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Improved Suspender for Scissors.
Patent for a means to suspend scissors by a pulley method. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1868
Creator:
Kuttner, J. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Brace and Angle-Bar for Vehicle-Bodies.
Patent for braces and angle bars on vehicle bodies that improves the brace to hold buggy beds together with illustration that shows improvements. "When these braces are secured on the bed they will prevent the adjacent parts of the bed from splitting, spreading or dropping down and they will hold the ends and sides, as well as the bottom of the bed securely in place" (lines 61-66).
Date:
April 5, 1921
Creator:
Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for an automatically inflating tire which allows the tires to be inflated evenly at all times. "Should the air escape from the tire due to a puncture or leak the rim will be prevented from injuring the tire casing, as said casing will be prevented from becoming deflated" (lines 17-21). Motorists will no longer need to drive on flat tires waiting for repairs.
Date:
November 9, 1920
Creator:
Cooper, Jowel Cecil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that can be easily and inexpensively adjusted to plow shallower or deeper.
Date:
August 12, 1919
Creator:
Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment
Patent for device that continuously applies mucilage to the penil without rendering it sticky.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Raising Journal-Boxes.
Patent for raising journal-boxes on a railroad car to easily renew the brasses or do other necessary tasks.
Date:
June 8, 1916
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles B. & Elliott, Claud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Davison, Israel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Axle
Patent for a buggy-axle that has the hub of the wheel so arranged as to rotate with the stub axle of the device, holding the wheel in place.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Elliott, Claude B. & Kurtz, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for an improved combined plow and fertilizer-distributor that better feeds the fertilizer from the hopper or container to a depositing boot, from which the material is discharged into the furrow formed by the plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1914
Creator:
Hurlbut, Milan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow with an adjustable pitch and share.
Date:
October 1, 1912
Creator:
KilPatrick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Indicator
Patent for a train indicator that displays numbers or letters that can be easily changed.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B. & Clappart, Emile E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Stirrup
Patent for stirrups. This invention is designed to be automatically detached from the stirrup strap in the case of the rider being thrown. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Shultz, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insectifuge Fertilizer for Cotton.
Patent for an insectifuge fertilizer for cotton, which promotes the growth of the cotton plant and prevents boll weevils and cotton worms from attacking cotton plants by making them distasteful to the insects through the application of a mixture of bicarbonate of soda, nitrate of soda, sulfate of copper, and crushed decorticated cotton seed.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
White, Reuben G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator, which can be adjusted to different widths and depths of rows.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Level.
Patent for a spirit level, which measures more accurately than other models and allows quicker calculation of where the wood needs to be moved to be level.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Brittain, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Fastener
Patent for a belt fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Stenzel, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor Apparatus.
Patent for a spring loaded dasher for use in churns that results in automated turning of the dashers.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Elliott, Claude B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter Clasping Device
Patent for a letter clasping device. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B. & Loggins, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel Plow
Patent for a shovel plow. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Wrench or Clamp
Patent for a pipe wrench or clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Hutchins, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Auger.
Patent for a well-boring auger is designed to improve the drilling process by multi-functional features of the auger that can be placed inside of a well-casing to cut a hole or can be used itself to cut through the casing.
Date:
November 3, 1903
Creator:
Hutchins, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for an improvement to "shovel-plows" that "is adapted to cultivate between the rows of corn, &c., and one in which the rearwardly-extending moldboards can be adjusted [...] in case the rows are close together or far apart. The cultivator is also arranged so that the depth of the furrow can be regulated" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Dinkins, James Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Mandrel.
Patent for a riveting-mandrel "for riveting the overlapping ends of sheet metal to form pipes, tubes, or the like" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Mantey, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History