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Constructing Béton or Artificial Stone Curbing.
Patent for a new and improved curbing. This design "consists in a method for constructing [artificial-stone curbing] in the trench in which it is required to be laid; and it further consists in molds for accomplishing such result with accuracy and dispatch" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 20, 1882
Creator:
Burns, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for the Disposal of Night-Soil, &c.
Patent for a method of disposing of human feces "by water and the destruction of disease producing germs in the same in centers of population which are situated near running streams or large bodies of water" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 20, 1894
Creator:
Busbee, Loranzo D. & Rosser, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Fastening.
Patent for sliding car-door fastening to improve the fastening of said car-door.
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Buser, William H. & Shaw, Burrell L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper for Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in scrapers for "cultivators-shovels, plows, and like tilling implements" (line 12-13).
Date:
September 20, 1898
Creator:
Butler, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension Car-Step
Patent for an extension car step. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 20, 1907
Creator:
Cameron, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists in a friction roller held loosely between two nuts, or between a nut and any object to be held by a bolt, which roller, when the nut or lock-nut is screwed down upon it, binds the nut or nuts upon the bolt and locks them securely thereon" (lines 11-16).
Date:
January 20, 1885
Creator:
Campbell, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
Date:
December 20, 1921
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Flue.
Patent for the improvement of combination flue to be more inexpensive and for the parts to be more readily assembled and properly supported.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for plows whereas a seeder attachment is provided, to allow ordinary one or two horse plows to be readily converted into a planter adapted for planting grains of all kinds.
Date:
September 20, 1919
Creator:
Carlisle, Marion N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sampling.
Patent for improving methods of boring wells by "raising the cuttings from an earth boring drill to the surface" (lines 70-71), including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Washing Material for Concrete.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in boxes for washing aggregate or rough material for making concrete" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer
Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Odorless Dry Outhouse and Apparatus for Use Therewith
Patent for "an outhouse which will be adapted for use in localties where water is scarce, or where it is either or both impracticable or undesirable to use water for flushing or draining" (lines 32-36).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.
Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Cass, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Burial-Vaults.
Patent for a mold for making burial vaults, which is easily removed from the finished product and allows for easy transport of the vault.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Hats
Patent for an improvement to adjustable hatband which includes directions and illustrations.
Date:
March 20, 1877
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner
Patent for a "simple and relatively inexpensive burner" (line 9) for use in the kitchen with kerosene or other oil fuel.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Catron, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof.
Patent for a mixture of dextrin, asbestos, magnesia, glycerin, wood alcohol and water that is introduced into tire tubes to prevent and seal tire punctures.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Causey, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe or Rod Grips
Patent for Pipe or Rod Grip
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Champie, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in the specifics of the design and construction of a baling press.
Date:
August 20, 1901
Creator:
Chapman, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device
Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1922
Creator:
Christian, Walton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cutting Machine.
Patent for a grain-cutting apparatus with adjustable knives. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Clark, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester
Patent for a harvester. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 20, 1904
Creator:
Claunch, Jeremiah Cyrus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket Strainer.
Patent for a well bucket strainer, which strains the water as it is pumped out.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Clay, Willim F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History