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Design for a Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for a new design of kitchen cabinets with doors that open downward. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1896
Creator:
Webb, Samuel Baxtern
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an axle, a frame, a shaft journaled longitudinally in the frame, radial arms mounted on the said shaft, gear connecting the said shaft with the axle, rectangular blades secured upon the ends of the said arms, the said blades being set diagonally, making their side edges parallel with the spiral path of the arms . . . and one blade being narrower than the others . . . whereby each blade will exactly coincide with the spiral path of its motion and stands will be left uncut at equal intervals" (lines 24-36).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Ferriott, Charlie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power.
Patent for a new and improved motorized butter churn. This design utilizes paralleled uprights, shafts, through-holes, screw-holes, a crank, pit-men, and a cross-head (lines 85-92). This combination and arrangement of parts allows rotary motion to be converted to reciprocal motion, which improves the churning process.
Date:
August 10, 1880
Creator:
Brace, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of two sliding draw-heads, each provided with a shank having coiled around it a spring and a nut secured thereto, an upper sliding supporting-plate for the pin, having a tripping device, a lower sliding supporting-plate for the link, having a catch, a latch with a trip-arm for holding and releasing said plate, and a spring for drawing it back to its normal position" (lines 11-20).
Date:
February 9, 1886
Creator:
Ballentine, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Holder.
Patent for improvements in bolt-holders by “providing a combined bolt-holder and screw-driver…. in which the hook or engaging member is quickly and conveniently adjustable to any angle to allow the tool to be employed in various positions to engage bolts set.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 25, 1902
Creator:
Carter, Hiram C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Stone.
Patent for a process of manufacturing artificial stone in which “it will not cracked by reason of exposure and which may be readily engraved, impressed or otherwise marked to form letters, characters, emblems and etc….” (Lines 16-20). No illustration.
Date:
August 28, 1900
Creator:
Johnson, Jesse W. & Hendrix, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Plows.
Patent for a new type of gage for a running plow, that can be adjusted for a specific depth
Date:
December 17, 1901
Creator:
Wilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in ant-traps.
Date:
April 12, 1898
Creator:
Selvidge, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
PENCIL HOLDER
Patent for a pencil holder that may be attached to a garment.
Date:
January 14, 1902
Creator:
PEARSON, JOHN WILLIAM
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Brace.
Patent for a new and useful bedstead-brace. "This invention is an improved construction of bedstead-brace, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device which can be applied to any and all beds" (line 7-11).
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Campbell, Ike W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements to a baling press, making it "simple, inexpensive, durable, and highly-efficient" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Unfried, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a certain new and useful wire stretcher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 28, 1899
Creator:
Hancock, Benjamin Columbus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire-stretcher designed to repair wire fences manually.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Pearson, Charles Ewell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves.
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
Heffner, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for wire fence tool attachment for a wire stretching machine. The tool can also perform other operations related to the fence wires when detached from the machine.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Pearson, C. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Collecting Insects From Plants
Patent for a machine that collects insects from plants. Illustration included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Bolen, Walter M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Stretching Wire Or Other Purposes.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in machines for stretching wire or other purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1898
Creator:
Selvidge, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Index.
Patent for a certain new and useful index, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1899
Creator:
Hall, Henry Lyons
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Conveyer.
Patent for a water conveyer for irrigation, which has a series of buckets on a conveyer belt which pour over a waterwheel to power the motor of the machine. This model has streamlined the buckets water flow to minimize the power used from the motor.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Securing Tools to Handles.
Patent for a spur plate that helps keep tools securely fastened to their handles.
Date:
June 2, 1903
Creator:
Smythe, Amos Pierce & Bryant, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hook
Patent for a meat hook that allows for ease of handling meats without needing to dirty the hands of the user.
Date:
June 20, 1905
Creator:
Tally, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastner
Patent for Trace Fastners which is useful for securing a trace upon a whiffletree.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Thornton, Burus M. & Thornton, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivating Implement
Patent for a harrow and cultivating implement which "may be readily adjusted and adapted to various uses" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Sherrill, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful thill coupling for "locking the thill-iron to the attached thill in a raised position" (line 8 -9).
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History