Collection
Country
Month
Day
Churn-Dasher
Patent for an improved churn dasher "to thoroughly agitate the cream at the center of the churn-body and also around the bottom of the walls thereof" (lines 13-15) and "also to cause tangential streams or currents at the bottom of the churn, so as to thoroughly agitate all of the cream and effectively intermingle the air therewith" (lines 18-22), including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1900
Creator:
Franklin, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.
Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Wright, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard to prevent animals from going on railroad tracks by installing plates which grate and rock if an animal steps on them to scare the animals away from the tracks.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
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.
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for an improved cotton-chopper.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Leubner, Carl W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder
Patent for a combined whip socket and rein holder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Jacobs, Phillip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem.
Patent for a coupling for holdings plows together that allows for the plows to be close together, easily turned, and lets each plow perform its full function uninhibited by the other plows.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Brooks, John L. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Top for Vehicles.
Patent for a canopy top for vehicles, which can be adjusted to different angles and is light but sturdy.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Reid, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book Cover
Patent for a check book cover. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Templeton, David A.; Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow
Patent for a combined grubbing, subsoiling, and turning plow. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Toler, Henry Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Balance Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for an automatic balance device for windmills that attaches to the pump-rod.
Date:
December 23, 1902
Creator:
Terry, Blake
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Display Figures
Patent for an attachment for display figures that fills out the sleeves of a garment.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Beyette, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Header.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cane headers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Easley, William Dudley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber And Mop.
Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Lee, Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Retainer
Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Allison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling
Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Yoke Or Poke.
Patent for a new and useful animal yoke or poke, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Worley, Frank Athar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper designed so that the blade moves "transversely across a standing row of plants" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Ellis, Thomas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Indicator
Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Coffin, Edward F.; Shaw, Carey & Green, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter
Patent for "agricultural implements in which a single frame is utilized to support various kinds of mechanisms, and in the present invention there is included a frame of simple and improved construction adapted for carrying and to be used in connection with earth-engaging, implements, such as harrow-teeth and cultivator blades, as well as rollers, for the purpose of crushing clods and leveling the surface of the land." (lines 8-18). Includes description and illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1905
Creator:
Johnson, Alfred Butler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Harvesting Machine
Patent for a corn harvesting machine. "This invention relates to corn-harvesting machines of that class which are provided with cutting apparatus for severing stalks, with carrying apparatus for conveying the stalks in a standing or upright position to the point of discharge, with binding apparatus for tying the stalks into bundles" (lines 8-14). Illustration included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Tilson, William Henderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Crude-Oil Burners which provide a novel constructions that may be utilized in many locations.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Pippin, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caurbureter for Explosive-Motors
Patent for a carburetor for explosive motors designed with a measuring chamber for liquid hydro-carbon and a mixing chamber to regulate the amount of liquid hydrocarbon used to enrich the body of incoming air. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Slaughter, George W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History