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Telephone Or Switchboard Plug
Patent for a telephone or switchboard plug. "This invention relates to improvements in connecting plugs adapted to be used with spring jacks of telephone switchboards" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 27, 1906
Creator:
Dozier, Alva Battie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler that is economic, simple, and efficient in cooling space.
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Burmingham, Daniel Wilson Munroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support.
Patent for improvements to tongue supports. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tongue-supports and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be connected with the ends of a doubletree and with the front axle and capable of supporting the front portion of the tongue or pole in an elevated position to relieve the neck of the draft- animals of the weight of the same" (lines 10-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Brewer, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment For Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn and cotton planting attachments for cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Weddle, John Crit
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Musical Instrument.
Patent for a new plucked string instrument "having a peculiarly sweet tone and which may be easily played" (lines 16-17), including illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1906
Creator:
Williams, Amanda A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Alten, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a new invention to improve tire-tighteners."Provides a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device capable of firmly engaging a felly and a spoke and adapted to be readily adjusted to tighten a tire" (lines 12-15) and includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Ferriott, Charley L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for gate-latches in which the gate will close automatically and may be opened by releasing the latch by hand or by the manipulation of the gate. (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
McRae, Daniel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolf E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard or Fender for Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for a fender for automobile wheels, which keeps glass from puncturing the tire.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Roberts, James Orman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer.
Patent for improvement in gin-saw filer in “which the saws may be sharpened without removing them or any other operative part from the gin and wherein the files in sharpening one tooth automatically operate to impart a partial rotation to the saw to bring the next saw-tooth in position to be filed.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Reynolds, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes
Patent for an invention to equalize the distribution of cotton into cotton boxes. The invention uses air-draft elevators in-order to relieve jams and chocked conditions in the elevator-shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Stephenson, Miner Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a press for hay, straw, and similar. This device, intended for horse-powered bailing processes, is designed for cheap and efficient hay press for the bailing process.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Armstrong, James McRae
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie
Patent for a railway tie that may be cheaply made from sheet or cast metal. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Brister, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder.
Patent for a device that holds reins at the front of a carriage.
Date:
October 8, 1901
Creator:
Palm, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent is for a seed planter that plows and seeds at the same time.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Discharge-Valve Mechanism
Patent for a safety discharge valve to aid in the expulsion of air from train lines or pipes. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Bowers, John O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overalls
Patent for overalls. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Melasky, Seth A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint that is made in sections that can be easily assembled on site and that locks in place better due to the addition of metal lugs that push against plates in the rails.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Stephens, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Track Crossing.
Patent for a new and useful railroad track crossing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Friedsam, Samuel Andras
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for improvements of rail joints in terms of "rigidity, durability, and efficiency" (lines 10-11), and to prevent "low joints" (line 21). Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Stephens, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe.
Patent for a match box that is watertight and easy to open and close.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Mitchell, Malcolm, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for "an Improvement in a Combined Planter (cotton and corn) and Cultivator" (lines 5-6).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Svensen, Svend G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History