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Improvement in Machines for Destroying Insects.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in insect destroyers and more particularly to that class especially adapted to the extermination of boll-weevils" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Nail, Louis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for a mechanical movement. This invention is intended to producing more power. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stevens, Samuel David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pipe and Rod Clamps.
Patent for "improvements in devices for supporting pipes and rods in position" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collapsible Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for improvements in collapsible wagon-bodies that will require less labor to use.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Brown, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale - Ties.
Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Cain, Washington G.
System:
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Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Eldridge, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Dispensing Device.
Patent for improvements to measuring and dispensing devices for powdered malted milk and other powdered substances.
Date:
December 29, 1919
Creator:
Shaw, Wilber S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Operating Device
Patent for a gate operating device. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Pierce, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester Bag Carrier
Patent for improvements made to harvester bag carriers so a product does not drag the ground and provides ease of transport.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Schertz, Arthur M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for a gate latch. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Abernathy, James Rubin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hook for Spoon-Handles.
Patent for a detachable hook, made of wire, for spoon-handles and the like, and is used to prevent a spoon or similar article from slipping into the vessel in which it is placed. It can be easily removed from the spoon-handle.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Gannon, Robert M.
System:
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Hoof Gouge.
Patent for a hoof gouge provides a new way to clench nails in the shoeing of horse hoofs process.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Hanschen, E.
System:
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Gate-Latch.
Patent for improvements in gate latches, which "may be adjusted toward or from a gate on a post to be engaged by the latch proper and enable compensation to be made for spreading of the posts upon which the gate is supported and to which it is secured by the latching device." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
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Fire Extinguisher
Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Parker, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment For Churn Dashers
Patent for a fan attachment for churn dashers. This invention is meant to aid in keeping flies away from the churn hole. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Moody, Amos Franklin
System:
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Elevator-Guide
Patent for an elevator guide to be used for safety elevators used in mines. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Martini, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish Catching Apparatus
Patent for a fish catching apparatus which will move artificial bait in the water to attract more fish.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Beyer, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Line Bob
Patent for a fish bob that can clamp and grip the fishing line. The fish bob can also be moved at will to any position with the users thumb or fingers.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Bissett, Caleb
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Car.
Patent for improving the construction of street cars which turn upon the truck. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for the improvement of shovel plows "to so construct and arrange the several parts of the device that they may be easily and quickly adjusted to adapt the implement to different kinds of work," (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Kersh, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Driver
Patent for a screwdriver. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M. & Lilins, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Blower
Patent for a fan blower. The invention is designed to provide the maximum amount of air at the minimum amount of power. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Well Drill
Patent for an Oil-Well Drill with the "...object of the invention being to provide means to prevent the drill from becoming unscrewed from the drill rod and dropping into the bottom of the well" (lines 12-16).
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Parker, Roy B. & Spurlock, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke
Patent for a neck-yoke or tongue attachment used to pull a vehicle or plow.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Davis, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History