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Razor-Handle.
Patent for a razor handle that has a safety guard for the blade.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Wiederkehr, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack for Holding and Exhibiting Rolls of Goods.
Patent for a new and improved rack. This design consists in "[t]he rack comprising the sills, the crossed bars secured thereto and to each other at their intersecting parts and forming triangular sides, said crossed bars having the projecting ends, the cross-slats connecting the crossed bars and arranged in the angles thereof, and the extension comprising the inclined bars, the short crossed bars secured at right angles thereto, and the slats connecting the bars at the angles formed thereby, the said bars being detachably bolted to the projecting ends of the inclined bars of the rack" (lines 16-28).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Chapman, Luna F. & Montgomery, James 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:
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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.
Patent for a planter "especially designed for planting seed and preparing the ground in advance of the opener, so as to remove weeds, trash, and other foreign matter from the path of the shovel preparing the furrow to receive the seed." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Tinning, James D.
System:
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Plumb Level
Patent for a plumb level. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Brooks, Robert L.
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
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
System:
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Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that has "teeth bars or beams and teeth [that] may be readily cleared of rubbish and other obstacles which tend to clog the teeth and interfere with the efficient working of the harrow" (lines 16-20).
Date:
June 16, 1895
Creator:
Faris, John Wesly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furrow-Opener
Patent for a spring-operated furrow opener which creates openings in the soil for the reception of a seed. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Pogue, Steward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and useful plow to "provides means whereby a shovel, plow, sweep, or other soil-working device may be connected with the beam or standard of a sulky or walking plow" ( line 7 - 10).
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Wells, Louis B.
System:
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Horse-Detacher
Patent for a horse detacher that easily connects and unconnects to the swingletree.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Nowotny, Charles
System:
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Ditching-Machine.
Patent for a ditching machine for digging ditches than can go in reverse.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Miller, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger meant to dig post-holes. It has a lateral "cutting-edge and a continuous cutting-edge from its point to its top, said cutting-edge receding continuously and uniformly from the axis of rotation of the tool, whereby it cuts from the center outward and gradually widens or increases the diameter of the hole at any given point until this point is reached by the periphery of the ears or basin at the top of the bit, and, furthermore, to provide means for packing or smoothing the sides of the hole" (lines 13-23).
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Pederson, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wedge Cutter
Patent for a device that cuts wood into different sized wedges. This is a device used in the construction industry.
Date:
July 14, 1915
Creator:
Echols, Elijah B. & Zindler, Herman J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Walters, Loren B.; Davis, Will H. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Frog
Patent for a derailing frog. Illustration included.
Date:
June 20, 1905
Creator:
Bain, William Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator which automatically feeds carbid to the generator and in which the gas generated is washed within the bell.
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Nunn, John W. & Griffin, Thomas D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cooling Milk and Butter.
Patent for improvements in devices for cooling milk and butter by using textile materials to cover the buckets or pails that contain milk or butter or other food articles, then saturated these textile covered buckets or pails with water; thus reducing the temperature of the articles contained in the buckets or pails, owing to evaporation. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Hall, Charles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor.
Patent for a simple cupsidor that attaches to the floor of railway cars and other places and can be easily cleaned. They are designed to be installed in a line and connected so they can be opened and cleaned at the same time. A valve and a tube hold and empty the contents of the cupsidor.
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Simmons, David Pitman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddle-Blankets
Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
Date:
December 5, 1876
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History