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Car-Couplings
Patent for equipment to improve car-coupling to allow "automatically couple the cars, which can be readily uncoupled with-out going between the cars" (line 14-16).
Date:
February 19, 1901
Creator:
Lyons, Robert N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Furnace
Patent for a canning furnace. Illustration included.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
May, Callie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil.
Patent for Apparatus for Extermination of Boll Weevil. A vehicle which can carry a furnace to generate noxious fumes with insecticides and cool those fumes to produce a toxic atmosphere around effected plants.
Date:
May 4, 1903
Creator:
Taylor, James Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire Alarm
Patent for an automatic fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date:
August 10, 1905
Creator:
Suttle, Willis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved, simple, and effective car coupling that couples automatically and without anyone having to go between the cars. It consists of a drawhead with a slot on one side, upper and lower slides in the drawhead, a coupling pin that sits in the upper slide, a lever that is connected to the slide, a spring that holds the lower slide in place, and a bolt that connects the lever with the upper slide.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Cundiff, Middleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake
Patent for a stalk-cutter and rake design, "such as well enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same" (lines 9-11).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Boykin, Archable T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent for a cotton or corn planter with detachable parts.
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Yarborough, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial-StoneTomb.
Patent for the concept of an artificial tomb that serves as a tomb and ornamental piece made as one. "This invention relates to certain improvements in artificial-stone tombs; and it has for its object to produce a tomb with head-stone and foo-piece all in one piece that can be built up or placed immediately over grave, so as to form an ornamental finish, at a comparatively small cost." (lines 15-22) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Wilson, Hence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fireplace-Lining and Andiron-Support.
Patent for a combined fireplace-lining and andiron-support meant to improve the construction of fireplaces and can accommodate fireplace construction.
Date:
September 3, 1895
Creator:
Perkins, Oliver B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.
Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Windsor, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Circuit-Closer Attachment for Telegraph-Keys
Patent for an attachment for telegraph keys, so that the line circuit closes automatically upon the release of the key.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
White, James L
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Carrier
Patent for an auto-carrier that applied to the running board for carrying various luggage. A second aspect is to provide a device to support a wide array of objects and to withstand the weight giving its location along the running board.
Date:
July 8, 1919
Creator:
Evans, Edward L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom.
Patent for a broom which allows the user to easily replace the broom straw or fiber with new straw or fiber when it is worn out. The intention is to decrease the cost of brooms while still producing "a strong and relatively durable broom structure" (lines 18-19).
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Seal-Holder.
Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Blair, Stuart Baggs
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger.
Patent for improvements to peanut-diggers, specifically a curved frame attached to a plow beam.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Stevens, Shed P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire stretchers by using a T-shaped lever “to stretch the wire readily to the desired tension, and is capable of maintaining the wire at that tension until after stapling or otherwise fastening the same to a post.” (Lines 61-65) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Kennedy, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator-Bracket
Patent for an insulator holder. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 22, 1912
Creator:
Wyche, Daniel Webster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps.
Patent relating to "an improved device for securing buckles, rings, and similar articles to straps" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.
Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
Date:
August 7, 1878
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment.
Patent for a plow attachment that guides and aids the plow, and regulates "the depth at which the plow or cultivator shovel shall run in the ground" (lines 13-15).
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
White, Hedley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Cart-Check Lock
Patent for improvements on mine-car-check lock technology. It provides a secure place for miners to put checks on the front of their cars and cannot be opened until the cart is empty.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Williams, Ned
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sun Shade Hat.
Patent for a new and improved sun shade hat. The hat is designed to shield the wearer's head from the sun to prevent heatstroke and keep the wearer's hands free to work. This design utilizes a clamp and washers to enable the hat to remain in the desired opened/closed state while off of the wearer's head, which represents an improvement over previous designs.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Ross, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for an improvement in the hay-press that involves operation by horse-power. Includes illustrations.
Date:
May 10, 1892
Creator:
Finch, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History