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Snuff - Package. (open access)

Snuff - Package.

Patent for a new and useful snuff-packages for the retail trade. This design is to "provide a receptacle in which the snuff can be packed and kept in proper condition until used" (line 9 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest. (open access)

Hen's Nest.

Patent for an automatic gate or door for a hen's nest enclosure that will swing shut to keep out intruders when a hen enters and open when the hen leaves.
Date: January 18, 1916
Creator: Buie, Daniel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap Fastener (open access)

Snap Fastener

Patent for a snap fastener for fastening snap buttons, hooks, and eyes. Intended to replace the need for sewing fasteners onto garments, particularly women's dresses
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Warrington, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grader (open access)

Road-Grader

Patent for an improvement or update to a device called a road-grader. This patented upgrade will make the use of a road-grader easier.
Date: January 18, 1916
Creator: Harris, Elie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Delivery Conveyor (open access)

Side Delivery Conveyor

Patent for a devices that transfers boxes from one point A to point B without any lifting from a person.
Date: June 23, 1913
Creator: Drake, Rollin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet. (open access)

Faucet.

Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
Date: January 18, 1897
Creator: Murphy, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disinfectant Telephone-Mouthpiece (open access)

Disinfectant Telephone-Mouthpiece

Patent for a mouthpiece for transmitters that contains a disinfectant used to prevent the spread of bacteria that has been exhaled into the mouthpiece. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for a cotton press that operates slowly and requires minimum power. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Breihan, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling - Press (open access)

Baling - Press

Patent for a new and improved hay pressing or baling machine. This design "relates to presses or baling-machines, and more particularly to that class which are worked bu hand-power" (line 9 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Younger, William Turner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rerigerator-Cars. (open access)

Improvement in Rerigerator-Cars.

Patent for "improvements in refrigerator-cars for preserving fresh meats, vegetables, and other perishable articles while transporting them over great distance; and it consists of an ice-receptacle at the top of the car, provided with flat top and carved or inclined bottom." (Lines 13-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 18, 1876
Creator: Zimmerman, Arnold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers by providing a means for it to be “mechanically performs the work of “blocking out” the cotton, or to reduce a cotton-row to a series of equidistant hills.” (Lines 12-14) Further, to provide “means whereby the hoes may be adjusted vertically, and also having suitable means to discontinue the operation of the hoes.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Howell, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Machine (open access)

Cutting Machine

Patent for a cutting machine. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Stubblefield, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers. (open access)

Cutting Mechanism for Harvesters or Mowers.

Patent for a new and useful cutting mechanism for harvesters or mowers. This design is to "provide a ball-bearing for the cutter-bar which shall support the same so that it will not have a sliding contact with its support" (line 18 - 22).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Douglass, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History