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Railroad Crossing Signal.
Patent for a railroad crossing signal. The device is created so that the highway signal can be automatically raised or lowered at the crossing by a passing train.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Ridout, Horace J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner.
Patent for improvements in liquid fuel burners that can handle intense heat and can be mass-produced.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Hosek, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher
The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Ploch, Alex
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thread-cutting Tool.
Patent for a thread cutting tool developed to efficiently thread bolts, rods, and other parts without damaging the ends of the thread, includes illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Newman, Malcolm A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rail-Anchor and Tie-Plate
Patent for a combined rail anchor and tie plate. The purpose of the invention is to combine the aforementioned devices to prevent rails from cutting into the ties, overturning, and spreading.
Date:
January 24, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Structure
Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Neblett, Cyrus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie Tamping Device.
Patent for a tie tamping device to be used in building and repairing railroads.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Johnson, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger.
Patent for a peanut digger that will go underneath the peanuts, cutting off the tap roots, which preserves the soil because "the soil does not lose the nitrogen contained within the roots." (lines 25-27)
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
West, Wade H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree Clip
Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Leasman, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for wire stretcher that will secure a wire as it is stapled to a post.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Kasprzyk, Leon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus Burner.
Patent for a cactus burner that burns spines off of cacti using a liquid fuel burner. Document explains the different parts of the cactus burner and why it is an improvement over current ones in use.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Ploch, Alex
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue Scraper
Patent for a new and improved boiler tube scraper which will allow for easier insertion and removal, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Lorenz, William Adam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Machine
Patent for a cotton chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 8, 1911
Creator:
Lynn, Walter Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Breast.
Patent for a cotton gin breast that applies pressure to the cotton roll and prevents it from bulging.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, Peter Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pindal or Peanut Planter.
Patent for a pindal or peanut planter, which can be attached to a grain planter and make it useful for planting peanuts.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
May, Robert Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for a planter. Illustration included.
Date:
August 10, 1909
Creator:
Brinkoeter, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a sulky plow for three horses, which stops the plow pole from rubbing the middle horse.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Marx, Otto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Filling Fountain-Pen and Locking Device Therefor.
Patent for a new self-filling fountain pen with a locking device, designed "to provide a fountain pen by which in use of a piston rod on the principle of a suction pump the pen can be easily, fully and securely filled and easily cleaned, and which being provided with detachable parts may be prepared readily when worn or broken" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 23, 1907
Creator:
Stevens, Thornton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning And Condensing Machine
Patent for cotton cleaning and condensing machine. "This invention relates to cotton cleaning and condensing machinery; and it has for its object to proved simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive machine for cleaning the cotton fiber and forming it into a bat as it leaves the gin in preparation for the baling press" (9-15). Illustration included.
Date:
October 17, 1905
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Wrench
Patent for a buggy wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
September 20, 1904
Creator:
Ware, Richard M. & Carroll, James Malcum
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. This invention is designed to plant seed in hills at any desired predetermined distance apart.
Date:
October 6, 1903
Creator:
Coble, William H.; Coble, Robert L.; Johnson, Bennett & Johnson, N. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Injector-Burner.
Patent for injector burner that provides rapid vaporization by maximum heating the walls of oil chamber and also has improved nozzle with oil outlet pipe. It has a detachable burner nozzle and maximum spread of flame is given by the burner-tip.
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for hose couplings which "may be very quickly and effectively placed in engagement with and held upon the nozzle of a hydrant, thus making the device very available for fire-hose" (lines 10-14).
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
Dolen, Felix P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Baling Cotton.
Patent for improvement in process of baling cotton is to “heat the cotton-bat at a point between the gin-condenser and the pressing-rollers, exposing the heated bat while incompact to the action of dry air, then compress the cotton-bat into bale form.” (Page 2, lines 39-43) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History