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Carrier-Frame for Baskets.
Patent for a carrier frame for moving baskets up and down in a store, which does not get tangled with the basket ropes.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Cameron. James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compression Means for Fountain-Pens
Patent for a compressor for fountain pens. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Smith, Edwin R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Wright, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Valves" (lines 5-6) used in pneumatic inner tubes to stop leakage, including illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Cheek, Alex L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon
Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Robertson, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Pulling Stumps.
Patent for a new and improved stump-puller. This design consists, "with the main beam, of the rigid crosstree arranged transversely of the same and provided at its end with loose casters, and a pivoted axle or tree terminating in axle-bearings and provided with wheels, and means for adjusting the pivoted crosstree with relation to the beam and rigid crosstree" (lines 11-18).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Perkins, Jesse Isaac
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Rotary Fan
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Suspended Rotary Fans." (Lines 6-7) including instructions.
Date:
December 17, 1901
Creator:
Lamb, Reece
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved top prop. This design consists in "the combination of a block, a supporting-arm mounted thereon, and a strap passing about the arm and bows and secured to the block. . . . [and a] plate provided with tubular hub and lug, [another] plate provided with an opening to fit the hub, an arm provided with a seat and with a circular opening to fit upon the hub, and a bolt or screw" (lines 82-87).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger-Operating Means of Hay-Presses
Patent for "new and improved horse-power, which will operate four or less hay-presses by the movement of one operating-lever, and which can be used for a great variety of other purposes" (lines 8-12).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Mayo, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener
Patent for a tire tightener. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 31, 1907
Creator:
Cameron, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the king-bolt at the center of the same, the plunger, the pitman pivoted thereto, the double-armed lever centrally-mounted on the king-bolt and provided with loops or bridles at its ends and acting on the pitman, and the supplemental lever having its end engaging one of said loops or bridles" (lines 24-31).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Brown, Lemuel J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Closet.
Patent for a sanitary closet or a dry closet with the aim of providing the locals without sewage and plumbing an odorless and sanitary restroom facility, including illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Boothe, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Wheel.
Patent for a design for "improvements in balance or fly wheels, and is adapted to be applied to many different classes of machinery" (lines 15-17). Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Cameron, Neill A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farming Implement
Patent for a new farm implement. It is described as a ridable frame that a farmer could attach assorted tools, making it a multipurpose farm tool.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
McHam, John Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Guard and Rest.
Patent for "an attachment for pianos designed for use as a guard to protect the instrument from injury to the front of the keyboard when being moved through narrow passage-ways, and as a rest for the feet of performers unable to reach the floor to prevent contact and consequent defacing of the lower panels." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Cotton Chopper and Harrow
Patent for "a cotton chopper, the combination, with the wheeled vehicle, of the side and central section-bars carrying the inclined knives, the handles secured to the central section, and double rack connecting said handles, the adjusting-levers pivoted to the central section, and the pivoted perforated arms connecting the levers and outer section bars" (lines 40-47).
Date:
December 26, 1882
Creator:
Roberts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Higgs, William A. & Hamilton, Morgan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History