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Band-Tightener.
Patent for a lever used to tighten the bands on bales of cotton or other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Mullane, Dennis.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for new improvements in cotton choppers which allows them to be durable and strong, yet flexible with adjustable parts to accommodate soil and growth conditions including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Gerding, Fred F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus
Patent for a boiling receptacle to efficiently boil water while food may be cooked above the boiling water. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Wilson, William Wharton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corner-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in corn-planters and fertilizer-distributers is to combine the two into one machine by dividing the hopper into two compartments; one for fertilizing material and the other for corn-seeds. The bottom of these two compartments, each has its own opening design to dispense the seeds and fertilizers. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Davis, William Haywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pessary and Womb-Battery.
Patent for a combined pessary and womb-battery. It is inserted into a woman's vagina and is used to deliver medication "and to stimulate the genitals to a healthy and normal action both mechanically and electrically" (lines 11-13). The device is worn without discomfort and can be worn while pregnant.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Keller, Martha Ellen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning and Bat-Forming Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton-cleaning and bat-forming apparatus that prepares cotton for compression into bales. The apparatus is meant to increase the value of the cotton it processes, and do so in an efficient and inexpensive manner. The amount of compression doubles the number of pounds of cotton one can fit into a bale. The chute does not let air out of the apparatus while cotton is being cleaned, and the air-pressure in the cleaner-condenser does not restrict the cotton's movement into the cleaner.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Halter and Weaning-Muzzle.
Patent for a combined halter and weaning muzzle, "the halter being adapted for use independently of the muzzle and the latter being detachably connected to the halter" (lines 17-19). The halter is "the combination of a chin-strap and nose-band made in one piece and a weaning nose-band" (lines 18-20).
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Schow, Ottinus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planters
Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Hooks, Jesse J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher.
Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Davis, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar-Support.
Patent for improvements to collar supports "...to provide a supporter which may be readily pinned to the collar and which is therefore easily detached therefrom when desired" (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Towler, Mary E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strap Binder or Lock and Record-Check.
Patent for an improved strap-binder or lock and record-check that is "simple, effective, and comparatively inexpensive" to manufacture (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 7, 1921
Creator:
Glisson, Amos A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Barr, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench used to remove the nuts of a vehicle wheel axle.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Ponton, Henry Ponton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade Support
Patent for window shade supports; specifically adjustable curtains, draperies, and shade supports. This invention is to provide a device that is strong, durable, convenient, and functionally effective for the purposes intended.
Date:
July 7, 1913
Creator:
Hammers, Wendell P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of two jaws coupled together and carrying pulleys, a cord to draw the jaws together passing around the pulleys, and a gripping device connected with the jaws to secure the wires. (Illustration is included.)
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Bigham, James Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter-Box.
Patent for improvements in mail-boxes, where a movable partition is place inside of a mail-box “which is raised by the cover or lid so as to receive the mail and then drop it into the box as soon as the lid is closed, to attach to the lid an apron which rises in the box so as to make connection with the inner edge of the partition when the lid is raised to deposit mail-matter, and thus prevent any possibility of the content of the box from being abstracted when the cover is raised.” (Lines 18-27)Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Wesson, Miley B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "relates to improvements in the class of washing-machines commonly known as 'cylinder washing-machines,' and has for its object the production of a machine which will operate thoroughly and expeditiously, and without injury to the fabric, while at the same time it is light and inexpensive in construction and simple in operation; and with these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 10-20).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Ekman, Axel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machinery
Patent for a machine used to drill water, oil, and gas wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Cutter for Plows.
Patent for new improvements in weed-cutters or middle breaker plows, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Underwood, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a knee-pad that is meant to protect cotton-pickers as they crawl in uncomfortable areas. The knee-pads are made up of a concave oval made from leather, metal, or another strong material, with cloth attached to the base and edges of the oval. Straps go around the cloth and around the leg to hold it in place.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Fergusson, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Collecting Machine.
Patent for a machine to collect insects such as cotton-bool weevils and other pests from crops.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charley L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is designed to destroy boll weevils by using blowers and agitators that send the boll weevils to receptacles filled with liquid. Illustration included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Vickers, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine.
Patent for device to improve price display, movement of goods, and correct coin measurement of coin-controlled vending machines.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stiles
System:
The Portal to Texas History