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Improvement in Reciprocating Churns
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in the construction of churns, whereby dashers are caused to rotate very rapidly, thus greatly facilitating the process of producing butter; also, the churn and its supporting frame-work being constructed and arranged in sections permits of it being taken apart very readily, and packed in a very small space for shipment." (lines 12-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1877
Creator:
Welch, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher.
Patent for a new and improved device for detaching animals from vehicles. This design "relates to horse detaching devices, the object being to provide a device of this character of simple, inexpensive, and durable construction, and adapted to readily disengage the traces from the single tree. [The] invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 13, 1883
Creator:
Willson, Sam A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors.
Improved Button Hole scissors, where the scissors may be "adjusted vertically for suitable Cutting Hole length"(pg 2). The scissors have a "v-shaped" button hole cutter that can be adjusted to pierce the fabric at a desired depth and a tracing wheel.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Woods, John Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Gauntt, Granville B. & Floeckinger, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direction Signal for Automobiles.
Patent for lit directional signal for automobiles that indicates driver's intention to stop or to turn left or right, including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Womack, Foster B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight
Patent for an improved lamp bracket which will decrease vibration and increase stability. Connective devices from the steering mechanism to the headlight are also improved to increase responsiveness.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Wogenstahl, Leo J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Differential
Patent for improvements in motor vehicle differentials by connecting axle sections to a worm gear.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Four Wheel Drive Mechanism
Patent for giving engine power equally to all four wheels of a vehicle.
Date:
February 25, 1919
Creator:
Littlejohn, Lonzo B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box.
Patent for a modified mailbox that includes design specifications, and is intended for "rural" use (Honig, 1918, p. 2).
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Honig, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that displays objects enclosed in containers and allows them to be retrieved without "changing the position of any other than the [container] to which access is desired" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Boudreaux, Carlos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck
Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Alberts, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Tying and Untying Packages.
Patent for a device to easily secure and release cords used to bind packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Galbraith, David G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wireworking-Tool.
Patent for improvements to wireworking tools which are "especially designed for twisting the opposite ends of a tie-wire to a runner-wire of a fence and also for twisting the intermediate portion of the tie-wire, so as to tighten the embrace of the latter upon the fence-post. It is furthermore designed to provide means for supporting or bracing the tool upon the post during the twisting operation thereof, and, finally, to arrange the handle of the tool so as to provide a convenient and effective wire-cutter." (Lines 10-21) Illustrations are included.
Date:
February 12, 1901
Creator:
Tate, Newton J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Hanging Wall-Paper.
Patent for a device for hanging wall paper that includes a paper holder and paper brush/roller.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Randle, Millard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Hair-Clipper.
Patent for an improved hair clipper design with both stationary and movable cutter blades.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Appleman, Ernest E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for an improvement to the general construction of the wheel in order to make it easier to assemble and disassemble. The improvement also is intended to make the wheel cheaper and easier to manufacture.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Downing, Otto P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Display Racks
Patent for Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Lanford, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Handpiece
Patent for a dental hand piece for dental tools so that they may be held or rotated at an angle relative to the hand piece. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Mayes, Robert Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off.
Patent for a cut-off for water pipes, which provides a new construction to control the flow of supply of water from a roof.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Pruden, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Frame for Spools or Reels.
Design patent for a frame for spools or reels.
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Scherrer, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene gas. This design is to "provide with few applicances a simple and compact apparatus requiring little attention for generating acetylene gas for light, heat, and power purposes" (line 11 - 14).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Dederick, Zadoc P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Raising Water.
Patent for a new and improved device for raising water "by use of a compressed fluid. such as air" (line 9).
Date:
February 22, 1898
Creator:
Lempert, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Holding Trolley-Poles on Wires.
Patent for a device for holding trolley poles on wires.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Van Cleave, William F. & Woodall, Anderson T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History