Identifying-Tag. (open access)

Identifying-Tag.

Patent for identification tags made of sheet metal, to be used with binding bands on cotton bales. Tags are economical to make, create little waste, and lay flat so they are not easily torn off.
Date: October 4, 1921
Creator: Blackburn, Edward Stuart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton-chopper which is steered using the feet, and where the chopping apparatus is adjustable and can be raised or lowered. The chopping apparatus also rotates, and the operator can adjust the speed of rotation. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Engler, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Carrier for Automobiles (open access)

Ice-Carrier for Automobiles

Patent for an ice carrier for automobiles. Illustration is included.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Thielepape, Arnold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun. (open access)

Gun.

Patent for an artillery gun which can be moved in any direction due to improvements in its base.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Collier, William Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Churns and Ice-Cream Freezers. (open access)

Gearing for Churns and Ice-Cream Freezers.

Patent for a new design of an ice cream churn designed "to provide means for operating the dasher or agitator of a churn or ice cream freezer, which is capable of being swung into or out of position at the will of the operator" (lines 11-15).
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Armstrong, Charles John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector. (open access)

Tire-Protector.

Patent for a flexible metallic tire protector, insuring a tire against injury from tacks, nails, glass, or similar objects which can cut or damage an unprotected tire, designed to be durable, efficient, and easy to construct.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Howard, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber. (open access)

Shock-Absorber.

Patent for improvement on vehicle shock absorber, including instructions and illustration.
Date: October 26, 1915
Creator: Harvey, Harry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser. (open access)

Steam-Condenser.

Patent for "condenser, adapted to supply sterile water in hospitals and elsewhere" (lines 9-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Scott, Zacahry T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cuspidor. (open access)

Sanitary Cuspidor.

Patent for a sanitary cuspidor which remains closed when not in use and will "return automatically to closed position" (lines 10-11) immediately after use and includes one illustration.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Fousek, Karl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Equalizer System. (open access)

Spring Equalizer System.

Patent for a spring equalizing system designed for motor vehicles.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Pitts, William Wirt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for suspenders with a construction that allows for there to be an enhanced way of supporting two items of clothing like trousers and drawers, including illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with a wheel supported frame.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Carlson, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Tank. (open access)

Flush-Tank.

Patent for a flush tank, which turns off automatically when the tank is empty.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn with a dasher with blades that is able to rotate to force the milk or cream in an upward and downward direction. Illustrations included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes (open access)

Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes

Patent for a device for educational, amusement, or other purposes. Illustration included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Robertson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for a seed-planter designed primarily for corn, but can be used with other seeds. The primary mechanical construction consists of a wheel.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Everhart, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher (open access)

Churn-Dasher

Patent for an improved churn dasher "to thoroughly agitate the cream at the center of the churn-body and also around the bottom of the walls thereof" (lines 13-15) and "also to cause tangential streams or currents at the bottom of the churn, so as to thoroughly agitate all of the cream and effectively intermingle the air therewith" (lines 18-22), including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Franklin, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Spraying Liquids And Powders. (open access)

Machine For Spraying Liquids And Powders.

Patent for a new and useful machine for spraying liquids and powers for " destroying insects and capable of spraying both liquid and powder separately or simultaneously" (line 13 - 16).
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1898
Creator: Riley, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in trolley poles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1898
Creator: Mason, Virgil Augustus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a combination tool that is "adapted without changing any of its parts to operate as a nut and pipe wrench, pliers, hammer, screw-driver, and nail-extractor." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Armstrong, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus. (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for an economic and durable refrigerating apparatus that cools food by "reducing the temperature of the air in a partially closed chamber by the evaporation of water brought about through the medium of capillary attraction, and likewise to provide for automatically maintaining a predetermined level of water in the water chamber of the apparatus, and a thorough ventilation of the refrigerating chamber thereof" (lines 16-24).
Date: October 23, 1894
Creator: Carleton, Ernest William & Odell, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the feeders, and an endless chain conveyer moving in said trunk, causing the cotton to travel along therein and drop out therefrom through the delivery openings into the feeders" (lines 16-27).
Date: October 31, 1893
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A. & Clark, Frank S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gin. (open access)

Saw-Gin.

Patent for improvements in cotton-gins by having two compartments, one above the other. “The upper roll-box being especially adapted to raw cotton and the lower one to half-ginned cotton as the lint and seeds are only partially separated in one roll-box and are then delivered into another, where the operation is completed.” (Lines 24-29) This operation used less time to separate the seed and lint. Illustration is included.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History