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Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors (open access)

Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors

Patent for "Improvements in Priming-Cups for Internal-Combustion Motors" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Martinek, Stanley A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thread-Cutter. (open access)

Thread-Cutter.

Patent for "a simple and efficient thread or twine cutter which may be conveniently worn in the manner of a finger ring when in use, or may be applied or attached to the usual type of thimble for use." (lines 13-17) This invention can "be inexpensively stamped from sheet metal." (lines 21-22)
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Cade, King C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filer and Gummer (open access)

Saw Filer and Gummer

Patent for adding an attachment to aid in "sharpening and gumming the teeth of circular saws particularly such saws as are used in cotton gins" (lines 13-15). The attachment works with a device for which the inventor previously received a patent. (Patent No. 1,180,270)
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: McMicken, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recording Apparatus (open access)

Recording Apparatus

Patent for "Improvements in Recording Apparatus" including illustrations.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Catron, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Landing-Gear for Aircraft. (open access)

Folding Landing-Gear for Aircraft.

Patent for improvement in folding landing-gears for an aircraft. Once the aircraft is at the sustention in the air, the wheels and attendant parts will fold up into the aircraft.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour Purifier And Drier (open access)

Flour Purifier And Drier

Patent for Flour Purifier And Drier and it uses.
Date: February 3, 1913
Creator: Smith, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve Attachment. (open access)

Flush-Valve Attachment.

Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Lupton, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber (open access)

Shock Absorber

Patent for "Improvements in Shock Absorbers" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Regenbrecht, Bernhard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Single-Seed Planter. (open access)

Single-Seed Planter.

Patent for a single-seed planter using “grasping-jaws pass through the seed box …to gather a seed and carry it to the discharge tube or place of deposit" (lines 9-12), illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Hurd, Judson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Tug. (open access)

Shaft-Tug.

Patent for an improvement of harness and shaft-tugs by providing a sleeve to fit the tug closely, a bolt to secure the tug and a strap clamps to the shaft; for the purpose of limiting the movement of the tug. Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Davies, Thomas William & Downey, George Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard for Hand-Planes (open access)

Guard for Hand-Planes

Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Westberg, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in rail joints. A patent for a boltless, interlocking rail joint that is noiseless.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Bell, Silas D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Petroleum-Oil-Burner (open access)

Petroleum-Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for providing heat, light, and for cooking or baking. It super heats steam in two steam chambers to generate more heat.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Demory, Alexander F. & Barron, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract-Book for County Records, &c. (open access)

Abstract-Book for County Records, &c.

Patent for a "book leaf or page for abstracting county and like records" (lines 12-14) with illustrations included.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Lutz, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter. (open access)

Cotton-Planter.

Patent for a cotton planter by using a pivoted spring-actuated tongue that has a feed-slot and regulating-slide to plant cotton or corn seeds easily and quickly. Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Scraper. (open access)

Cotton-Scraper.

Patent for an improved cotton-scraper by applying a regulator (a rod) with a series of perforations to the rear of the scraper, for the purpose of adjusting the depth, at which the cutter shall run. Illustration included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling press for baling hay,cotton, and the like; is simple, durable and efficient.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Heinrich, Ferdinand, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History