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Coupling For Well-Drilling Tools. (open access)

Coupling For Well-Drilling Tools.

Patent for a new and useful coupling for well drilling tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1899
Creator: Kuehn, Joachim F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete-Mixer. (open access)

Concrete-Mixer.

Patent for a concrete mixer that keeps the materials low to the ground and has improved mixing and delivery mechanisms.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Foley, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a cotton cleaner that provides "certain improvements in machines for cleaning lint cotton, and especially to provide a machine of this character which is intended to be arranged in the common lint flue, so as to occupy a position between the ordinary condenser in the lint room, and the nearest gin thereto" (lines 9-16). The cotton is thoroughly cleaned after leaving the gin, so that motes, stems, sticks, dry leaves, sand, &c. will be separated from the cotton.
Date: October 3, 1893
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor. (open access)

Churn Motor.

Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a wheel or disk having a toothed periphery and provided with a broad friction-flange, or a disk at right angles to the former, bearing against its friction-flange, and having studs engaging its teeth . . . [also] [i]n a churn-motor, the combination, with the box or body of the cover, having uprights, [a] shaft having [a] crank, disk having teeth and [a] flange, and the vertical shaft having [a] disk, provided with studs" (lines 67-77).
Date: October 3, 1882
Creator: May, Benjamin Cary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Square. (open access)

Carpenter's Square.

Patent for a new and improved carpenter's square. This design calls for ribs or ridges running lengthwise along the blades and a thicker, more durable square between the blades. In this way, only the ribs or ridges suffer wear, and the square lasts longer.
Date: October 3, 1882
Creator: Callihan, Willie Hoyle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book-Rest for Writing Desks and Tables. (open access)

Book-Rest for Writing Desks and Tables.

Patent for an improved book-rest for writing desks and tables used to support record-books upon desks or tables in such positions that they can be conveniently used.
Date: October 3, 1882
Creator: Terrill, Reuben W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Furniture. (open access)

Convertible Furniture.

Patent for convertible furniture used in education. Features a table which can be easily converted from a flat desk, to an inclined black-board, and can store building blocks and similar items.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Barler, Eugene M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lantern. (open access)

Lantern.

Patent for an improved lantern that allows for lighting and extinguishing flame, and refilling oil, without having to lift the glass chimney. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Ebrite, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher "to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of utility, convenience, indestructibility, and cheapness." (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Kimbro, John A. & Kimbro, Jeremirah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking Stool for Children. (open access)

Walking Stool for Children.

Patent for a new and improved walker for children. This design "is to facilitate placing the child, and to avoid any risk of injury, and, further, to make the stool easy for the body and arms of the child" (lines 13-16). This end is achieved with a hinged section of the walking ring, which may be opened to allow in the child.
Date: October 3, 1882
Creator: Peterson, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Catcher (open access)

Insect Catcher

Patent for an insect catcher. This device is for catching cotton boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Krenek, Edward Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Single-Trees (open access)

Improvement in Single-Trees

Patent for "a new and Improved Single-Tree and Breast Yoke." (lines 3-4) Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1876
Creator: Flatau, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
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Patent for claw hammer.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Walton, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences (open access)

Improvement in Portable Fences

Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date: October 3, 1876
Creator: Martin, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Feed. (open access)

Steam-Feed.

Patent for an improved steam feed for use in sawmill carriage feeds.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grating Machine (open access)

Grating Machine

Patent for Grating Machine
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Butera, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector. (open access)

Tire-Protector.

Patent for a flexible metallic tire protector, insuring a tire against injury from tacks, nails, glass, or similar objects which can cut or damage an unprotected tire, designed to be durable, efficient, and easy to construct.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Howard, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prickly-Pear Or Cactus Burner. (open access)

Prickly-Pear Or Cactus Burner.

Patent for a new and useful prickly pear or cactus burner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1899
Creator: Ellison, Jeff Storey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device. (open access)

Hitching Device.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive hitching device that can be easily applied to the driver, can connect a weight to the draft animal's bit, and can be easily adjusted.
Date: October 3, 1893
Creator: Crowley, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recharging-Valve. (open access)

Recharging-Valve.

Patent for a recharging valve "to permit recharging the auxiliary reservoirs of an automatic air-brake system without involving the release of the brakes." (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Straw Rack for Threshing Machines (open access)

Straw Rack for Threshing Machines

Patent for a rack that will separate the grain, straw, and chaff to the fullest extent.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: McGraw, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Safety-Valve for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a safety valve for pneumatic tires that prevents the tire from exploding from excess pressure.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Burkett, Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Bed and Means for Securing Rails Thereon (open access)

Railway-Bed and Means for Securing Rails Thereon

Patent for a concrete railway bed which holds the rails in place securely.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Barry, Albert T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Railways. (open access)

Safety Device for Railways.

Patent for a safety device for railways that stops trains if they enter a danger zone, which indicates that the train is to close to another train.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Mitchell, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History