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Excavator
Patent for excavator.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Story, Ela D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Marker
Patent for land markers that can be used as guides such as for planting.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Bland, Royal H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process For Treating Petroleum-Oils
Patent for an improved process for treating petroleum oils, to remove asphaltum. (lines 9-12)
Date:
December 19, 1905
Creator:
Wintz, James Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pocket-Knife.
Patent for a pocket knife that includes a wet stone built into its detachable handle. The handle may be taken off in order for the user to sharpen retractable blades attached to the pocket knife. This improvement upon the pocket knife design may be employed to the handle portion of any knife such as butcher knives or hunting knives.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
Irick, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pliers.
Patent for pliers that has one jaw fitted with ribs and the other with grooves. This allows the pliers to clamp onto and kink a wire in an improved way.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Neuhaus, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator.
Patent for a new version of a steam generator that uses internal combustion of "all kinds of liquid fuel and gas" (line 25), and has an "automatically regulated in accordance with the steam pressure" supply of steam in the combustion and mixing chambers.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Sands, George. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Foot
Patent for a plow or cultivator foot.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Budicille B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for an improvement to the tire. Designed to increase tire endurance.
Date:
December 19, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Archie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable sulky-plow "that will avoid the collection of trash, weeds, grass, &c., and thereby will not clog; that is designed to run upon the unplowed ground and therefore retain the plow in a steady position; to provide an improved adjusting means for plows whereby the same may be set to run shallow or deep; and to adapt the plow for successfully operating upon hillsides or rolling ground" (lines 12-20).
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Shipman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a machine that is meant to file circular saws. The invention files "saws while mounted side-by side upon a saw arbor, as cotton gin saws usually are; means for moving the file carriage along upon the frame of the machine to locate it in front of the individual saws which are to be filed; means for raising and carrying the file over the saws when the carriage is to be moved; means for securing the file sash on the file carriage and of securing the file carriage upon the main frame by a single act; and means for converting a continuous rotary feed motion of the saws while being filed, to an intermittent motion which rotates the saws step-by-step from tooth to tooth" (lines 15-28).
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
McCurry, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Device.
Patent for an inexpensive device that is meant to hoist, lift, or extract stumps, stones, or other heavy objects. It also stretches wire and can act as a vehicle jack.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Hagelstein, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Door For Freight-Cars.
Patent for a new and improved grain door for freight cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Morten, Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed-planter, with illustrations. The "invention relates to an improved seed-planter, adapted to be attached to and operated in connection with any ordinary plow for planting wheat, corn, cotton, or other seed (line 25-28).
Date:
December 19, 1882
Creator:
Brown, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Joint
Patent for flexible metallic joint used to make improvements with railroad couplings on trains along with train pipes.
Date:
December 19, 1918
Creator:
Schulz, Wilhelm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Waist Adjuster.
Patent for a garment waist adjuster that will hold clothes at the waist and produce a better fit.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
Hurst, Albert K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a silo that is formed of sections that can be assembled, disassembled, and moved as needed. The silo is also designed to be double-walled, with a layer of waterproofing material between the walls.
Date:
December 19, 1914
Creator:
Coons, Oscar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Guide
Patent for a new and useful saw guide, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Leaf, John Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill
Patent for a rotary boring drill that shears off material in a circular manner while drilling holes.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar
Patent for a horse collar.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Cleaner
Patent for a cleaner for seed cotton, in preparation for supplying the cotton to gins.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vise and Saw Clamp
Patent for a vise and a saw clamp
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
King, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Wire Stretcher
Patent for improved construction of wire stretcher.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Johnson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress
Patent for a mattress. This invention relates more particularly to the pattern of the blank from which the casing is made to provide a simple and durable structure and may be rolled or folded when not in use.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Anderson, Forest H. & McClinton, Elmore
System:
The Portal to Texas History