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Acetylene Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene gas. This design is to "provide with few applicances a simple and compact apparatus requiring little attention for generating acetylene gas for light, heat, and power purposes" (line 11 - 14).
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Dederick, Zadoc P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for cleansing and preparing cotton for baling and ginning.
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Orden, Charles Van
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Mowers (open access)

Attachment For Mowers

Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Muller, Hermann W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cake-Rack (open access)

Automatic Cake-Rack

Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oil-Supply Valve (open access)

Automatic Oil-Supply Valve

Patent for an automatic oil-supply valve.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Daffern, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Hood Attachment. (open access)

Automobile-Hood Attachment.

Patent for a device that can be affixed to the hood of a car, preventing rainwater from leaking into the electricals under the hood and behind the dashboard.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Gerhart, Joe P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Piston Engine. (open access)

Balanced Piston Engine.

Patent for a new and improved balanced-piston engine. This design "relates to that class of steam or other engines which are constructed with two pistons receiving the pressure in opposite directions, each connected with cranks set at opposite positions, whereby the strain occurs simultaneously in opposite directions upon the crank-shaft and balances the same within its bearings, and thus obviates great friction on the journals and thereby economizes power" (lines 7-15).
Date: February 15, 1881
Creator: Peebles, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: McCallum, Wilks W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bascule-Bridge (open access)

Bascule-Bridge

Patent for improvements in draw bridges, such as a shiftable weight and supporting guide, particularly for bridges of the rocking bascule type, with illustrations.
Date: February 15, 1915
Creator: McKibben, Columbus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment (open access)

Bed Attachment

Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like. (open access)

Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like.

Patent for new and improved boring tools. The combined wheel bit and reamer is intended to simultaneously bore and ream.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Belcher, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle - Stopper. (open access)

Bottle - Stopper.

Patent for a new and useful bottle-stopper. This design is to "improve the construction of bottle-stoppers and to enable a metallic sealing-cap to be readily removed from the neck of a bottle without the use of an instrument" (line 11 - 14).
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle (open access)

Bridle

Patent for a bridle that will improve how the horse is guided and also prevent horse from running away. The device also will help prevent the horse from displacing the bridle.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Plate or Dish (open access)

Child's Plate or Dish

Patent for a child's plate or dish. It is designed to be secured to the shelf of the children's chair to prevent throwing. Illustration included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Matthews, Jennie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn having two dashers for reciprocation.
Date: February 15, 1915
Creator: Jarnigan, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster. (open access)

Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date: February 15, 1881
Creator: Owens, Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocker (open access)

Cotton Blocker

Patent for cotton blockers that prevent crops from becoming covered in soil during the harvesting process.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Fowler, Alonzo. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner

Patent for an apparatus that is designed to clean cotton before it is placed in a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Felton, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Mattress - Stuffing Machine. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Mattress - Stuffing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in cotton-cleaning and mattress-stuffing machines. This design "relates to improved machinery for cleaning cotton, forming it into bats, and discharging the bats into mattress-sticks" (line 8 to 10).
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller (open access)

Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller

Patent for a cottonseed cleaner and huller. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Vanlandingham, William Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cultivating devices such as weeders which includes a labor reducing tool to pull out weeds and grasses from various types of lands including instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Luckey, Bert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current-Motor. (open access)

Current-Motor.

Patent for a current motor in which water wheels are employed to drive electric generators. The design provides for pontoons to allow the water wheels to be adjustably supported. Constructed in sections, additional sections can easily be added and bracing is included so that the units can be configured to rise and fall together.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Rebman, Johan J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush (open access)

Currycomb and Brush

Patent for a currycomb and brush. This currycomb and brush is a combination in which the user can switch between comb and brush functions, also allowing for easy cleaning.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Vyvial, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Appliance (open access)

Draft Appliance

Patent for a draft appliance. This invention is designed for plows, movers, and other farm implements drawn by horses. Illustration included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History