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Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese-Cutting Gage.
Letter Patent for gage "for cutting articles in bulk, such as whole cheese" (lines 9-10); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pittman, J. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.
Patent for a cotton cleaning and condensing machine for cleaning cotton lint and forming it into bats of standard size. Also equipped with a fire-safety mechanism that immediately turns off the machine.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beehive
Patent for a beehive. This invention is designed to increase hive production. Illustration included.
Date:
November 1, 1904
Creator:
Kerr, Oscar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for improvements in bale-ties by using a “combination with a band; of jaws pivoted to one end of the band and adapted to engage a hook carried by the other end of the band, and a guard-plate fixed to one of said jaws and adapted also to engage the hook and prevent it from accidentally becoming disengaged from the jaws.” (Lines 78-84) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, Albert John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling System for Motor Traction-Cars
Patent for a controlling system for motor traction cars which is automatic.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Mayo, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Cistern-Cleaners
Patent for a closing mechanism for cistern and well cleaners. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Moore, Gervias T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face
Patent for a hot air blowing device for blowing on the face that has adjustable temperature settings.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Smith, William Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Adams, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Barnes, John I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine
Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
House, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool
Patent for a boring tool that has both a bit and a reamer.
Date:
October 1, 1912
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Top.
Patent for a churn top, which prevents the milk from splashing out of the churn while it is in use and keeps out bugs and dirt.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Lewis, Lola
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Body-Brace
Patent for a body brace made of wire and padding. One pad rests against the chest and the other rests against the front of the legs. There is a coil mechanism in the center that helps the wearer stand upright.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Russell, Manning W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Cover
Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Pratt, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank - Protecting Device.
Patent for a new and useful bank-protecting device.
Date:
February 1, 1898
Creator:
Hinkle, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Knife and Scale.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined knife and scale. This design "has relation to a combined knife and scale, and is particularly adapted for the use of butchers" (line 12 - 14).
Date:
February 1, 1898
Creator:
Herrin, Lemuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beamless Brake Mechanism
Patent for a beamless brake mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention is designed to mounted on a cultivator carriage. It also provides detachable devices by which the cotton chopping mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements a cotton chopper that "consists of a two-wheeled carriage having a hoe situated to thin the cotton and is operated by bevel gear-wheels, a ratchet-wheel, and a spring" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Levings, Enoc
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lead-Pencils.
Patent for a calendar that attaches permanently to a lead pencil and wraps securely when not being viewed.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Masters, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a sulky cultivator.
Date:
March 1, 1910
Creator:
Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book
Patent for a book with margin numbering which allows for page numbers to be visible with one glance, including illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Rhodes, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History