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Ant-Trap. (open access)

Ant-Trap.

Patent for ant traps that has a body portion with upper and lower inlet chambers. The trap is connected with the upper inlet chamber by a passage-way through which the ants may pass.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Seifert, Adolf R. R. & Campbell, Bertha
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Buckle (open access)

Bale Band Buckle

Patent for bale band buckle.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Ragsdale, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastener. (open access)

Bale-Band Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful bale band fasteber, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for a bale tie buckle made from one piece of wire.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: McFarland, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Board Roofing. (open access)

Board Roofing.

Patent for a new design of roofing board. The wooden boards are designed to "contract and expand with changes of temperature" (para. 3) and to allow rain to run off without seeping into the joints of the boards.
Date: December 19, 1876
Creator: Zimmerman, Arnold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Bit. (open access)

Bridle-Bit.

Patent for a bridle bit that holds and manages vicious horses and that can be adjusted to also fit a calf or colt.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Smith, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caisson (open access)

Caisson

Patent for a caisson. This invention is used to remove quicksand while sinking piers in rivers. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Gilbert, Edward Nathen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake. (open access)

Car Brake.

Patent for a new and improved car brake. This design "consists in a novel combination and arrangement of certain mechanical appliances by means of which the brakes of a railway-car are automatically operated by the pushing and pulling action of the draw-head, and which are applicable to any ordinary system of brake-levers and without interfering with the operation of the ordinary hand-brake" (lines 10-17).
Date: December 19, 1882
Creator: Henson, John Wesley; Hudson, Benjamin Franklin & Smith, Sydney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Nanny, Amos William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar (open access)

Collar

Patent for a horse collar.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Padgitt, Jesse D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment. (open access)

Colter Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved colter attachment for plows. This design "consists of a slicing colter or knife attachments to the mold-board, the object of which is to slit or cut the furrow-slice into narrow strips at the same time that it is turned up by the mold-board" (lines 7-11).
Date: December 19, 1882
Creator: Mann, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a combination tool for pipe fitters and mechanics. The tool can be combined with a number of separate tools, including a die-stock and tap. The tool is foldable when not in used.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Richardson, Charlie N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Copy-Holder and Tablet. (open access)

Combined Copy-Holder and Tablet.

Patent for a combined copy-holder and tablet meant for record keeping. The invention's purposes are to "produce a convenient device designed to be employed ether upon the lap of the operator or upon a counter or other convenient support, and to maintain in position for writing a web of paper, thus requiring no holding of the same by the operator; to provide means for conveniently paying out said web of paper as the same is used or consumed; to provide for conveniently tearing the paper from the web into lengths convenient to the operator; to provide for a simple retention and support in a removable manner of the roll upon which the web is mounted; and finally for a support of the device in an inclined position convenient for transcribing notes therefrom" (lines 13-28).
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Stuart, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Desk and Copy-Holder. (open access)

Combined Desk and Copy-Holder.

Patent for a desk with an attached paper-holder that allows for easier transcription.
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Stuart, Benjamin Franklin & Willson, Frederick William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Level, Grade, Distance, and Elevation Finder. (open access)

Combined Level, Grade, Distance, and Elevation Finder.

Patent for a tool that acts as a combined plumb and spirit level.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Barclay, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Washing Machine and Canner (open access)

Convertible Washing Machine and Canner

Patent for a machine that can be converted from a washing machine to a canner, and vice versa, very easily.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Williams, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress. (open access)

Cotton-Compress.

Patent for cotton compress that can continuously form cylindrical bales.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Handling Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Handling Apparatus

Patent for a cotton handling apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crayon-Holder (open access)

Crayon-Holder

Patent for a new and useful crayon holder, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Yates, Robert T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for creating cultivators with simplicity and efficiency. (lines 8-10)
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Rosenbaum, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Shovel (open access)

Cultivator-Shovel

Patent for a shovel that is designed for scrapping and opening furrows. The angle of the shovel blade can be easily adjusted to the correct angle as to make the correct size furrow row in the field.
Date: December 19, 1902
Creator: Johnson, Alvis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylindrical-Bale Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cylindrical-Bale Cotton-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cylindrical bale cotton presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check (open access)

Door Check

Patent for door check. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: McGinnis, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Bottom for Ash-Pans of Locomotives (open access)

Dumping-Bottom for Ash-Pans of Locomotives

Patent for a dumping bottom for ash pans of locomotives that allows the ashes to be quickly dumped through panels that open in the floor.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Golden, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History