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Compressor. (open access)

Compressor.

Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Mayhew, John Daugherty
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer. (open access)

Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer.

Patent for a device that can be used both to plant corn and apply fertilizer to fields.
Date: February 19, 1884
Creator: Arnold, William Noah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator (open access)

Excavator

Patent for excavator.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Story, Ela D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Actuating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Actuating Mechanism.

Patent for improving measuring pumps "by providing a pump actuating means so constructed that a continuous movement of the crank in one direction will cause a reciprocation of the piston in both directions" (lines 29-33), with illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Dean, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Cover (open access)

Grave-Cover

Patent for a device to provide a temporary cover to open graves made of non-rusting materials with adjustable length.
Date: September 19, 1912
Creator: Rankin, Daniel H. & Cox, William, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grease-Trap. (open access)

Grease-Trap.

Patent for a grease trap "in which the grease is designed to be removed from the trap automatically and the object of my invention is to cause the water passing through the trap to carry the grease out with it" (lines 8-12).
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer and Sharpener (open access)

Saw Gummer and Sharpener

Patent for a sharpener for saw blades designed to increase the strength of the blade by "imparting an oval or rounding cut to the back of the teeth" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Loughridge, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Seed Cotton Cleaner

Patent for a cleaner for seed cotton, in preparation for supplying the cotton to gins.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Cass, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History