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Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Hatchell, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Body.
Patent for a churn body with a temperature regulator for the cream.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Liles, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Thompson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment.
Patent for a cotton blocking attachment for cultivators.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Horner, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Frame for Planters.
Patent for a coupling frame for planters for attaching two planters together.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Barkley, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Pettes, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Switch Socket and Plug
Patent for a combined switch socket and plug for lamps and light bulbs. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bran Dresser
Patent for new and valuable Improvement in Bran-Dressers
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
De Haven, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge.
Patent for a new and improved bridge. This design consists in "the combination, with the base, stringers, the top arched bars, and the upright tie-bars, of the intermediate stringers, arched bars, and their horizontal tie-bars, and wedge-keys . . . whereby the structure is greatly strengthened" (lines 85-91).
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
Ibel, Justus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "a box having its upper end open and having an outwardly-opening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope passing over guide-pulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum" (lines 16-28).
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Weddle, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil
Patent for a device to heat a cooking utensil's content. The object provides a device which will support a receptacle in or outside any type of heating medium. It also requires only a minimal heating surface to radiate heat to all sides of the receptacle as well as the very bottom.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Kirk, Robert B. & Young, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.
Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Green, Herbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weevil-Exterminator
Patent for a new and useful improvement in weevil exterminators that provides a comparatively simple and effective apparatus for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. It also removes the injured or affect leaves and fruit that have been attacked by the boll weevil so that further injury to the plants may be prevented, and at the same time gather from the ground at the roots of the rows of cotton plants the leaves and rubbish detached from the plants.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Roe, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane that is inexpensive and easily built, while preventing the aeroplane from going into a tailspin.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
{McGee, Dan}
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer.
Patent for a power hammer that can utilize any power source and only needs one person to operate it. The design also uses less parts, making it more affordable.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Karlson, Eric Fritjof
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
This patent focuses on a single-stock plow featuring an innovative attachment designed to enhance stability without requiring material structural changes. The attachment ensures improved steadiness during operation, providing an ease of use comparable to a turning plow
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Gage, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Cleaner.
Patent for a valve cleaner to remove carbon from the internal combustion motors in automobiles. It can be used without removing the valve or motor.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Henderson, Daniel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Crossing Signal.
Patent for a railroad crossing signal. The device is created so that the highway signal can be automatically raised or lowered at the crossing by a passing train.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Ridout, Horace J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Bearings
Patent for the process of making bearings, for improvement of bearings and the process of bearing formation on the interior of rotary members (or rotary cutters used on earth boring drills).
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill, which transmits its energy better to the pump and can be adjusted into and out of the wind.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Dwight, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Splicer.
Patent for a new and improved wire-splicer. This design "consist[s] of a handle having an integral lateral offset at one end, provided with a transverse perforation formed substantially in line with the handle, a groove being formed in the angle formed by the lateral offset and the handle, and an enlarged recess being formed in the side of the handle and top of the offset concentrically with the groove" (lines 53-61).
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Batters, William Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Rest
Patent for a vehicle top rest. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Martin, Edward Gale & Miller, Joseph Sherman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes.
Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.
Date:
December 13, 1870
Creator:
Maltby, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Rake
Patent for stalk rake. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Gamble, Neill B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History