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Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed

Patent for an apparatus for separating cotton from its seed that uses heat and air to separate the cotton.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Myers, Absalom G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number. (open access)

Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number.

Patent for a combined automobile tail-light and illuminated frame for the number of the car.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Stafford, Frederick S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richard M. & Jones, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Sidoti, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Stevens, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Plate or Dish (open access)

Child's Plate or Dish

Patent for a child's plate or dish. It is designed to be secured to the shelf of the children's chair to prevent throwing. Illustration included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Matthews, Jennie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: McCallum, Wilks W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Saw-Tooth.

Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Fleming, Christopher C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation (open access)

Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation

Patent for an electrostatic-magnetic separator for separating particles in a mass.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate. (open access)

Automatic Railway-Gate.

Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
Date: February 13, 1894
Creator: Warren, Governor D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.

Patent for an improved and simple apparatus for boring wells that is easily adjustable. The drill head will stay intact in most drilling situations with this apparatus.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Brown, Frank O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book Adjuster. (open access)

Book Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Adair, Irvine James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Leg. (open access)

Artificial Leg.

Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Chapman, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaning Compound. (open access)

Boiler-Cleaning Compound.

Patent for a boiler-cleaning compound made up of "an improved compound having sodium hydrate for a base, and having certain subordinate ingredients whereby its efficiency is increased, and whereby the action of the sodium hydrate is so modified that no detriment to the boiler iron will result" (lines 10-16).
Date: February 19, 1895
Creator: Hill, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1895
Creator: Allen, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Controlling Device (open access)

Automatic Air Controlling Device

Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Crotto, Frank E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines (open access)

Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines

A device for improved handling, securing, and carrying paper while type-writing; suitable for a wide variety of type-writer models.
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Evans, Charles I., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
BOTTLE-CAP (open access)

BOTTLE-CAP

Patent for a bottle cap with a removable strainer.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Rack. (open access)

Automobile-Rack.

Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Cleveland, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Stand. (open access)

Boiler-Stand.

Patent for an improved boiler stand by creating space for air flow between the burner and the boiler to increase combustion.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Fowles, Alfred T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clasp or Fastener for Garments. (open access)

Clasp or Fastener for Garments.

Patent for a clasp or fastener for garments, designed to replace hooks and buttons as fasteners of womens' garments, including illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1918
Creator: Sanger, Isaac L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements (open access)

Instrument, System and Method for Automated Low Cost Atmospheric Measurements

Patent relating to an instrument, system and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements.
Date: May 11, 2006
Creator: Acevedo, Miguel F.; Waller, William T. & Nebgen, Gilbert B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Water Heater (open access)

Electric Water Heater

Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Stephens, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History