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Claw-Bar for Drawing Railroad-Spikes. (open access)

Claw-Bar for Drawing Railroad-Spikes.

Patent for "an invention is an improved claw-bar for drawing railroad-spikes, the object of my invention being to provide the bar with a pivoted fulcrum-piece which is adapted to facilitate the engagement of the toe or claw of the bar with the head of a spike, to increase the leverage of the bar in withdrawing the spike, and to provide means to relieve the pivots or trunnions of the fulcrum-piece of stress when the bar is being operated todraw a spike." (Lines 8-17) Illustration is included.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Smitham, Nicholas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for a new and improved gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Schaefer, Henry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Actuating Device for Circuit Closers (open access)

Actuating Device for Circuit Closers

Patent for an actuating device for circuit closers. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Young, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Knocker. (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Knocker.

Patent for improvements in cotton-stalk knockers. This invention "relates to cotton-knockers, and more particularly to a device of this class which may be readily attached to or combined with a wheeled cultivator of usual form" (lines 11-14). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Chitty, Robert Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring and Cutting Device. (open access)

Cloth Measuring and Cutting Device.

Patent for a new and improved cloth measuring device.
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Hood, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Structure (open access)

Building Structure

Patent for a building support structure for bridges, buildings, dams, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Shuck Chopper. (open access)

Corn-Shuck Chopper.

Patent for "an implement for cutting and removing the corn shuck or husk from the ear of corn more rapidly than any machine in the market. The invention consists of a table having in the middle of the top a longitudinal recess wit grooves on its sides, in which by means of pressing down a treadle a horizontal knife-blade slides to and fro. This knife-blade carries on its upper side a pair of movable clamps for holding an ear of corn in its place against an upright standard which is fastened on top of a stationary knife-blade." (Lines 7-19) Illustrations are included.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Pluck, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Carbureted Hydrogen Gas. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Carbureted Hydrogen Gas.

Patent for improved apparatus for manufacturing carbureted gas at small cost for illuminating and general heating and power purposes.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: Herndon, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a cotton stalk cutter that cuts two rows at a time.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Leatherwood, Roy A. & Leatherwood, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing. (open access)

Antifriction-Bearing.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in anti-friction bearings.
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
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. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Stacey, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement. (open access)

Agricultural Implement.

Patent for "attachments for planters, cultivators and the like" (lines 8-10) "whereby the implement will be permitted to yield to uneven ground" (lines 11-12).
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Waters, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Quilting-Frame Stand. (open access)

Design for a Quilting-Frame Stand.

Design patent for a quilting-frame stand that has U-shaped legs leading up to a horizontal stand with an ornate frame.
Date: July 5, 1898
Creator: Overton, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seal. (open access)

Car-Seal.

Patent for a car seal, made of a long, thin, and narrow metallic strip. When it is looped through two parts of the car body, the ends can be pinned together with sealing irons. This car seal cannot be tampered with without visible evidence showing.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Lawler, Claude B.; Bryan, William A. & Keller, John.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter (open access)

Cotton Planter

Patent for a cotton planter. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Guton, Isaac
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Stream Draft-Arm. (open access)

Double-Stream Draft-Arm.

Patent for a double stream draft arm for soda fountains, which reduces wear and allows easier cleaning.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dosterschill, Bernard K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Wheel. (open access)

Car-Wheel.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Clark, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Adjusting Sieves In Threshing Machines (open access)

Device For Adjusting Sieves In Threshing Machines

Patent for a device for adjusting sieves in threshing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Steelsmith, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and a cultivator.This invention allows for the raising and lowering the cultivator teeth. Illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Robertson, Newton K. & Jones, Isaac W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail and Parcel Delivery Apparatus (open access)

Automatic Mail and Parcel Delivery Apparatus

Patent for a automated motorized mail delivery vehicle that travels in the air on electric lines on poles to deliver incoming mail and retrieve outgoing mail from rural routes or parcels in urban areas.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Dederick, Zadoc P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base-Ball Score-Card (open access)

Base-Ball Score-Card

Patent for a baseball score card that has spaces for putting the players name on the card from both teams on the same side.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Dealey, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with an adjustable disk.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Burton, Walter C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Latch and Lock for Screen Doors, etc. (open access)

Combined Latch and Lock for Screen Doors, etc.

Patent for a combined latch and lock for screen doors and other uses. Illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1912
Creator: Hart, Joel T. & Hart, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with adjustable hoe positions.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Hudson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History