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Cooling Device
Patent for a refrigerator for dairy products. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Burkhalter, Milo W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for "a bale-tie which may with readiness and case be locked in position upon a bale and which will be positive in operation and thoroughly efiective for the purpose designed"(lines 8-12)
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Griggs, James Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sack Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sack holder. This design "is to provide a simple, inexpensive device for holding sacks or receptacles upon pickers of cotton or other plants or fruits, which will distribute the weight of the sack and contents over the body of the picker and enable him [or her] to work more easily and quickly" (lines 7-13).
Date:
October 21, 1884
Creator:
Robinson, John Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-chopper by using a combination of revolving disk, fender disks, a rotary shaft and cultivator-blades to construct a machine that is able to thin and cultivate cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Allen, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Sulky-Plows.
Patent for a sulky-plow that "is designed to secure an even and steady movement of the plow when turning furrows across listed ground, whereby the work is facilitated, the draft lightened, and the task of the laborer reduced" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 13, 1896
Creator:
Mann, John Quincy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaking or Crushing Machine.
Patent for improvements to machines used for breaking or crushing cotton bolls "which will initially break the cotton bolls before the cotton with its bolls passes to the cotton gin." (lines 13-15).
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
South, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightening Implement.
Patent for a wire-tightening implement meant to tightening wires in fences by making loops or twists in the wires. It has two handles forming jaws around a fulcrum, the jaws have flat faces with parallel grooves, and the jaws coming together at their ends. The grooves in the jaws form different sized loops.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
West, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tubeless Tire and Rim and Lock Therefor
Patent for "an improved tubeless pneumatic tire casing, and an improved rim and locking means therefore, where by to effectively draw the edges together to render the same air tight" (lines 11-15). Also, this patent provides a improved "tubeless tire casing" where adding air pressure makes the joint air tight.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a trap, which has a tilted floor that closes the door when weight is put on it.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Newell, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel. This design produced a mechanism for supporting a supply hose in a given position.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.; Sturm, William P. & Sturm, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor Vehicle
Patent for motor vehicle. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Thomas, James Clarence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device.
Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Nathan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Newton, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Playing Cards
Patent for playing cards. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
Hammett, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet
Patent for improved cistern or tank faucets
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Lowe, Stiles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge.
Patent for gate-hinge that will attach to gate and supporting-post and will "retain the gate normally in closed position." (lines 11-12), including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Roots, Preston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Coursey, Thomas Maxton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Mechanism
Patent for hoisting mechanism for use in oil-wells. This invention employees a sand-reel placed upon the hoisting shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History