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Adjustable Support and Bracket for Shade-Rollers and Curtains
Patent for a support for roller shades and window curtains. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows
Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date:
January 25, 1916
Creator:
Reeves, Wesley L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie buckle. This design is for "bale-tie buckles so constructed that the bale can be easily and quickly tied, that will hold the tie securely, and at the same time can be made lighter and neater than ordinary buckles, while having the necessary strength" (lines 11-16).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Starr, Henry Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "the ordinary framing, shell, or case for containing the material and stationary lower platen or bed are used, the upper platen being the movable one to effect the compression. This upper platen is brought down upon the material for its compression by the lowering of screw-threaded rods to which it is attached, such lowering being effected by the rotation of rotating nuts in fixed bearings taking on such screw-threaded rods" (lines 25-35).
Date:
January 25, 1887
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bench Clamp.
Patent for a new and improved bench clamp. This design, "[b]eing made of iron or other suitable material . . . is strong, durable, and inexpensive. It requires no bolts or screws to secure it to the work-bench or other object where its use may be required, and can be put in position and removed easily and quickly. It occupies but little room on account of its compactness, and can be applied to any piece of work without marring it" (lines 72-80).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Murphy, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Street or Railway Cars.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in brakes for street or railway cars.
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Hughes, Joel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothing - Boiler
Patent for a new and improved clothing-boiler. This design is to "provide a device of this character in which there is practically no danger of the water or suds-boiling over to the exterior" (line 8 - 11).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Rylander, William Pitts
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism
Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism for automobiles which strengthens the load bearing of the clutch and allows greater flexibility in changing the load.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism
Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism to be used for automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Dripper and Steeper
Patent for a beverage steeper where a strainer is provided to hold the material used for preparation, such as tea or coffee. The strainer is designed to lower into the coffee pot to allow for steeping and can be raised out of the water and affixed to the top of the pot for draining.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Nicholls, George Habberton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Garment.
Patent for a onese. A shirt and underwear in a single piece. Has ample room in the seat.
Date:
January 25, 1919
Creator:
Gold, Anna
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn an cotton planters. This design is to " provide the same with a sweep or plow which travels in front of the seeder or planter mechanism to open a furrow" (line 13 - 16).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Wendeborn, Ernest Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which "may be operated from either wheel" (lines 12-13).
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Stepleton, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Device
Patent for cotton-picking device. The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device for picking cotton by hand. Patent is for the protection of the digits.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Vincent, George Hilliard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for kitchen use such as cooking. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil-Refining Process.
Patent for improvements in the crude oil refining processes and apparatuses. The invention focuses on creating an inexpensive and simplistic system that relies on temperature.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Evans, Jewett G. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current-Motor.
Patent for a current motor, which allows a smaller amount of water to be used to generate power for factories, irrigation equipment, and pumping devices.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Brewer, Alden R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator.
Patent for a new and improved evaporator. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of . . . sugar boilers or evaporators" (lines 19-21). This design utilizes "[t]he combination, with an evaporating-pan mounted upon wheels or rollers, of a furnace provided with inclined holes adjoining its sides to accommodate the wheels of the evaporator" to make said improvements (lines 57-61).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Harman, Franklin S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare Box.
Patent for a new and improved fare-box. This design consists in "three resting-places for the fares before they enter the final receptacle or drawer provided at the bottom of the case, and the windows in front are so arranged that the fares may be observed at each change until they enter their final receptacle. All lights of glass employed are held in grooves in the upright sides of the case or in a frame secured in grooves of the said sides, so that by no possibility can they be displaced unless the entire box is taken to pieces" (lines 25-35).
Date:
January 25, 1887
Creator:
Greer, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firearm
Patent for a gun which automatically discharges the used cartridge and moves the next one into position that can be easily taken apart for cleaning and has a safety lock on it to prevent accidental firing.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Consentino, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float for Linters.
Patent for a float for rapidly removing lint from cotton seeds.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Blanchard, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Wagon-Box Step
Patent for a new and useful folding wagon-box steps. This design is to "provide a novel, simple, and safe device of the character indicated which is adapted for compact and convenient folding into a close package when not in use" (line 11-14).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Brown, Marvel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Four-Wheel Drive
Patent for a four-wheel drive with a combined central driving unit and differential that simplifies construction and improves efficiency in operation.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Littlejohn, Lonzo B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage - Shears
Patent for a new and useful improvements in shears. This design "consists of the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts"(line 16-19).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Steen, Emma L. Nevada
System:
The Portal to Texas History