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Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributor
Patent for "a machine of this class which may be used interchangeably for planting different kinds of seeds-such as corn, peas, cotton, or other seeds-or fertilizing material, and which shall be simple in construction, durable, and easily manipulated" (lines 10-15).
Date:
December 31, 1889
Creator:
Gallaway, John Tyler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon and Lace Show Cabinet.
Patent for a new and improved showcase for merchants. This design obviates "the necessity of frequent handling of the goods . . . and much time is saved in the exhibition of them, and in taking account of stock, and the cabinet aids in selling the goods, as they are exhibited by it to a greater advantage than when laid out upon the counter in boxes or kept in boxes placed in an ordinary show-case" (lines 80-87).
Date:
September 19, 1882
Creator:
Lowry, Lucien P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn And Cotton Planter
Patent for Corn and Cotton Planter
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Robinson, Marcus; Robinson, Samuel & Davis, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument.
Patent for an improved dental instrument with a pointer and plunger combination to precisely locate the opening of the root canal and fill it effectively. The simple construction with few parts efficiently produces a compact tool with low production costs.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Payne, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out.
Patent for a telephone wire cutout for use in manually grounding the telephone line during a storm.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Smith, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Row Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a double row stalk cutter, which has rotating stalk cutters.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Peden, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Pump
Patent for "double-action submerged force-pumps which can be operated by any suitable power, but particularly adapted for operation by windmills provided with variable gearing...simple in construction and strong and durable and in which there are no parts which can be disarranged during operation and from which all valves may be removed without disturbing the pipe and which will maintain a continuous flow of water during operation."
Date:
October 21, 1902
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
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
Fruit Jar.
Patent for a new and improved fruit jar. This design consists, "with a jar having an inwardly-curved upper end and a removable bottom portion, of a series of projections at the base of the said curved portion, and a perforated plate having notches formed in its periphery which register with the said projections which when turned rest thereon" (lines 3-10).
Date:
April 19, 1892
Creator:
Vogt, August
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
Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for improvements to corn and cotton planters, including illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
Tedder, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers in which “when the machine progresses over the field, the plows or cultivators will stir and agitate the soil and the rotary cutting-hoes will chop out the plants, leaving the stands of cotton any desired distance apart, which may be regulated by so arranging the gearing as to cause the chopping-hoes to be rotated more or less rapidly.” (Page 2, lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Baugh, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History