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Display Rack
Patent for store window display racks which can be easily removed and altered in appearance, allowing for more unique showings of commercial goods.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Adamson, John Seldon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a turning plow with "a wheel for operating in the bottom of the furrow in rear of the lower end of the standard, which...serves the purposes of an ordinary land side-plate..."(lines 10-13).
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Ausburn, John H. & Ausburn, Vivian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine.
Patent for an automatic weighing machine.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Ball, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a planting attachment for cultivators. This attachment is designed to raise and lower equally to contours of the land. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Benton, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Tricycle.
Patent for a specification to improve a motor-tricycle's ability to ride over obstructions and uneven surfaces to reduce shock to the front of the frame and the rider (lines 14-20). The patent includes the detailed specifications and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Benton, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.
Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Bihl, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for valves which are of a better construction to prevent leakage.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Bird, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. This invention combines tools for a variety uses and box to hold small items. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Brunl, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Protector.
Patent for a plant protector, which forms a canopy over young plants to protect them from the weather.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Caruthers, Martha J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer.
Patent for an improved cotton packer, which automatically restarts when it finishes a bale.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Cass, Eral B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scrip Holder.
Patent for "a scrip holder, designed particularly for housing in a conveniently accessible manner the usual railroad scrip" (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Cleveland, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Churns.
Patent for improvement in operation of churns by using a spring-bar to press the flanged wheel against the driving-wheel to cause the dasher-shaft to revolve, thus the cream will be churned quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Conner, Laurance H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Plow.
Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Dean, John Rowe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Dixon, Shadrach
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wedge Cutter
Patent for a device that cuts wood into different sized wedges. This is a device used in the construction industry.
Date:
July 14, 1915
Creator:
Echols, Elijah B. & Zindler, Herman J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a device that efficiently stretches wires for fence-strands.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Folk, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.
Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Green, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Handling Marble Slabs.
Patent for improvements to devices used to transfer marble slabs, of which will transport without the danger of damaging the materials.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Griffin, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gun-Locks.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heating Device
Patent for a heating device. This invention is for using the heat from the device to pass through to an oven for the purposes of cooking. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 14, 1903
Creator:
Henderson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Scraper.
Patent for a road scraper for excavating, which "automatically returns to an upright position after having been dumped" (lines 12-14).
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Heyer, Friedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys
Patent for improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys. This object is to be used with the brick chimney on top of the roof to provide air circulation. It consists of an iron-lined inner flue secured within an outer casing with suitable bottom and top perforation for establishing air current around the flue.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Hickley, Walter R & Dibrell, Charles J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing Attachment for Plows
Patent for plow attachment to deflecting soil from the shovel of the plow; does not require special tools to apply attachment to plow.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Hogan, Peter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History