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Boiler-Flue Cleaner. (open access)

Boiler-Flue Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Hamilton, Ninian B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Nailless Horseshoe. (open access)

Adjustable Nailless Horseshoe.

Patent for an adjustable horseshoe with cost efficient, replaceable fittings. Illustrations included.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Fenley, Harriet R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter

Patent for improvements on corn or cotton planters, especially referring to patent no. 692,646. These improvements are meant to "Simplify the means of adjusting the position of the plows and seed-dropper, to improve the frame construction, and in general to simplify and improve the whole machine" (lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations
Date: September 4, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Gideon B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Separator and Distributer. (open access)

Combined Cotton Separator and Distributer.

Patent for a simple and efficient cotton separator and distributor that elevates and moves cotton from a wagon into a gin. It has supply and suction pipes, an air-tight cotton distributing box with an opening on one side and a gravity drop door on the other, a mechanism that moves the box in and out of the line of suction of the pipes, and a group of circular distributing boxes that rotate between the pipes.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Paine, Herbert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sword and Pistol. (open access)

Combined Sword and Pistol.

Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wigiert, Joe J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gathering and Exterminating Machine. (open access)

Gathering and Exterminating Machine.

Patent for a new gathering and exterminating machine for killing insects and other crop pests, with illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Haynes, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.

Patent for an apparatus that improved the cleaning process for machine-processed boll cotton. The invention made it possible to extract more lint cotton from closed bolls which were typically unharvestable by traditional machine-based cotton gins. The machine also improved success in late fall or winter cotton harvesting by allowing bolls containing hard-to-reach cotton to be processed.
Date: September 4, 1918
Creator: Blackmon, Enoch J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antislipping Device for Tires (open access)

Antislipping Device for Tires

Patent for a device intended to decrease slippage of vehicle tires on roads that are either damaged or otherwise hard to navigate due to weather conditions.
Date: September 4, 1919
Creator: Edwards, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Splicer. (open access)

Wire Stretcher and Splicer.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire stretcher and splicer that can easily connect to a post and use it as an anchor while stretching wire. The invention also draws wires together and re-connects them. A crank makes the device easy to use.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Marshall, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Picking and Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Machine For Picking and Cleaning Cotton

Patent for a machine for picking and cleaning cotton. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Richmond, George E. & Desel, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line-Type-Casting Machine. (open access)

Line-Type-Casting Machine.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Line-Type-Casting Machines, including illustrations and instructions. This invention relates to the casting of "lines of type on slugs or bars formed in molds from metal supplied by a melting pot" (lines 11-13) for linotype machines and provides "novel and efficient means for holding the used or worn out slugs in position to be fed to a melting pot, improved devices for automatically feeding one or more slugs to the pot as often as necessary, and novel and efficient means for sounding an alarm when the supply of slugs in the magazine is exhausted or materially reduced" (lines 27-35).
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wilmans, Lloyd I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for an insect exterminator that removes insects from plants and then sprays a solution. Illustrations included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L. & Logan, Malcolm H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surveying Instrument (open access)

Surveying Instrument

Patent for surveying instrument involved in leveling telescope equipment at more optimal pivot points.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Clark, Franklin S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale. (open access)

Proportionate Scale.

Patent for a proportion scale used for measuring cotton seed and lint. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Brown, George R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound (open access)

Medical Compound

Patent for a medical compound which "when taken internally, is a cure for gonorrhea, gravel, dysentery, and diarrhea, and when applied externally a cure for rheumatism" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Mendez, Jesus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark and Dust Arrester for Cars (open access)

Spark and Dust Arrester for Cars

Patent for prevention of sparks and dust from entering vehicles.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Stanley, May
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in plows, having for its object the provision of simple and highly-efficient means for adjusting the position of the outer drag-bars and shovels and for regulating the depth of penetration of the central shovel" (lines 10-16).
Date: September 4, 1888
Creator: Foster, Joseph H. & Kimbro, Jeremiah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of seed-planters using a rotary system to distribute seeds from a drum and into the soil, including illustration.
Date: September 4, 1860
Creator: Park, A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph-Key. (open access)

Telegraph-Key.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in telegraph keys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Lewis, Frank E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand. (open access)

Switch-Stand.

Patent for a switch-stand for railroads with a vertically movable crank bar that is easily locked into position and a cam lever. The invention is operated more easily than other switch-stands.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Driever, Benjiman F. & Mixon, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Rest. (open access)

Hand Rest.

Patent for a new and improved hand rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standard, the lever supported thereby and provided with a guide wire or rail, and the hand support comprising a roller mounted on said rail, an elastic strap depending from the roller, and a finger-receiver secured to the lower end of the strap" (lines 62-68).
Date: September 4, 1888
Creator: Brown, Martin Luther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

This is a patent for "new and useful improvements in a combined cultivator and chopper" (lines 5-7). The new improvements include a combination chopper and cultivator that will maneuver on both sides of a row of cotton crop.
Date: September 4, 1897
Creator: Latta, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Device (open access)

Fishing Device

Patent fora fishing device. This invention is designed for surface and deep water trolling. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Barnes, Edwin & Barnes, Barney Dack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Door (open access)

Screen Door

Patent for a screen-door with a gate at the bottom that can be lifted to allow sweeping trash through and for placing small packages through while the door remains closed.
Date: September 4, 1902
Creator: Lynch, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History