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Quoin
Patent for quoin. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Crockett, William Vernon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer.
Patent for improvements to gas producers of the type in which combustible gases are evolved from coal, lignite, etc., during the incomplete combustion thereof.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket
Patent for Improvements in well buckets. The bucket has an inlet valve at the bottom and an air escape valve at the top that permits air to escape freely while preventing the entrance of dirt and extraneous matter to the interior of the bucket.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Reese, Samuel L. & Reese, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment.
Patent for a planter attachment. It allows quick attachment of a stalk cutter that would let a planter serve two purposes.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Haynes, Jack M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Sifter.
Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Brewer, Johnson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guide for Drive-Chains.
Patent for a mechanism designed to prevent a guide chain from being displaced from the wheel(s) of its parent machine.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Drill Head.
Patent for a drill apparatus that improves the head gears and driving mechanisms that makes for an efficient driving of the apparatus and allows for free vertical movement.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Rotaries.
Patent for rotary well-drilling machinery where the "ring or bushing to rotate independently of the table and the present invention is directed to means for accomplishing the rotating effect." (line 24-27)
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Splint.
Patent for a surgical splint specifically for the substitution of erectile tissue of the corpora cavernous of the genital organ to promote fecundation even in the absence of an erection.
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Renois, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment.
Patent for a seed planter attachment with an easily adjustable shovel.
Date:
March 2, 1920
Creator:
Sanders, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Udder-Protector.
Patent for udder protectors for milch (dairy) cows. To keep foreign matters from contact and to keep the udders warm for the animals' comfort, including illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Thornton, Florence A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a knee pad to be used by berry or cotton pickers, or other workers that are often in a kneeling position. The knee pad consists of a frame made of "one piece of spring wire of rather coarse gage, a roller revolubly attached to the front end of the frame, and cloth or canvas stretched across the frame" (lines 23-27). The cloth is easy to remove and replace.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Holsey, Walter R.
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
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for improvements in resilient wheels. "This invention relates to a new and useful resilient vehicle wheel embodying flat arcuate springs by means of which the tread or shoe of the wheel is resiliently mounted with relation to the hub."(lines 8-12)
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Roberts, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge Gage and Marking Tool
Patent for a hinge gage (sic) and marking tool.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Pummill, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Elevator.
Patent for an automobile elevator for use in garages, which operates using the car's own movement.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Wright, Virgil Tilden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Terracing-Machine.
Patent for a terracing machine to provide a device to this character constructed in such a manner that farm land can be readily terraced to prevent the soil washing away. Other features are having the means for vertically adjusting either end of the terracing scraper and to allow the scraper to easily and quickly be adjusted into different angular relations to the draft tongue.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Reese, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections.
Patent for coupling means for demountable-rim sections. Improved device that is simple, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figure Toy.
Patent for improvements in figure toys which "includes a base or support having figures mounted thereon the said figures being preferably in the form of men and having jointed legs connected with their bodies there being means provided for swinging the legs to cause the figures to have the appearance of running" (lines 13-19); includes illustration.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Salter, Conway
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Gable, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Control
Patent for a window sash control system. This mechanism allows the user to open a hard to reach window, such as one at the top of a stairwell, remotely via a series of ropes and pulleys.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Coogle, John David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Header.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Headers," including illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1917
Creator:
Pritchett, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hames Fastener
Patent for a hames fastener, so that the hames will fit tightly on a horse collar when a strap is adjusted.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Ingram, Lewis J.
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