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Bow Facing Oar
Patent for an oar facing the bow side of the craft. The invention allows for the rower to sit facing the direction of movement of the boat and be able to apply greater amounts of exertion. Illustration included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Case, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher
Patent for an improved churn dasher "to thoroughly agitate the cream at the center of the churn-body and also around the bottom of the walls thereof" (lines 13-15) and "also to cause tangential streams or currents at the bottom of the churn, so as to thoroughly agitate all of the cream and effectively intermingle the air therewith" (lines 18-22), including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1900
Creator:
Franklin, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Indicator
Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Coffin, Edward F.; Shaw, Carey & Green, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Harvesting Machine
Patent for a corn harvesting machine. "This invention relates to corn-harvesting machines of that class which are provided with cutting apparatus for severing stalks, with carrying apparatus for conveying the stalks in a standing or upright position to the point of discharge, with binding apparatus for tying the stalks into bundles" (lines 8-14). Illustration included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Tilson, William Henderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter
Patent for band-cutters “designed for facilitating the cutting of bale-bands” (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1900
Creator:
Manly, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an improved, strong, durable, and simple churn that produces butter quickly and with much use of power. It has a slide rest with a rotary driving spindle on one end and guide pulleys on the other end, a slide-block that slides on the end of the slide rest, a turn-peg with a ratchet-head on the slide-block, a pawl, and a chord that attaches all these parts.
Date:
October 23, 1894
Creator:
Roark, Calvin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved boot scraper. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the inclined bow-shaped upper plate, having a transverse bar connecting the branches of the plate, the inner edges of which are inclined outward and upward from the upper edge of the transverse bar, and in providing, in connection with the bow-shaped plate, an under or subsidiary plate of forked form, having a rounded recess between the forks adapted to conform to the shape of the heel" (lines 18-30).
Date:
October 23, 1883
Creator:
Collins, Morris A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a chopper and cultivator, of the A-shaped frame carrying the plows, chopper, and the A-shaped truck-frame, said frame being mounted on the truck-frame by the cranks and provided with means for raising and lowering it" (lines 7-12).
Date:
October 23, 1883
Creator:
Daniel, Ellison Armistead
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Spear
Patent for a casing spear, "to remove casing within a well or removing a tool which may be dropped within the casing," with accompanying illustrations of the patent.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Wagner, Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Strop Holder.
Patent for a new, less expensive razor strop holder with a reversible strop, including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Childress, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film for Use in Microelectronic Devices and Methods of Producing Same
Patent relating to film for use in microelectronic devices and methods of producing same.
Date:
July 27, 2000
Creator:
Kelber, Jeffry A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comb-Cleaner.
Patent for a reusable comb cleaner which is cheap to produce.
Date:
October 23, 1916
Creator:
Schimmelpfening, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for an improved version of a cotton press that forms cylindrical bales.
Date:
October 23, 1900
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that can hold round-headed fastening elements (bolts) so as to prevent from turning in the same direction. The wrench can be held while the jaws grip and hold the round heads of bolts.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Signal
Patent for vehicle signal with accompanying illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Edmond, George Woodbridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Collecting Attachment.
Patent for an insect-collecting attachment for cultivators and similar equipment, with an illustration. The attachment is designed to "shake loose the insects from the plant and to collect said insects for removal and destruction." (lines 16-18). Specific plants that are ridden with insects are particularly difficult to remove, hence the creation of this attachment which will shake the stems of the plants, dislodge the insects and collect them in a receptacle.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Stebbins, Benjamin F. & Forehand, Blake W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Body Lifter
Patent for a wagon body lifter. Illustration included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Smith, Jonathan N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in rail-joint by providing “a fastening means for rail-joints adapted to embrace the bottom and top sides of the foot and the sides of the web of the rail and to extend along the underside of the head, so as to brace the joint vertically.” (Lines 16-31) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 23, 1900
Creator:
Boyd, Henry M. & Redmon, Hope
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap For Crustacea
Patent for a crustacea trap. This device is designed for use in catching crabs, lobsters, and other crustacea. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for improvements in the constuction of plows in order to obtain the "best" (line 50) results of "cleanness in furrow, lightness of draft, and facility afforded in constructin the plow" (line 51-52).
Date:
October 23, 1879
Creator:
Woodward, Lewis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Station-Indicator
Patent for "an apparatus which will indicate to the passengers of railway or street cars when the car is approaching, standing at, or leaving a station, the station or street name, distance from the last station passed or to the next station, or any point upon the line that may be desired, and wherein all of the above data may be displayed simultaneously or any one or more items" (lines 10-18).
Date:
October 23, 1888
Creator:
Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Cup For Wagon Wheels
Patent for oil cup for wagon wheels that enables the lubrication of the wheels without the need of removal.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Roberts, Flauzelle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Instrument.
Patent for caliper style measuring instrument which may be used as a micrometer. This measuring instrument features legs that may be used for measuring the inside or outside dimensions of an object.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Taylor, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device and Antikicker.
Patent for a folding milking device that prevents a cow from kicking over the milk bucket, from kicking the milker, and from switching the milker's face with its tail, including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Clark, Laura A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History