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Machine for Catching Insects
Patent for a machine for catching insects. This invention is designed for use on cotton plants. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Sheltering Animals.
Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging compartment" (lines 13-23).
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Austin, John Overton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press for Expressing Oil from Cotton and Other Seeds.
Patent for a new and improved oil-press. This design "consists in certain novel constructions and combination of the pressing-plates with each other and the ram of the press, and in means for operating said plates in independent series, whereby great efficiency is obtained, and the plates, which are guttered or grooved, may be readily cleaned" (lines 18-24).
Date:
December 21, 1886
Creator:
Baumgarten, Christian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book Guard
Patent for a book guard with an illustration.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Boatright, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for mechanism to automatically sound alarm and shut off steam when a train passes a danger point.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Gearing
Patent for a new and useful improvements in multiple gearing. This invention "relates to improvements in a multiple gearing for bicycles, vehicles, locomotive-engines, traction devices" (line 11-13).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tier.
Patent for a retractable and reusable package tie device for packages.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Clary, Irvin W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tongs
Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Davis, William L. & Pruitt, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment "of a plurality of cutter blades which are adapted to be adjustably secured to the supporting frame of a cultivator in such a manner as to efficiently cut the weeds and dig into the soil without injuring the plants which may pass therebetween" (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Doak, Clifton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp or Lantern.
Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design calls for transparent material (e.g., glass) to be installed on the top of the oil chamber, so one can better predict the fullness, which prevents overflowing. Additionally, a second opening to the side of the main opening allows the oil chamber to be safely refilled while already lit.
Date:
December 21, 1880
Creator:
Eason, Bolivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent relating to "a novel corn-planter, and has for its object the production of a simple, durable, and efficient planting attachment which may be applied to an ordinary plow and which when so applied will automatically effect the distribution of corn or other grain at desired intervals" (lines 12-18).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Ellis, William Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Floyd, Ellis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire.
Patent for a removable replacement tire. To provide simple and easy removable tires to replace the old ones.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Ford William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composing and Typecasting Machine
Patent for a composing machine utilizing the general principles of the linotype and similar composing and typecasting machines. It is used to provide a more compact machine of that general character for commercial use.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
French, Morris & Miller, Monroe E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Brace
Patent for a door brace. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Friberg, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash-Pan for Locomotives
Patent for
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Gee, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Station Device
Patent for a mailbox in rural areas for outgoing and incoming mail to be placed in a convenient manner in a designated area. The mailbox will also have individual receptacles for individual persons to access with their designated key.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Gibson, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Core.
Patent for a tire core with interlocking sections that can be removed easily from built tires to reuse, including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Gillette, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Swing for Store Counters
Patent for a barrel swing that allows the barrel to swing out from under the counter. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Gimbal, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calculator
Patent for a calculator which consists of semicircular device with movable pointers and number indexes printed on it that allows the pointers to be moved to different numbers to produce the answer to a math problem such as calculating the cost of goods sold by the pound in a store.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Goss, George Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gearing.
Patent for transmission gearing which is the gearing inside of the transmission.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Halze,Edwin J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor-Coupling
Patent for tractor coupling. The object of the invention is to provide a coupling for tractor and plow. When a plow hits an obstruction, the coupling will automatically disengage tractor and plow without breaking any parts.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Hart, Lawrence H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Dredgers.
Patent for an improved rotary dredging-machine operated by adjustment from the engine through gearing enabling the manipulation of "a heavier wheel than would otherwise be practicable" (lines 71-72) with illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
Hawley, Abel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock for Railways
Patent for a new and useful improvements in bolt locks for railways. This invention is to "provide a simple, durable, and effective device of this class" (line 13-14).
Date:
December 21, 1897
Creator:
Herrin, Lemuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History