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Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for surface-treating machines in "an anular form and to dispose within the same a complete driving and operating unit, whereby the member is revolved, and to associate with said member and unit a support where by the surface-treating member is carried and may be applied to the work under full control of the operator." (lines 12-19)
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Splint
Patent for a surgical splint, which is semi-rigid so that the instrument is rigid enough to maintain its shape and tension, but with a construction that includes softer materials like rubber so that it can be adjusted without causing pain or discomfort. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Crawford, Lyter H. & Prante, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tandem-Roller Attachment.
Patent for improved, simply constructed, and high-efficiency tandem roller attachments with the purpose of, "preventing surface waving of roadways," (lines 18-19) including illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup Leather Stay.
Patent for a new and improved stirrup-leather stays. This design "is to provide a stay which will cause the stirrup to hang in proper position for insertion of the rider's foot in the mounting; and the invention consists in a stay the body of which is U-shaped in cross-section to receive the stirrup cross-bar and provided with a loop on its convex side at the bottom for the stirrup leather or strap" (lines 13-20).
Date:
October 14, 1890
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. This is an improvement on a previous patent, No. 693,724. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Ledbetter, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner.
Patent for a gin saw cleaner for use in cotton gins, which cleans all the teeth of the saw at once.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Roberts, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastening for Eyeglass-Lenses.
Patent for an improved device for fastening eyeglass and spectacle lenses to an eyeglass frame.
Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Thompson, Albert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Operated Railway Crossing Gate
Patent for an electrically operated railway crossing gate. Illustration included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Hummel, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Hodge, Neely B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ
Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
England, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Harvester.
Patent for a fish-harvester by providing “a floating device adapted to be anchored in a stream or other body of water and carrying the mechanism for taking fish from the water and delivering them to a suitable point on the shore, the whole operating either by steam, by wind, or by the current of the water.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
Yoakum, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post
Patent for fence posts. This invention is designed with metal fence fabric set in concrete. Illustration included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Hughs, Wallace B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking Tag
Patent for marking tags (price tags) for garments and/or fabrics for sale. The design is meant to reduce missing, torn, or frayed marking tags. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Winkler, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle Attachment for Surface-Treating Machines.
Patent for surface treating machines handle attachments that can be easily attached and removed.
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photography Exposure Meter
Patent for a Photography Exposure Meter, whereby the correct exposures may be obtained in the taking of pictures irrespective of weather conditions and the period of the day.
Date:
April 14, 1918
Creator:
Cady, Silas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer
Patent for "a draft-equalizer that the draft will be equally distributed among each of the animals attached thereto, so that one may travel in the furrow, if desired, and the remainder permitted to move over the unplowed ground" (lines 22-27).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel Cornelious
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Separator
Patent for a cotton gin designed to not need frequent cleaning.
Date:
March 14, 1919
Creator:
Williams, Melford L. & Kemper, Earskin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Lumpkin, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for baling-press to press bales of cotton into rectangular bales including illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Taylor, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Ginning Machinery.
Patent for cotton ginning machinery, which separates cotton faster and more cleanly and continuously feeds cotton into the saws.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Wilson, Ralph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle
Patent for improved head component to nozzles used for spraying liquid paint remover, steam, sand, and other such substances.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History