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Sawing-Machine
Patent for an improvement in the invention of sawing machines. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
March 21, 1883
Creator:
Irwin, Hall M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction.
Patent for a building construction method. After completion of typical foundation and framework construction, "interlocking slabs or tiles are secured to the framework to form an outer covering or sheathing for the building." The interlocking method requires no cementing of material yet still allows water to be shed. "Provision is also made for fastening slabs or tiles to the framework in a manner permitting rapid assembly of parts" which reduces building time. The invention can be applied to doors and windows as demonstrated in the illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Walker, Isham P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Flat Die.
Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle
Patent for an ink bottle with screw threads allowing it to be screwed and unscrewed into a holder or desk; ink bottle can also be removed for cleaning or filling.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Kayser, Mary Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Adjustable End Die.
Patent for improvements to adjustable end dies. These improvements allow convenient rethreading of bolts while it is engaged with an object.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sod Cutting and Disintegrating Machine.
Patent for a sod cutting and disintegrating machine that has a wheel-supported frame, inclined elevator, plow attached to the elevator, front truck, and disintegrating rollers.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Thompson, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box.
Patent for improvements in locomotive driving boxes. Designed to "eliminate the necessity of removing the driving wheels" (lines 13-14) to replace the crown brasses, "eliminate the necessity of removing the driving box" (lines 16-17) to avoid lateral wear, and eliminates the necessity of expensive machine work.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Simmons, Arthur, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Lock and Jack.
Patent for a combination lock and jack to prevent automobile theft. The jack locks the operating levers of an automobile to prevent them from moving, and the lock prevents its removal. The jack can also be detached and collapse for easy storage.
Date:
May 5, 1919
Creator:
Brittain, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Handle.
Patent for improvements in saw-handles. Invention provides for adjustable and detachable means for clamping of a saw blade. The device includes a "head member, means for clamping the end of a saw blade" (lines 19-20).
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Smith, Lee A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating and Cleaning Hulls and Trash from Seed Cotton.
Patent for a machine for separating and cleaning hulls and trash from seed cotton. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a boll threshing machine.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Holder.
Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Kayser, Mary Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a peanut harvester that uproots the peanut and lifts it for delivery to a carrier. This harvester also includes a pair of colters that roll alongside the row of peanuts to cut grass and loosen the soil, this includes a mechanism for raising and lowering the digging structure and fingers to guide to stems of the plants so that they are not cut.
Date:
June 18, 1918
Creator:
Phillips, Preston D. & Phillips, Herbert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for a nutcracker with an adjustable jaw and a smaller number of parts.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that can hold round-headed fastening elements (bolts) so as to prevent from turning in the same direction. The wrench can be held while the jaws grip and hold the round heads of bolts.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Alston, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for hay-presses relating to the arraignment and and construction of the means for operating the plunger of the press whereby reciprocation of the plunger may be secured by the revolution of an arm or lever whereby a single or double reciprocation of the plunger during a single revolution of the arm or lever may be secured as desired.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Dudley, John Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Fastener
Patent is for door locking device for fasteners that can be carried around in a pocket. It is an improvement on models in circulation.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Price, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.
Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Cass, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a switch mechanism for use on railroads. The switch can be installed without cutting the railroad tracks. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Gus V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for wire stretcher.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Clark, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavator
Patent for excavator.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Story, Ela D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Rail-Joint
Patent for rail joints which "requires no extra plates or parts like the usual joint; that is stronger and more durable; that it is more readily assembled and that the parts are efficiently united; that only one bolt is required..." (lines 9-14).
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Gilmore, Aaron W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History