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Combined Cotton-Planter, Cultivator, and Double-Shovel, Single-Shovel, Turning Plow.
Patent for the novel design for combination plow-beams or shovel-stocks which allows parts to be attached and detached.
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hedge-Trimmer and Mower.
Patent for a combined hedge-trimmer and mower "by which the side and top of a hedge can be trimmed at the same time"(lines 11-13)
Date:
January 27, 1885
Creator:
Lattner, Jacob V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machinery.
Patent for a mechanism that drills and bores; it attaches to a vehicle so the engine can be used to power the mechanism.
Date:
June 27, 1893
Creator:
Lee, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern. This design "has relation to that class of lamp in which the reflector is secured to the lamp, having an aperture in its upper portion for the passage of the chimney of the lamp, and in which the reflector may be adjusted to throw the light from the lamp in different directions without moving the lamp; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same" (lines 23-31).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Williams, Robert E. & Trammell, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace
Patent for "an improvement in furnaces, and more particularly to such as are employed for burning offal, refuse from slaughtering-houses" in which the furnace is surrounded by water, and any liquid inside the furnace can be expelled in the form of vapor (lines11-14).
Date:
January 27, 1891
Creator:
Hatcher, William Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Arc-Light Reflector.
Patent for an electric arc light reflector, including an annular band to support the reflector on the arc-light cone, and a reflector with an aperture.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Bolles, Charles Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus.
Patent for a cleaning and polishing apparatus for sand blasting various objects, such as furniture, which does not require an operator to be watching the operation.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Bandage.
Patent for a catamenial bandage, which fits itself to the wearer and does not show underneath clothing.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Argo, Ida M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine, where water comes out of the top of a funnel onto the clothes, and the clothes are rotated and agitated around the funnel.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Sargant Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Dillion, Ivy Hancock
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle.
Patent for an improved riding saddle that eliminates curling of saddle jockeys and chafing of rider's legs.
Date:
November 27, 1900
Creator:
Hicks, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer.
Patent for a "draft even or equalizer...for various cultivators, and particularly for disk plows" (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Dysart, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Post.
Design for a post with hexagonally woven or meshed wire structure of tubular or cellular form.
Date:
December 27, 1898
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator And Gin-Feeder.
Patent for new and useful improvements in cotton elevators and gin feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a power baling press.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Diserens, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Enteric Lavage.
Patent for an enteric lavage for the use of emptying the bowels of any liquid after use of an enema. The device will remove the waste and deposit it into a separate receptacle.
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Pair, Laura Costello
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf or Insert for Books
Patent for leaves and inserts in books and other paper documents. It is meant to "provide a printed sheet embodying certain novel features arranged so that it may be found in a book or catalogue as a leaf or page thereof or placed therein as an insert." (Lines 12-16)
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Seligson, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Lifter
Patent for an appliance which is for jacking up the valve spring of an internal combustion engine when it is needed to remove the valve for any purpose.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Glasscock, Oscar T. & Phillips, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lard Substitute
Patent for process of making lard substitute. "This invention relates to processes of producing culinary fats and has particular reference to a new and useful process of producing a lard substitute from cotton seed oil." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar.
Patent for a horse collar that maximizes strength and minimizes material by addition of a joint.
Date:
June 27, 1914
Creator:
Schoellkopf, Jacob F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe Last.
Patent for a last for shoes (and boots, etc.) that can be used in either side of the shoe by turning it over. The patent contains illustrations and specifications.
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Frost, Sylvester P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mop
Patent for a mop that by creates an attachment device and adds a piece to cushion the edge of the mop head. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Wier, Harry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History