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Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Kruse, William & Vanderwerth, Theodor M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "a simple, light, and durable press, which may be conveniently manipulated in either a vertical or horizontal position and readily transported in a field from stack to stack of hay. . .wherein the hay may be expeditiously and effectively baled by two persons" (lines 9-16).
Date:
December 11, 1888
Creator:
Freytag, Anton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher.
Patent for a new and improved churn-dasher for butter churns. This design calls for two weights on opposite ends of the bottom of the churn-dasher so that the dasher will "revolve with greater force and to balance it more easily upon its pivot" (lines 17-18). This lessens the wear on the bottom of the churn, which increases the longevity of the dasher.
Date:
April 11, 1882
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuff Button and Holder.
Patent for a new and improved cuff button and holder. This design consists in "[a] cuff button and holder having in combination a shank-plate, two buttons, one attached at each end of the shank-plate, and a clamp-bar, one end of which is for attachment to the shirt-sleeve, and the other end having a device to couple with said shank-plate" (lines 1-6).
Date:
August 11, 1885
Creator:
Stuart, John A. & Woodmansee, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer.
Patent for a car-replacer that has a stronger construction and is more efficient than other car-replacers. It has two skids, one on each side of the rail, the inside skid meant to deflect car-wheels to the rail, and the outside skid meant to slu "the truck in line with the track, and at the same time cause the wheels to be forced sideways on the rails" (lines 27-29).
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Ragan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Air-Brake.
Patent for an air braking system that can be used on bicycles, tricycles or other vehicles. Illustration included.
Date:
September 11, 1900
Creator:
Donaldson, William John, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace.
Patent for a portable coal burning furnace for use in cooking in pots that can be adjusted for different size pots.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Ruhmann, Gustav E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddletree-Bar and Steel Fork.
Patent for a saddle-tree and steel fork, which allow the rider to have a firmer grip and allows air flow under saddle seat.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Wroe, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Cap.
Patent for a stove pipe cap that attaches to the top of a chimney and prevents "birds from building their nests in the smoke stack or pipe, which causes chimney fires" (lines 21-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Fojtik, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers
Patent for Improvements to cotton-sprinklers that provides "effective distribution of poisonous liquids upon cotton-plants, for the purpose of destroying the cotton-worm or other destructive insects." (lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Schier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigating Apparatus for Exterminating Insects.
Patent for ant extermination device. Injects gas into the entrance of (primarily) ant or insect nests.
Date:
March 11, 1879
Creator:
Mueller, Onno
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin
Patent for a cotton gin. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Bodungen, Clemens G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History