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Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and improved design for pumps as they are used in deep wells. New design meant to prevent sand from entering machine between the working barrel and plunger.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment For Cultivators (open access)

Harrow Attachment For Cultivators

Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Horne, Tom & Smith, Denton C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine. (open access)

Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine.

Patent for improvement to hay pitching and stacking machines "to provide a device for pitching and stacking hay, the parts of which can be easily and quickly taken apart or adjusted, and which may be employed in making stacks of hay or straw" (lines 18-22).
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: Donald, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine (open access)

Saw-Filing Machine

Patent for improvements to machines that file saw teeth, including illustrations.
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: Nolen, Robert; Bishop, Rudolph W. & Waltemeyer, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Siding Lumber. (open access)

Siding Lumber.

Patent for siding lumber, which attaches tightly together at the corners to keep out bugs and rain.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Cesinger, George V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate. (open access)

Folding Crate.

Patent for a new and improved folding crate. This design "consists, in a folding crate, of a closed-bottom and open work top and sides, each made in two parts, hinged to each other at their adjacent ends . . . the upright bars, having tenons upon their ends; the strengthening-bars, each made in two parts . . . the hooks and eyes; the hasps and staples; and the rod and staple, whereby the crate is made strong and firm, and allowed to be folded compactly for reshipment" (lines 18-29).
Date: February 1, 1881
Creator: Van Hutton, William Bruno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning System (open access)

Oil-Burning System

Patent for a liquid fuel system used for burning crude oil. Illustrations included.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Duke, Holmes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Ejector. (open access)

Powder-Ejector.

Patent for a powder medicine ejector for discharging medicine into patients body cavities, which allows a dose of the medicine to be discharged from a larger quantity stored in the ejector.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Kline, Charles W. & Long, Harley A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for a nutcracker. This design is for the automatic feeding of nuts into the hopper through a discharge tube. Illustration included.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Clamp for Spectacle-Cases &c. (open access)

Safety-Clamp for Spectacle-Cases &c.

Patent for a safety clamp for spectacle cases and other small items, which holds the item in clothes pockets through the attachment of a clamp.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Trulove, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a rail joint, which can be quickly connected and uses fewer parts than other rail joints.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Krueger, Frederick William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perpetual Calendar. (open access)

Perpetual Calendar.

Patent for the improvement of calendars to create easier-to-read and quicker-to-adjust. These calendars were to be able to be used no matter the month or year and would always be accurate.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Jones, L. Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for the cutting of weeds and soil moving. It is designed to be attached to any cultivator or plow beam either singly or duplicated.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Turner, Edwin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which has an adjustable shovel tooth.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Upshaw, Foy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a cotton cultivator and chopper, of the usual frame, a pair of guiding-handles pivoted thereto, a chopping-knife hinged to said frame, and links forming a loose connection between said blade and handles, whereby the blade is raised and lowered" (lines 26-31).
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: Schaumleffel, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Cleaner

Patent for the invention of a machine used to clean cotton. The Machine employed for cleaning cotton in which the object of the invention is to produce a machine wherein the cotton may be thoroughly and effectively cleaned without damage to the staple or fiber of the material (10)
Date: February 1, 1885
Creator: Ralston, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History