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Bottle Stopper (open access)

Bottle Stopper

Patent for a bottle stopper. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1904
Creator: Hogan, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a clamp "for use in in connection with hoisting-tackle for raising or lowering well-pipes..."(lines 9-10) that has one side attach to the pipe and the other side be releasable from the pipe.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Danforth, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a bottle. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Sanders, Richard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Topper (open access)

Cane-Topper

Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter (open access)

Corn Planter

Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Charles William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for an attachment for cultivators for arranging blocks of cotton onto a stand. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Horner, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Dumping-Elevator (open access)

Automatic Dumping-Elevator

Patent for an automatic dumping elevator for supplies which can stop at different heights and dump the contents of the elevator.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for new qualities of nut-lock security, efficiency, and convenience, including illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Payne, Lewis.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crayon Holder (open access)

Crayon Holder

Patent for a new and useful improvements in crayon holders. This design is to "provide an improved device which may be constructed cheaply, be light, and have a neat appearance" (line 13-14).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Rugeley, Fannie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane that uses centrifugal blowers to ensure a safe and practicable flight. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Judson, Fred I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Tying Device. (open access)

Cord-Tying Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Postley, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopping Machine (open access)

Cotton Chopping Machine

Patent for a cotton chopping machine. This invention is used to thin cotton plants with revolving blades that cut and destroy plants. Illustrations included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Tucker, Samuel Houston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil

Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Exhibitor. (open access)

Changeable Exhibitor.

Patent for a changeable exhibitor, which has horizontally and vertically moving rollers for displaying items.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Sadler, Arthur E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack. (open access)

Broom-Rack.

Patent for a new and useful broom rack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1898
Creator: Smith, Walter I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats. (open access)

Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.

Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date: April 29, 1902
Creator: Morgan, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for an improved arch-bar for cultivators that allows increasing and decreasing the space between drag bars without having to stop the team of horses.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Weempe, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved car coupler, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Smith, Thomas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.

Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Darden, George Albion
System: The Portal to Texas History