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Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Hogan, Samuel Thomas; Knetsch, Ferdinand, Jr. & Oatman, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Turning and Leveling Plow.
Patent for an improved combined turning and leveling plow.
Date:
February 9, 1901
Creator:
Collins, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder
Patent for a copy holder. This device is to hold copy for typewriters, compositors, etc. It also provides a copy holder possessing an adjustable indicating bar. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Newton, Marvin G. & Edwards, J. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper designed so that the blade moves "transversely across a standing row of plants" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Ellis, Thomas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Steamer.
Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date:
February 7, 1893
Creator:
Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads.
Patent for a "device for indicating at railroad crossings and other points, the approach or departure of trains within any given distance of such crossing or with relation to any point where persons might come into dangerous proximity to the train if they were left unadvised by some such signal as this." (Lines 19-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Lee, Horatio Grooms; White, John P.; Ball, Thomas & White, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Corner Protector.
Patent for a metal corner protector for boxes. The protector covers both the inner and outer corners of boxes to enhance grip and prevent protruding edges from damaging goods.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Black, Katherine Mary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall and Ceiling Polish.
Patent for an improvement of a polish mixture for wall and ceiling which is water-proof and has a glossy finishes; instructions and ingredients for the mixture are included, no illustration.
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Neavitt, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kettle Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved kettle attachment. This design "provides an attachment to be used with the kettle, whereby the "boiling over" of the material and the consequent running of the same down the sides of the said kettle are prevented. The material that would ordinarily flow over the sides of the kettle and waste is by the use of [a] device . . . saved, and any and all danger of fire from the overflowing sugar in candy manufacture is prevented" (lines 11-20).
Date:
February 17, 1885
Creator:
Lamme, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Baling Press Doors.
Patent for a new and improved lock for baling-press doors. This design "is to provide a . . . locking device for the doors of the baling chamber of a baling-press, which locking device is so constructed that all the doors can be locked in a single operation and by means of the same device, and may be loosened simultaneously" (lines 8-14).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Clark, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Tevis, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeder
Patent for an invention "to provide a simple, light, and durable implement which will effectually remove weeds, rubbish, and all foreign matter simultaneously from each side of a row or drill of corn, cotton, or other plants and direct the removed material to the longitudinal center of the row or drill" (lines 8-14).
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Lloyd, William Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Preserver
Patent for Life-Preserver. Can be used in any emergency situation but mostly in the water.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Carlson, Carl O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner
Patent for vapor burner. Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple mold with few parts and can separate easily. It is designed specifically to make semicircles and rectangular shapes, of concrete or earthenware. The mold also can be held together simply and inexpensively.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Parker, William Sink
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Water-Wheel.
Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date:
February 8, 1859
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle.
Patent for "improving the construction of motor vehicles, especially the running gear...and to provide a strong and durable construction adapted to afford a sufficient support for the motor and driving gears at a point beneath the body of the vehicle and between the front and rear axles where a load can be carried to greatest advantage" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Lloyd, William Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propelling Vehicles.
Patent for a means of transportation similar to a bicycle, the "essential feature" (line 7) of which "resides in the combination, with the vehicle, of an extensible frame adapted to freely slide back and forth…" (line 7-10). Includes illustrations.
Date:
February 12, 1884
Creator:
Moore, Baldwin S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grain-Binders
Patent for improved design of grain-binders.
Date:
December 6, 1875
Creator:
Postley, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks.
Patent for the improvement of pulling the roots of cotton and corn stalks while minimizing the damage to the soil, including illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1861
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pipe.
Patent for a new tobacco pipe capable of trapping nicotine in a removable bowl to facilitate the cleaning process. The pipe also includes a trap for saliva that prevents any saliva from returning to the smoker's mouth regardless of pipe angle. The pipe is manufactured with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Gerhard, William Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mute Attachment for Pianos
Patent for an attachment that mutes pianos. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Pfeifer, Edmund Irwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Aqueous Paint" (lines 5-7) involving mud taken from Lake McDonald, in Austin, Texas, in combination with various admixtures of chemical and organic materials.
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Reynolds, Walter James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c
Patent for a grate for boiler furnaces. This invention can be used for steam-boiler furnaces, stoves, or any device to "produce a higher degree of heat than is obtained by the usual grates" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Spiller, Philip S. & Brenizer, Nelson, O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History