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Buggy-Shackle
Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Perry, Charles Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm Device
Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis & Bolding, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher.
Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bryan, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad
Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Jessie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device
Patent for a device which holds open the mouth of a bag or sack so that it can be easily filled. The device works with bags hung on a post or with bags hung from the shoulder, as a cotton picker's sack.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alfred Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coop
Patent for a collapsible coop that provides a top skeleton and also collapsible chicken coop which is simple and practical features.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that is meant to "provide an improved means for controlling the position of the chopper blades." (lines 17-19) It is designed to make the action of cutting cotton more stable and precise.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Woodrom, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaner
Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Cross, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad.
Patent for Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. "This invention relates to pads and particularly to a new, useful, simple and practical knee pad especially designed fo use by cotton pickers." (line 2)
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A. & Terrell, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for an improved clothes pin to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Newsom, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon - Cover.
Patent for invention of wagon - cover which is adjustable. This can stretch when required and then come back to original position. This can be used as a canopy or tent.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Womack, Plenny V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for a new modification in the device mail-bag catcher, which can be used to either train or track device.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Huff, Barney L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Invalid-Bed.
Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Anderson, Young R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Moseley, Benjmine G
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshing Machine
Patent for machine adapted to operate upon maize, Kafir corn, cane, and the like so as to effectively remove or rub off the seed or grains, without crushing or breaking the same.
Date:
January 6, 1914
Creator:
Newsom, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces
Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent related to a spark arrester with a superstructural frame that can be used for either traction engines or railway locomotives.
Date:
April 2, 1912
Creator:
Taack, Ed Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate or Door Closing Device
Patent for "improvements in closing devices for doors, gates, and the like" (lines 12-13) using a spring connected to the door and frame, including illustrations.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hawley, Royal A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Irrigation System
Patent for an elevated irrigation system that relates to a useful system for supplying and distributing water, for the irrigation of large tracts of land.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Anderson, Young Rhea
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fender.
Patent for fenders for personal vehicles such as cars (street and motor cars) that protect a person from major injury when struck by a car by having padding. This fender design also prevents a person from going under the car and being run over.
Date:
September 14, 1915
Creator:
Goode, Ovelia M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for a novel faucet using a reciprocating valve instead of a rotary valve and resistant to problems caused by ice formation in the faucet, with illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
McLaren, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a sanitary V-shaped drinking cup made out of suitable material (i.e., leather, rubber, paper, or paraffin cloth). It is collapsible to provide easy transport and storage and can be opened up by simply pressing on opposite sides.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History