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Carbureter
Patent for a manually operated carburetor used on vehicle gas engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Stoker, Albert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Rod Bearing
Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Stauffer, Floyd F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,
Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Speight, Winchester Franklin,
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale
Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Standefer, Henry R.
System:
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Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Mizell, Hardy P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester
Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Sewalt, Matthew E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee Hive Stand.
Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Lipp, Simpson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for a new and improved cotton and corn planter design with an axle that has agitators, including illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1878
Creator:
Hall, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.
Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1878
Creator:
Donovan, John T.
System:
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Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new and improved Shovel-Cultivator design with adjustable parts and various shapes of shovels, including illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1878
Creator:
Smith, Matthew
System:
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Bottle-Closure
Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Williams, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating and Cleaning Hulls and Trash from Seed Cotton.
Patent for a machine for separating and cleaning hulls and trash from seed cotton. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a boll threshing machine.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor for Water-Elevators.
Patent for "an improvement in air-compressors for water-elevators, and it consists in the novel mechanism for compressing air, by which water is designed to be raised from a cistern, or other reservoir." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1895
Creator:
Warren, Governor D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Foot Rest.
Patent for a collapsible foot rest used for shoe shining stands. The invention is meant to simplify and improve the process of one stepping off or on a foot-rest to prevent injury or accident.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Le Laurin, Eugene M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Cutter.
Patent for a vegetable cutter which is to be used as a grater.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Wittenborn, Edmund A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interest-Computing Device.
Patent for a mechanical interest computing device, which is designed to be simple to build, maintain, and operate.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Harris, Ira S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Folding and Compressing Cotton Batting.
Patent for a new and improved cotton folder and compressor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a table provided with a series of transverse rolls of the same size, a reciprocating carriage mounted on the rolls, and a pair of super-imposed feeding-rolls arranged in line with the carriage, of a base arranged at the end of the table and provided with two opposite pairs of standards, the pair nearest the end of the table having vertically-opposite rolls, and the other pair of standards having a single roll, and a series of transverse feeding-rolls mounted on the base" (lines 46-57).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keying Device for Cutter Heads
Patent for a keying device for cutter heads. This invention is designed attaches cutter heads to rotate shafts to align the cutter head. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Ash, William D. & Herndon, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator Support for Line Wires
Patent for an insulator support for line wires. This invention is designed to support the cross arms used with telephone and telegraph poles. illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Hoybook, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Blind Slats
Patent for a locking device for blind slats. "The object in view is the provision of improved means formed with a resilient member for engaging the slat adjusting strip for turning the same and exerting strain thereon for preventing accidental movement thereof and of the slats" (lines 17-22). Illustration
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree
Patent for a whiffletree. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Jackson, Oliver S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel made to control back pressure and designed to be resistant to wear. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G. & Norris, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.
Patent for the new and improved production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons; "[t]his invention relates to the production of dichlorinated hydrocarbons of the ethylene series, and particularly to the production of mixtures of dichlorinated hydrocarbons containing dichlor-ethylene and dichlor-propylene from mixtures of ethylene hydrocarbons containing ethylene and propylene." (lines 13-20)
Date:
December 10, 1915
Creator:
Brooks, Benjamin T. & Smith, Dillon F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spreader for Telephone Receiver Casings
Patent for a spreader whereby the casing of a telephone receiver has shrunk in a manner the cap has become loose. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Cox, Pierre M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History