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Fish-Trap
Patent for a fish trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Allday, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Setting Implement.
Patent for a tire setting tool, which resembles tongs for forcing the tire onto a metal vehicle wheel.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Allison, James Rufus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller and Chopper.
Patent for a stalk puller that can pull the stalk from the ground and chop in pieces for feeding for fertilizer.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Anderson, Jeff
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker.
Patent for an inexpensive, efficient, and durable fruit-picker that picks small fruit and does not bruise them. The picker is easily operated.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Armstrong, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap, particularly desgned for rodents and birds, which is able to trap animals without having to be manually reset each time. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Barron, Nathan J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for a steam-engine that has "no dead-center" (lines 15-16), and "a volume of one full port will always be exerted on a piston" (lines 18-19). "The full power of the steam will be applied when the crank is on the quarter and there is the greatest leverage in favor of the engine" (lines 21-24). Steam supply is regulated automatically and has a shutoff system in case anything breaks.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Barton, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixture For Fish-Baits.
Patent for a coating for fish-bait of any kind which includes ingredients and instructions. The ingredients are water, asafeotida {(foul smelling gum resin from the root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb) see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459456/}, oil of anise, and honey.
Date:
October 21, 1884
Creator:
Bates, Carol F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Cass County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, soils and crops of Cass County, Texas.
Date:
February 1937
Creator:
Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter); Higbee, Howard William & Marshall, R. M. (Richard Moon)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaking device that allows for the operator to hold the watch wheel in one hand "while the instrument is fastened upon the roller by the other" (lines 20-22). The invention also has a centering device and auxiliary appliances that make all movements by the extractor accurate and even. This device does not injure the staff or pivot.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Bricker, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a wire clothes pin that is attached to the clothesline and is easily opened or closed to attach or remove clothes.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Burleson, Pleasant Wright
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design's "objects are, first, to couple cars of various altitudes; second, to couple the cars automatically; third, to uncouple from the top or side of the car; [and] fourth, to dispense with pins" (lines 16-20). It consists in a "draw-head [that] is provided with an elastic cover having a link-lifting arm secured thereto, a lever for oscillating said cover, performing the duplex function of disengaging the link and permitting its egress, a sloping projection from the base of said draw-head engaging the link on contact, and the bent link" (lines 51-58).
Date:
November 11, 1890
Creator:
Burns, John Calvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish Trap
Patent for a fish trap. Illustration included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Carwile, Eugene B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Carrier
Patent for an improved lumber carrier which, as the cart travels down hill with the weight of the lumber it is prevented from rolling backwards if it were to lose speed by engaging of pawls with notches to hold it in place. It can then be manually pushed to get it started again.
Date:
November 15, 1892
Creator:
Chauvin, Phillip A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pot-Rack.
Patent for a pot-rack which can hold a scalding-crate, cooking-pan, or canning-machine in a boiler at any depth of one's choice, including illustrations. The pot-rack is simple in design, durable, and inexpensively manufactured.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Cloninger, Ellie B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Circulating Gage.
Patent for an "oil circulating gage particularly designed for use in connection with the oiling system of the well known 'Ford' automobile."
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Cope, Thomas N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Bed.
Patent for a "longitudinally extensible" (lines 12-13) bed. The extension is stored underneath the main portion of the bed when not in use and allows for the bed to be covered completely with netting to protect against mosquitos. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Couch, Marvin Leslie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Rail.
Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "consists in the combination of a front pair of scraping-wings attached to a central furrow-opener, a revolving biconical wheel for pressing open the furrow and operating a toothed or spiked seed stirring and distributing shaft, and a rear covering-roller having a concave periphery" (lines 18-24).
Date:
April 5, 1881
Creator:
Crow, John Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective fish trap formed of wire fabric and fabric strips.
Date:
October 9, 1906
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap
Patent for a fish trap that may also be used to capture birds or various smaller animals. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a well cleaning machine with spring activated jaws for scoops that pick up mud and leaves from the bottom of wells.
Date:
September 24, 1907
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Fender
Patent for a plow fender that would be more gentle with new or fragile plants by moving them to the side, and would be easily adaptable to all kinds of plows while also being cost efficient to install and durable.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Ellington, Alvey Marcellous
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Everett, Edgar B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupler.
Patent for a new and improver coupler for railroad cars. This design "consists, first, in a transversely-arranged bar supported by suitable hangers secured to the end of the car a suitable distance above the draw-bar, each end of said transverse bar being provided with hand-wheels having a notch on their outer periphery, with which engage weighed pawls suitably pivoted to the side of the car; secondly, in an arm extending from said transverse bar for supporting the link" (lines 22-31).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Farnam, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History