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Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Little, Leander H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile
Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date:
September 25, 1918
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anesthetic Holding And Dispensing Apparatus
Patent for an anesthetic holding and dispensing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Maxfield, James R. & Maupin, Seth B.
System:
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Automatic Flame-Regulator
Patent for a simple mechanical means of automatically maintaining a desired temperature within an incubator lamp.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Krizan, Joseph, Jr.
System:
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Automatic Siphon
Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Ackley, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Bit.
Patent for new and improved bridle-bits, including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1900
Creator:
Lee, Joseph Loverel
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. With this design, "[w]hen the cars are coupled, the shoulders upon the draw-heads will bear against each other, pressing the spring-bolts forward, which will tilt the free ends of the bails forward over the ends of the opposite draw-heads, thus forming a strong and safe coupling which may be uncoupled in a moment of time" (lines 92-98).
Date:
September 25, 1883
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Register.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cash-register that is accurate and alerts the customer to the price. The operator must charge the correct amount for the purchase.
Date:
September 25, 1894
Creator:
Johnson, William W.
System:
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Centrifugal Gun.
Patent for a centrifugal gun wherein a fixed barrel is provided.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
System:
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Churn Motor.
Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of [churn motors], having for their object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 10-15).
Date:
September 25, 1883
Creator:
O'Bannon, William H. & Snider, John J.
System:
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Cotton-Sack Carrier.
Patent for cotton-sack carriers "which will offer no impediment to the free movements of the picker," and constructed "such that the ends of the carrier will not engage and 'hang' upon the stalks of cotton, and will pass readily over irregularities in the surface of the field." (Lines 22-38) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1894
Creator:
Johns, Calvin L.
System:
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Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections.
Patent for coupling means for demountable-rim sections. Improved device that is simple, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate-Fastening
Patent for crate fastening to secure the top firmly but also allow it to be easily removed. It was designed for an egg crate but is applicable to crates in general, including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1900
Creator:
Damon, Sylvester Will
System:
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Cultivator.
Patent for improvements to sled cultivators.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Quinton S.
System:
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Cultivator-Hobble
Patent for an improved cultivator hobble, including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Hackfeld, John H.
System:
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Drill.
Patent for a simple, durable, and effective drill that "automatically expand[s] in the bottom of the well below the tubing, to cut a hole sufficiently large for the tubing without requiring a second drilling or reaming process" (lines 11-15).
Date:
September 25, 1894
Creator:
Lindholm, Charlie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.
Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Mat P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate For Wagons
Patent for and end gate for wagons. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Winans, Myron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Gatherer.
Patent for a new and improved fruit gatherer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the pole, the jaws attached to its upper end, the sliding collar, the links connecting the collar and the sleeve, the rods, the jaws, the ring, the tube attached thereto and encircling the pole below said jaws, and the sleeve which supports the ring and is adjustable on the pole longitudinally for the purpose of adjusting the mouth of said tube in the desired proximity to the said jaws" (lines 13-22).
Date:
September 25, 1888
Creator:
Hall, Francis Asbury
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter
Patent for a benefit and specification of the garment supporters.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Powell, Levi D. & Powell, Albert C.
System:
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Guard Rail
Patent for a guard rail. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Hibbets, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth
Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date:
September 25, 1905
Creator:
Smith, James Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment.
Patent for “a compound for the treatment of diseases of the kidney, rheumatism, neuralgia, diarrhea, dysentery, cramps, colic, and pains, and dyspepsia” (lines 8-11) which includes ingredients and their measurements . The ingredients are alcohol, spirits of turpentine, spirits of camphor, aqua-ammonia, tincture of opium, chloroform, tincture of ginger, oil of sassafras, balsam of fir, essence of peppermint, oil of black pepper, oil of origanum, tincture of capsicum, tincture of guaiacum, and sulphuric ether.
Date:
September 25, 1885
Creator:
Christopher, George Washington & Grant, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machinery for Irrigating Purposes
Patent for a machine that irrigates with a water wheel. The water wheel is connected to a float and a rod connected that is connected to a crank on the shaft of the wheel.
Date:
September 25, 1888
Creator:
Owen, Benajah Dotte
System:
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