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Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes-pin made of one piece of wire twisted around with a spring-clamping mechanism for holding clothes.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ax Handle
Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Burks, William Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy Support
Patent for a canopy support. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Raines, Henry & Gooch, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter.
Patent for a compound with waterproof and flame-retardant properties in its use as a roofing paint.
Date:
April 2, 1895
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer.
Patent for machine to exterminate boll weevils, including illustrations. This device administers insecticide and captures damaged plants and insects.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Henry, William L. & Calloway, Irven E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher, Clamp, and Splicer
Patent for wire stretcher, clamp, and splicer. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Raines, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Skid Device
Patent for a device that affixes to automobile wheels to provide tire traction and prevent skidding.
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Williams, Harry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle
Patent for improvements in axles "particularly to axles for buggies and other light vehicles." (Lines 12-13)
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Raines, Stephen H. & Schuessler, Amile O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vermin-Destroyer.
Patent for a device to exterminate burrowing animals.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Phillips, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for "a pump that is simple, durable, and efiicient, which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, and which can be readily cleaned and repaired. It consists, preferably, in a double-cylinder pump that is adapted to operate by a direct lift without a valve in the plunger" (lines 8-15).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Tom, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and effective pump that can be easily cleaned, but stays relatively clean.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Tom, Joseph C. & Tom Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Clamp.
Patent for a spring clamp "for suspending small articles -- such as towels, dishcloths, and napkins -- and which may also be employed for hanging window-curtains, portières, goods in show-windows, and similar purposes" (lines 7-12)
Date:
January 6, 1903
Creator:
Westbrook, Nancy Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punching Machine
Patent for a punching machine. Illustration included.
Date:
October 4, 1904
Creator:
Raines, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush.
Patent for a new and improved toothbrush that has a rotary brush which turns while the user brushes it back and forth over their teeth and a hollow stem that sends water to the brush while it is in use.
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Simon, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller
Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Bethel, Ion Maywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal
Patent for a telephone signals. This inventions is a switchboard drop of the visual signal for magneto system at a central office. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Schuessler, Gustavus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Ashby, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Stewart, Warren Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design has for its object, "first, to provide a gate that the rider or driver can open or shut without dismounting; second, one that cannot be left accidentally open, so as to admit stock to pass through an inclosure; and third, one that the vehicle or horse[-rider] passes over, and one that the wind does not affect" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 16, 1884
Creator:
Cowan, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Door For Cotton Presses
Patent for a self-locking door clamp for cotton presses, including illustrations.
Date:
July 23, 1901
Creator:
Westbrook, John Alburt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Selecting Mechanism.
Patent for seed selecting mechanisms that plants or drops two seeds at the same time and can be attached to the hopper of a planter.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Vest, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Gutter.
Patent for a simple and durable reversible gutter for houses and other buildings that can be easily cleaned and painted.
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Freeze, John Andy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Camp-Stoves.
Patent for "an improved stove for camp and other uses, that may be reduced to small and compact size for transportation and readily put up for use." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Vollbrecht, Louis P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible and Adjustable Heel-Sweep.
Patent for an adjustable heel sweep for farm equipment, which can cut both wide and narrow angles.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Brockman, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History