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Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention provides a lever and connection to move the plunger to the sliding fulcrum. Illustration included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Woodward, Lemuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Topper (open access)

Cane-Topper

Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame. (open access)

Canopy-Frame.

Patent for "a simple, compact and efficient extensible frame adapted to be supported for use either in connection with a bedstead or door and window openings, &c" (lines 9-13). It is constructed to be arranged in multiple positions and "to support the fabric of the canopy in the desired position without risk of tearing or otherwise injuring the same" (lines 15-18).
Date: May 2, 1899
Creator: Baggett, Charles Bennett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1902
Creator: Stanton, James Robertson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a cotton cleaner with beater arms attached to the shaft of the machine.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder (open access)

Cuff-Holder

"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Hughes, Russell M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet (open access)

Closet

Patent for a dry closet. Illustrations included.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Crow, Levi H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cook-Stove. (open access)

Cook-Stove.

Patent for "improvements in cook stoves or ranges; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in which two oven-chambers are employed, arranged one above the other in the same vertical plane, and in which the draft and products of combustion are caused to circulate beneath, around one end, and above each of the oven-chambers to thoroughly heat the same." (lines 7-16).
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Turbeville, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives (open access)

Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives

Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Cooper, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressing-Machine. (open access)

Compressing-Machine.

Patent for a compressing machine for pressing plastic, cotton, and cotton seeds.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Baade, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Steinmann, Herman Werner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle. (open access)

Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle.

Patent for a convertible package carrying bicycle.
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, where the hoes rotate in an elliptical shape rather than a circle.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Gibson, Rupert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Coffee-Pot.

Patent for coffee pot attachment to prevent coffee grounds from getting into the coffee pot's spout.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Voyles, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Dewald, Louis & Dewald, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Hyland, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump (open access)

Centrifugal Pump

Patent for a centrifugal pump. This invention "relates to centrifugal pumps in which a rotary impeller, having a fluid-entrance at the eye, discharges into a surrounding discharge chamber" (lines 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Bettis, William Irvin & Hamilton, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful cloth measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, Ellia Pinkney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Slat Holding Means (open access)

Bed Slat Holding Means

Patent for an invention that "relates to bed-slat-holding means; and the object of the same is to provide simple and effective devices for holding the end of a bed-slat, which is in part carried by the latter and the ledge of the side rail and operating to prevent loose assemblage of the slats with bed-rails and obviate a tendency to easy disengagement and also to maintain the opposite bed-rails in parallel relation and obstruct warping or lateral expansion" (lines 8-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: January 2, 1902
Creator: Cooper, Alexander, R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for a banana crate which is long lasting and does not damage the bananas.
Date: November 2, 1909
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine (open access)

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine

Patent for Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine offers information about the significance of mixing ingredient benefits. The mixing and cleaning machine ease the process for everyday living.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Stacy, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Buggy Tops (open access)

Attachment for Buggy Tops

Patent for an attachment for buggy tops. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Fullerton, Phillip Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History