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Cotton-Stalk Cutter
Patent for a more efficient and simple cotton stalk chopper with the ability for the chopping drum to be moved up and down in the on and off positions.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Thomsen, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device
Patent for a cranking device. Illustration included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Christensen, Petter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fish-Bucket.
Patent for a combination fish bucket, which has two compartments for holding bait, tackle, and food and a holder for a fishing rod, which may be carried on the body or by a handle.
Date:
July 5, 1910
Creator:
Fly, Nathaniel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airshape. This invention is of a helicopter design. Illustration included.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Darche, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Wheel
Patent for an automobile wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
Messerli, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Removing Snow from Railway Tracks.
Patent for a device that will remove snow from any tube structures using a rotary brush, as well as a suction device to intake displaced snow, and then melt it in a hopper.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Purdin, Nettie J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like.
Patent for a folding chair for a sewing machine or a similar machine, which can fit into a space between the supporting legs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Hagner, Frederick Hayes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Connector
Patent for a battery connector that will bind the, "posts and nuts of batteries."
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Hale, Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.
Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
More, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Soap-Drainer and Brush
Patent for a brush which can be used as a soap receptacle when laid flat on its back. In this position, it also allows the brush bristles to drain.
Date:
January 19, 1915
Creator:
Tijou, Lincoln
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap that can continue to trap more animals even after if traps one or more.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Seeding Attachment for Planters
Patent for an attachment to existing hopper fed planters intended for larger format seeds (corn, cotton, etc.), to allow their use in distribution of smaller format seeds (cabbage, onions, etc.).
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Whitworth, John Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Connecting Member.
Patent for connecting members, "which in one form is particularly adapted for repairing chains or linking chains to each other and which may be modified so as to be used as buckles or for a variety of other purposes." (lines 20-24)
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Wallace, Milton M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hat and Coat Rack.
Patent for a simple hat and coat rack "wherein a hat holder is supported by two garment hooks" and mounted on a wall (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Trice, Bacon S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Safety-Razor and Hair-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool used for shaving or hair trimming. This device has a reversible plate carrying a guard and comb teeth. The plate being reversible to permit the guard to be used in connection with a blade for shaving and to permit the teeth to be used in connection with a blade for hair trimming.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Brasier, William Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerocompass.
Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Fischer, Fred Charlie.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid and Gaseous Fuel Burner
Patent for a improvements for liquid and gaseous fuel burner, with a particular emphasis, "to the burner caps of gas stoves."
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Lozano, Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trapping Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in insect-trapping attachments for cultivators" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Etheredge, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Seat.
Patent for "a detachable spring or resilient support for wagon seats [...] which may be adjusted for positioning the seat at various elevations" (lines 14-22), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Winslow, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight
Patent for a locomotive headlight in which its illuminating lights are placed directly ahead by a means of better support.
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Moody, Calvin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Killing Composition
Patent for "new and useful composition of matter designed for killing and preventing the growth of weeds and noxious grasses, and is particularly designed for killing and preventing the growth of Bermuda and Johnson grasses." (lines 9-14)
Date:
April 24, 1912
Creator:
Owen, Hillery O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Brake.
Patent for machine brake for regulating the speed of an automatic fan.
Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Reeves, Elijah Winston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for dislodging, collecting, and destroying bugs and weevils by shaking pests from cotton bushes and crushing them.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Brooks, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for an automatic valve for use upon hydraulic or suction dredges to prevent sore material such as clay, sand and mud from preventing the efficient use of the dredge sure to the closing of heavy material in the mouth of the dredge. The valve is intended to supply water to flush out the mouth of the dredge.
Date:
June 12, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History