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Fruit Picker.
Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design consists in "two bags or receptacles [which] are secured upon an endless chain or cord, which passes over a pulley at the top of the pole of the picker and under a pulley near the lower end of the pole, so that the weight of one fruit picked and received in the bag will draw the other bag upward ready to receive another fruit, while the fruit in the descended bag may be removed from the said bag, which will thus be ready to ascend, when another fruit is picked" (lines 24-34).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Arnold, Hudson H. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for improvements in the structure of wheels.
Date:
June 23, 1916
Creator:
Avery, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Printing Device
Patent for "improvements in automatic printing devices. . .whereby the printing is effected b the movement of the paper or fabric on which the printing is done" (lines 10-16).
Date:
July 23, 1889
Creator:
Barradall, Norborne D. & Bradley, Andrew Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device
Patent for improvements to the measuring device used to ascertain the depth of a well.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
Bevel, Jack H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Hitch Mechanism
Patent for a plow hitch mechanism created by J. Butler and assigned by Parlin & Orendorff Company of Canton, Illinois with accompanying illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Butler, John H
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle - Nut.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Axle-Nuts for wagons and carriages.
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Collins, Corties
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elbow-Joint for Artificial Arms
Patent for an elbow joint for artificial arms that can be manipulated by the wearer into any desired position.
Date:
July 23, 1918
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a new construction of rotary seed planter, with illustrations and description and arrangement of parts.
Date:
September 23, 1884
Creator:
Daniel, Ellison A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sign.
Patent for a rotating metal sign, which does not warp from the turning action.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Dazey, Nathan P. & Hall, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Mechanism
Patent for a switch operating mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Eads, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pass-Book
Patent for improvements on pass book design, so that the owner's name can be included on the cover of the book, and so that the name can not be easily removed.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank Register and Remittance Sheet
Patent for a bank register and remittance sheet. Illustration included.
Date:
August 23, 1904
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Tank
Patent for a sheet metal tank that is created in sections, able to be dismantled or "knocked down" in sections, and able to be transported in sections, including illustration.
Date:
July 23, 1901
Creator:
Harry, Hugh W. & Harry, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Cushion Valve.
Patent for "a new and useful steam cushion valve, and its object is to provide a steam cushion valve that will sever to automatically retard the exhaust from a cylinder as the piston approaches one of the cylinder heads." (lines 9-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Henry, Nelson B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Staple-Set
Patent for a staple set for building and fixing wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 23, 1911
Creator:
Highsmith, Aubrey O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable garbage-furnace that can be easily operated, the moisture from the garbage completely evaporates, and the material before and after can be easily handled.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Hull, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.
Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.
Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Jansen, Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Float
Patent for a fishing float. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Jones, Daniel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This goal of this design "is to provide an automatic brake for wagons and other wheeled vehicles running on dirt roads" (lines 11-13).
Date:
May 23, 1882
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome & Henson, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tail-Light for Automobiles.
Patent for a lamp for automobiles, which combines a lantern (with colored lens) with a number plate holder (which includes sections that can be inserted and removed). The lamp is positioned to show and illuminate the number plate.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
Lindsey, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter.
Patent for a briquet fuel formula made primarily from lignite and other derived products, which is cheaper to produce than other formulas.
Date:
July 23, 1907
Creator:
Lohmann, August Samuel Frederic
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Computing Device
Patent for an automatic computing device that can calculate the price of goods and be used to take inventory of stock.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Miracle, Meredith W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. The design includes a plunger that reciprocates up and down in order to agitate the contents. It is operated by a foot-plate and is meant to be easy-to-use.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Moeckel, A. G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History