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Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in a frame which is adapted to be placed over the ant-hill, so as to surround the entrance thereto, and provided with parallel surrounding flanges or sides which converge to each other and lead to an exit-spout . . . [and] is to provide an ant-trap which is adapted to catch the ants both on their attempt to leave the hill or to return to it, whereby the entire colony may be exterminated" (lines 9-21).
Date:
January 4, 1887
Creator:
Wise, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks.
Patent for a new and improved "valve-operating mechanism which cannot be rendered inoperative by ice forming in the tank, and also whereby the valve itself cannot become frozen" (lines 26-30) including illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Whipp, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock.
Patent for for a device to efficiently administer medication to live stock.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooling Water.
Patent for a water-cooling apparatus composed chiefly of a subterranean cistern and a water-supply source.
Date:
May 20, 1901
Creator:
William J. Dossey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Stone.
Patent for artificial stone made of a special combination of cement that hardens and stays hard under water. It also does not conduct heat.
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Power, John H. & Power, Rufus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for plows. This design "has relation to devices for guiding or directing shovel-plows, sweeps, or cultivator-plows, and thus release in a great measure the strain upon the arms of the plow[person] consequent upon directing the plow in its proper course; and it consists in the detailed construction of a device or attachment of that class" (lines 12-19).
Date:
August 29, 1882
Creator:
Welborn, Wisp J. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Computing and Weighing Scale
Patent for automatic computing and weighing scale.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Mount, Timothy S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balancing Device for Cultivators or the Like
Patent for a balancing device for cultivators or the like.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Dwight, Frances M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Machine
Patent for a baling machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 31, 1907
Creator:
Bryan, William Silous
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Byars, Edgar.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a press for baling cotton and other fibrous materials.
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Mount, T. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead. This design consists of a frame with tension wires "extending diagonally across the bed-frame to the side pieces thereof at points intermediate between the corner posts, and independent tension devices to which the ends of the wire are connected, whereby a longitudinal and lateral strain is exerted upon the bed-frame when the wires are adjusted" (lines 1-7).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Clowers, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Brace.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead brace. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails, the end rails, and posts, of the hooks secured to the inner faces of said posts, the eyes on the inner sides of the side rails and located a slight distance apart, the wires secured to the hooks and passing through the eyes, the plates having openings, through which the wires pass and the screw bolt and nut connecting said plates" (lines 60-68).
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Durham, John William & Alexander, Winston Buchanan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Kiln.
Patent for an improvement for continuous and semi-continuous kilns, to decrease resulting moisture "without materially lessening their fuel economy" (page 1, lines 50-51), including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Montrief, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calculator.
Patent for a calculator "in which a bar having a series of numbers thereon slides in a frame or base also provided with a series of numbers" (lines 10-12). It is meant for quickly adding numbers.
Date:
October 13, 1896
Creator:
Copeland, Wesley Albert & Roberts, Cyrus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calendar Clock
Patent for calendar clock. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupler that operates without someone having to go to between the cars. It is simple and compact.
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Calhoun, Cloud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for an improved car coupling that is automatic and safer than regular couplings.
Date:
June 29, 1884
Creator:
Myers, Newton J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Cleat and Fastener.
Patent for "a simple and comparatively-inexpensive car-door cleat and fastener designed for use on cars for transporting cotton and other highly-inflammable merchandise and capable of effectually excluding sparks from the interior of the car and of preventing the same from entering between the edge of the door and the doorway." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Woodruff, Hawkins
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle guard to prevent cattle from treading upon railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Reed, Conwell P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Jacket
Patent for a chimney jacket construction for naval vessels. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn, which is run by a foot treadle attached to a wheel that turns the dasher in the churn.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Stagg, Frank E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for improvements in churns; specifically, improvements in the construction of the cylinder and the churn-dasher. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1891
Creator:
Sullins, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History