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Cotton-Valve. (open access)

Cotton-Valve.

Patent for improvements in cotton-valve by providing a valve which may be used in connection with an elevator that carrying the cotton to the gins; to have two batteries or divisions, so that one division may be cut out while the other is in operation. (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention provides a lever and connection to move the plunger to the sliding fulcrum. Illustration included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Woodward, Lemuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Pruitt, George Holditch & Pruitt, Conrad D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Topper (open access)

Cane-Topper

Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Stopper (open access)

Flue Stopper

Patent for flue stopper. Illustration included.
Date: August 2, 1904
Creator: McAdams, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Thinner (open access)

Cotton Thinner

Patent for a cotton thinner. This invention is designed to thin rows of cotton and corn. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Bolin, Nathan C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flap-Valve (open access)

Flap-Valve

Patent for a flap valve for use in blowing engines that increases the life of the valve plates.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Scott, Clarence N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Notching Means for Wire-Winding Machines (open access)

Notching Means for Wire-Winding Machines

Patent for a notching means for wire winding machines for use in making well screens.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Fisk, Lawnnedo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame. (open access)

Canopy-Frame.

Patent for "a simple, compact and efficient extensible frame adapted to be supported for use either in connection with a bedstead or door and window openings, &c" (lines 9-13). It is constructed to be arranged in multiple positions and "to support the fabric of the canopy in the desired position without risk of tearing or otherwise injuring the same" (lines 15-18).
Date: May 2, 1899
Creator: Baggett, Charles Bennett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1902
Creator: Stanton, James Robertson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a cotton cleaner with beater arms attached to the shaft of the machine.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder (open access)

Cuff-Holder

"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Hughes, Russell M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet (open access)

Closet

Patent for a dry closet. Illustrations included.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Crow, Levi H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Fastener (open access)

Envelop Fastener

Patent for an envelop fastener. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Albea, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cook-Stove. (open access)

Cook-Stove.

Patent for "improvements in cook stoves or ranges; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in which two oven-chambers are employed, arranged one above the other in the same vertical plane, and in which the draft and products of combustion are caused to circulate beneath, around one end, and above each of the oven-chambers to thoroughly heat the same." (lines 7-16).
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Turbeville, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Tire for Vehicles. (open access)

Cushion-Tire for Vehicles.

Patent for a sectional metal tire cushion that is applied over a preexisting wheel.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Millen, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives (open access)

Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives

Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Cooper, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressing-Machine. (open access)

Compressing-Machine.

Patent for a compressing machine for pressing plastic, cotton, and cotton seeds.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Baade, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Steinmann, Herman Werner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement. (open access)

Cutting Implement.

Patent for improvements in cutting tools especially adapted for severing bale-ties, cutting wire and pruning trees. This cutting implement has a laterally-extending handle and a detachable cutting blade. Illustration is included.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Lott, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Motor-Bicycles (open access)

Frame for Motor-Bicycles

Patent for "a strong frame at low cost in which the motor shall be yieldingly supported and wherein by preference the rider may be sustained on an elastic support, so as to maintain a uniform relation with the pedal-shafts, and the movement of the engine properly guided" (lines 11-17).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: White, Edward Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle. (open access)

Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle.

Patent for a convertible package carrying bicycle.
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History