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Apparatus for Burning Lime. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Lime.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cream-Separators. (open access)

Attachment for Cream-Separators.

A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Miller, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Filler. (open access)

Grave-Filler.

Patent for a grave-filler device that holds dirt from the grave and can be shifted longitudinally from the grave and be titled vertically to refill the grave.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Imhoff, Louis P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls (open access)

Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls

Patent for a tool to improve cotton processing machines.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Reynolds, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wedge Cutter (open access)

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
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for an improved cotton-chopper, which includes a vertical swinging movement, as well as a wheel at its base which, and has a chopper shaft that may be depressed by the feet of the operator so that the chopper can operate even on uneven ground.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Baker, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Punch. (open access)

Punch.

Patent for a punch tool used for cutting metal or other objects. The tool’s construction includes pivoted handles and an anvil block for efficient punching with “minimum application of pressure” (lines 13-14).
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Cuba, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a vertical dash butter churn with a frame that allows for removal of the receptacle with dash parts still attached to the frame, including illustrations.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Collins, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a horse detacher that easily connects and unconnects to the swingletree.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Nowotny, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting Device for Engines (open access)

Starting Device for Engines

Patent for a starting device for automobile engines. Illustrations included.
Date: September 3, 1912
Creator: Roberts, James O. & Nunn, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb Level (open access)

Plumb Level

Patent for a plumb level. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators &c (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators &c

Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for cultivators.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Janosek, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stop-Cock. (open access)

Stop-Cock.

Patent for a stop-cock adapted to be used with water service pipes. It features a key operable lock stop-cock whose parts must be manipulated at specific times in order to open the passageway.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Suess, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for attachment for cultivators. The invention allows a cultivator's shovel to be spaced apart to facilitate the plowing of corn, cotton, and other similar products.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jez, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine. (open access)

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
Razor-Handle. (open access)

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
Planter Shoe (open access)

Planter Shoe

Patent for a planter shoe. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1910
Creator: Pogue, Steward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supplementary Vehicle-Seat. (open access)

Supplementary Vehicle-Seat.

Patent for a supplementary vehicle seat for buggies, which is easy to attach and remove and is durable.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Brehan, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring. (open access)

Vehicle-Spring.

Patent for a vehicle spring with telescoping casings.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Pochyla, Adolph Arnold & King, Henry Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop-Wringer. (open access)

Mop-Wringer.

Patent for a mop wringer inside a bucket, which is permanently attached below the mouth of the bucket and still allows for buckets to be stacked for storage.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Atkin, Samuel Thatcher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Drier (open access)

Clothes Drier

Patent for a clothes drier. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Bird, Fred E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a better support device than previous churns.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Hyland, George Tolifaro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for a cotton press, which can be run with either wormed gearing or beveled gearing depending on the pressure desired to be exerted on the cotton.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Breihan, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a sulky cultivator.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History