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Wagon Attachment.
Patent for an improved wagon seat for a wagon that carries butter, eggs, or other salable commodities. The seat folds forward and has double-bottomed seats, and things can be stored inside the seat.
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Piper, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for a rotary engine with a cut-off valve.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Power, Kelcy L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine
Patent for a cotton picking machine. An improvement on the cotton picking machine that uses a pair of picking drums with attached picking fingers.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Pruser, Gustav A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows construction, mainly for disc plows. Includes a frame to which one or many discs may be attached at various angles including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Psencik, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Loop
Patent for a harness loop, also known as a bittet loops. This invention makes it possible to permit machine stitching of the harness loop to a strap. Illustration included.
Date:
September 26, 1905
Creator:
Rogers, Frederic G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus.
Patent for a rotary cutting tool meant for corn harvesting that is more durable and efficient at cutting corn stalks than previously used stationary knives.
Date:
February 1, 1916
Creator:
Roten, Henry G. & Embry, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Protector.
Patent for a chimney protector that is "easy and cheap to manufacture which when applied to the chimney top of an oil cooking stove will prevent the drippings or over flow from utensils placed on top of the stove from running down the side" (lines 14-18), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Shiller, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper
Patent for a scrapper. This invention is used as a skeleton scrappers with soft and sandy soils. Illustration included.
Date:
May 1, 1906
Creator:
Smith, Archie Monroe & Dean, William Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel
Patent for a wheel with a pneumatic tire designed so that it will not make contact with the ground, thus preventing wear and punctures. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 11, 1911
Creator:
Spoonts, Joseph L. & Eubank, Edwin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector
Patent for a tire protector. This invention is designed to armor and protect the tread of tires. The design consists of chain linked to a leather strap that fasten it to the tire. Illustration included.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Voss, Haynie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel
Patent for an improved automotive wheel “with a demountable rim for interchanging the rim in order to quickly replace a defective tire,” (lines 16-17) It also provides a mechanism for locking the rim to keep the wheel in place.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Watson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack
Patent for an improvement made to lifting jack machinery that raises automobiles for repairs. The patent prevents the axle from slipping in circumstances where the vehicle is on slippery grounds or parked on a hill. Includes illustrations.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Watson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bath Tub.
Patent for a new and improved bath tub. This design consists in "a removable bottom provided with perforations or openings, and with supports to sustain it above the permanent bottom of the tub, a single opening in said tub below the level of the removable bottom for inlet and outlet purposes, a valve for closing said opening, and a rod within reach of the head of the tub for operating the valve and the cover" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Watson, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle-Press
Patent for a saddle press that can be adapted fit to any common cantle to more quickly paste a cover onto it. The saddle may also be moved while the press is in use.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Wendorf, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History