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Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles
Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Logan, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder
Patent for automatic cotton press and feeder. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick Bernard; Sewell, T. W.; Page, R. J. & Young, M. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve
Patent for an automatic valve that uses a lever to open and close quickly, with illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Pinkerton, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot and Shoe Box.
Patent for a new and improved box for boots and shoes. This design is "to be arranged beneath the counter, between the guide-strips upon the floor, and mounted on wheels, and provided with mechanism connected to the hinged lids of the boxes to raise the lid as the box is pulled out, and to close it when the box is pushed back to place again. This may be accomplished in several ways" (lines 26-33).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bedsteads. This design has for its object "to provide an attachment for bedsteads whereby the side rails are prevented from springing outward or expanding from any cause, and thus allowing the slats to fall through" (lines 14-18).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Holmes, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Block Machine
Patent for a building block machine. This invention is used to form blocks out of plastic material into artificial stone, as well as molding concrete blocks. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Latimer, Samuel A.; Dunkin, James J.; Stacey, J. H.; Hall, A. L.; Porter, R. S.; Haynes, S. F. et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus.
Patent for a clock actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a spring-pressed rotatable reel, and display tape adapted to wind which will cause the drum to rotate.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Shure, Ralph Deane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined or Covertible Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a screw-driver, its blade having a hole and a lug, and its handle having in its end a socket with a slotted reversible tool, pointed at one end and formed for a screw-driver at the other end adjustably held against one side of the screw-driver by means of a screw and nut and the lug, and adapted to fit in the socket when out of use" (lines 63-71).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Barber, Edwin L.
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
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Point for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved double point for plows. This design consists in "[t]he plow-point having the central rectangular bend at the back, the wings shelving outward, downward, and forward, the long parallel-sided end, the lateral angles, and the marginal edges inclined upward and toward each other, the said portion being substantially as long as the share-edge" (lines 71-77).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Schuster, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fly-Trap.
Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Bass, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch Throwing Device
Patent for an electric switch throwing device. The invention provides a method of operating the switches of the track so that the motorman can turn switches of the track without stopping the train car. Illustration included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrolytic Cell
Patent for an improved electrolytic cell that automatically maintains its predetermined amount of liquid.
Date:
November 20, 1920
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensilage-Cutting Machine.
Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Sinclair, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floating Body.
Patent for improvements to balloons or floating bodies in order to provide for a floating body "consisting of a flexible air or gas receiver, made to imitate or resemble animate or inanimate objects, so as to assume when inflated the shape of a human head or bust, birds, statues, animals, or any other desired object" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1900
Creator:
Bailey, Edward Gray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop
Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Randall, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Form Holder and Wall Tie
Patent for Form holder and wall tie
Date:
November 20, 1916
Creator:
Tenholder, Herman G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Coring and Halving Machine.
Patent for a new and improved fruit corer and halver. This design consists "[i]n a fruit cutter, the combination of the pivoted knives having laterally-concaved facing sides and curved inward to the edges at the upper ends, the arms extending from one side of said knives near their lower end, and the vertically-moving guide-plate provided with the longitudinal guide-grooves parallel at their upper and lower portions and curving inward to meet at their centers, into which grooves the ends of said arms enter for the purpose of opening and closing said knives" (lines 22-32).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for improvements of hay press to simplify construction and add locking device.
Date:
August 29, 1900
Creator:
Sherrer, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling Press.
Patent for improvement in baling press "for compressing cotton, hay, and other substances for baling" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 20, 1866
Creator:
Gillis, C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Augurs.
Patent for a new auger design for "boring and excavating wells" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1877
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Post-Hole Diggers
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in Post-Hole Diggers.
Date:
November 20, 1877
Creator:
Armstrong, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History