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Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Columbus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap
Patent for a breast strap with snap hooks that reduces wear on the strap.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, Ditus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for a cylinder shaped animal trap for small furry animals.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Fikes, Benjamin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for improvements to baling presses for double bale type presses. It includes elevators and a reciprocating press head.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Potter, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tongs
Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Used to handle and manipulate different sizes of rods and bars that are round.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Beacham, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new cotton chopper that improves on previous models to build them better, give a cheap and good model that can be adjusted while moving it around, adjust how deep it wants to go and to the environment. Other goals are to create a cotton chopper that can be a good rotary harrow that can clean what it calls a row, deals with unwanted growth, and that can work after seeds have been sown.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Carroll, Oscar Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a bale tie buckle where "an internal shoulder adapter to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened" (lines 16-20).
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Schutz, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Conveyor
Patent for an aerial conveyor, specifically one that relates to "an aerial suspension car for aiding linemen in traveling along a suspended cable" (lines 9-11). It's primary function is to allow a wheeled car to be mounted on a cable and used to transport a person.
Date:
August 26, 1919
Creator:
Moore, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph & Michalka, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starting Device
Patent for a starting device for internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Looney, John Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for "a new and useful Hydrocarbon-burner...equipped with a safety device adapted to admit only a limited supply of gasolene or other fuel to the burner to enable the latter to be operated with absolute safety by either a woman or a child" (lines 5-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Nemec, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel
Patent for a paddle wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Dusek, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Latches...fastening means designed more especially for farm gates and which may be used to advantage in swinging closures of any type and for any desired purpose." [lines 5-12]
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
McKnight, Sam B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device.
Patent for an engine starting device that does not require the use of a battery.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Huebner, Ferdinand P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scoop.
Patent for a ridable shovel with wheels that allows the user to control digging and dumping of scooped loads by footrest operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Mitcham, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastener
Patent for "a novel and improved rail-tie and fastener which will support and hold the rails in a substantial manner and prevent displacement and spreading thereof, so as to avoid wrecks or accidents and consequent loss of lives and property" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is rigid and locks in place.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting frame that can be operated by one person easily, as well as compacted to store in small storage areas, is portable and durable. The frame will also give cotton stabilization while working with a quilt. The quilting frame will also not need heavy maintenance.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Wilkerson, Nannie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Slide
Patent for a plow slide. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Schroeder, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is long lasting and rigid.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress
Patent for a cotton compress. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 17, 1912
Creator:
Mode, Marshall M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for improvements that may be added to a cotton gin to facilitate the removal of lint from the saw through the use of air suction, increasing ginning efficiency.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Wooldridge, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harrows
Patent for attachment of harrows that facilitate the use of harrows in pilling cotton stalks. This device allows the harrows to be in continuous motion creating efficiency in cotton pilling.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Taylor, David T. & Barker, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing-Rack.
Patent for improvements to a frame in which a horse can be held into a convenient position for elevating the hoof to apply a horse shoe. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Huffman, Polly
System:
The Portal to Texas History