them into a pan containing liquid insecticide. Exterminator also includes a sprayer to deliver insecticide onto crops. Exterminator is designed to be pulled by draft animals.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Thompson, Everett Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Operating Mechanism for Presses
Patent for a valve operating mechanism for presses. This invention is meant to be an improvement of baling mechanism effecting the automatic regulation and control the motor fluids. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stuart, John Marcus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a general lock but made especially for trunk locks. It adds a spring lock and preventative measures against lock picking.
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Kirk, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel
Patent for a vehicle wheel. This invention is designed to keep dust and grit out of the axle point and nib. It has a wooden core sheathed in metal. Illustration included.
Date:
April 19, 1904
Creator:
Polk, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Hinton, Horace F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes
Patent for stock indicator for hat boxes. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Buie, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History