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Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Adams, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for an "improved shock absorber adapted to be attached to the springs of an automobile or other vehicle" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Alexander, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Allen, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Drag Harrow
Patent for an invention, including specifications, of an improved Self-Dumping Drag-Harrows mechanism. The device is capable of rotating or changing the angle of harrow teeth and body without the effort of the machine operator, facilitating faster movement and increased production. The mechanism in question is claimed by the applicant in addition to the competent parts arranged in such a fashion as to mimic the capabilities of the described device.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Bales, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tillage Implement.
Patent for an improved type of tillage implement of the harrow type that can be used in places other harrows can't operate, as well as being capable of being operated in close proximity to plants without damaging them. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Bonds, Walter P. Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for the improvement of cultivators by allowing the attached shovels to have wider range of motion and customization.
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
Braune, Friedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windlass.
Patent for a new and improved windlass. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a frame having the cross-bars near its lower and upper ends, the windlass-shaft journaled in the side pieces of the frame and having the balance-wheels and the pinion, the operating-gears mounted in one side of the frame and one of said gears meshing with said pinion, an upright mounted upon the lower front cross-piece of the frame and having a guide-pulley at its upper end, arms extending laterally from said upright, and a guide-roller journaled in said arms" (lines 11-21).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Bridges, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound.
Patent for a mixture of chemical for preserving eggs; ingredients, measurement and instruction are in included. No illustration.
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Brooks, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for "a shovel or point attachment for plow-stocks for operation in turf, stubble, or grubby or rocky soil deep or shallow, the attachment being particularly adapted for turning stalks, weeds, grass, and stubble" (lines 11-17).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Buster, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper
Patent for a stalk chopper particularly designed for slicing cotton and corn stalks. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Canuteson, Alfred & Ringness, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Frame for Agricultural Implements.
Patent for "a new and improved sulky-frame adapted for the attachment of several agricultural implements and provided with means for elevating or lowering the frame and the implement thereto attached, whereby the latter is brought in contact with the soil or elevated above such contact." (Lines 16-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Carson, John Richard & Denman, Jackson Harvey, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "to secure an equal wear of the teeth of the stationary and the revolving cutter-plates . . . whereby the instrument may be run double the usual time before it is necessary to grind the plates, and enabling the tool to be used as a right or a left hand cutter; also, to render the cutters separable without arresting the motion of the rotary blade . . . also, to provide means whereby the rotation of the cutter may be reversed . . . finally, to provide a simple device for throwing the miter-gears into and out of mesh" (lines 15-29).
Date:
December 9, 1884
Creator:
Carter, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Tenderer
Patent for an improved meat tenderer granted to Francis W. Carter. Improvements include not tearing the meat and self-cleaning upon each rotation.
Date:
April 14, 1885
Creator:
Carter, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer.
Patent for an improved cotton packer, which automatically restarts when it finishes a bale.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Cass, Eral B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch, which latches automatically and cannot be opened by animals but is easily opened by people.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Chambers, Olive B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Knocker.
Patent for improvements in cotton-stalk knockers. This invention "relates to cotton-knockers, and more particularly to a device of this class which may be readily attached to or combined with a wheeled cultivator of usual form" (lines 11-14). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1900
Creator:
Chitty, Robert Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Marking Live Stock.
Patent for improvement in devices for marking livestock by using steel blades either to cut or heated to burn the surface of livestock’s skin. (Lines 71-73) There is no mistaking the marks of one owner from those of another. (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Conine, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spreader for Telephone Receiver Casings
Patent for a spreader whereby the casing of a telephone receiver has shrunk in a manner the cap has become loose. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Cox, Pierre M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Blocker.
Patent for an invention that provides a wheeled carriage, or supporting frame, to support cotton choppers, or similar devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Cunningham, Jasper V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Elevators.
Patent for an improved elevator safety device that engages the brakes should the cable break or engine become inoperable to bring the elevator to a gradual stop, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Davis, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "ha[s] a curved bottom and rounded ends and consisting of the bottom, the sides, the partitions . . . similar to the sides and arranged adjacent to the latter" (lines 101-104). Said partitions "[form] water compartments, the transverse partition providing a communication between the water compartments and being formed by a plate bent longitudinally at an angle and having its apex extending across the body of the churn, and the dasher arranged above the partition and suitably secured in place" (lines 1-8).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Day, William Howel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for improvements in milk coolers. The invention "has for one of its objects the provision of a simple and inexpensive knockdown construction which will permit packing into compact form when desirable. Another object is to provide a milk-cooler having adjustable shelves of improved construction, whereby milk pans or pails of different sizes can be easily accommodated. A further object .... is to provide a milk-cooler of the water-evaporation capillary-feed type which will be strong, compact, and of large capacity and provided with improved means for draining, catching, and retaining the water, holding the fabric, and adjusting and securing the shelves" (lines 9-23). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Dean, William Volney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for a a window sash, which allows for easy installation and removal of panes of glass.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Edwards, Jessie V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for an improved cultivator with a hoe-attachment that can be "thrown into and out of operation and employed for thinning crops simultaneous with the cultivation of the same with as much convenience and accuracy as the ordinary hand hoe and with greater expedition" (lines 13-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
Eriksen, Eduard A. O. & Day, William Howell
System:
The Portal to Texas History