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Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton
Patent for an improvement to boll breakers and cotton cleaners by performing the tasks of picking, cleaning, beating, and spreading more efficiently and effectively.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Streun, John Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Preserving Wooden Poles
Patent for an apparatus for preserving treated wooden poles. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Logan, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles
Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Logan, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Alarm.
Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Williams, George Bayley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for Automobile Signal
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
James, Daniel V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Closure
Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Williams, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bow Facing Oar
Patent for an oar facing the bow side of the craft. The invention allows for the rower to sit facing the direction of movement of the boat and be able to apply greater amounts of exertion. Illustration included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Case, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bread Slicer
Patent for machine that can slice bread, cake, or the like.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
McLaughlin, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener.
Patent for a can opener that is made from "a single flat piece of metal" (line 17) and is made for ease of operation, reducing the chance of the user cutting themselves.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
Williams, Paul E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Crouch, Jim L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Agee, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chopping-Ax.
Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Crabtree, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for "reciprocating churn-dashers with rotary heads." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1891
Creator:
Sterling, Isaac F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for an improved clothes pin made from resilient wire stock and comprised of side by side loops and nipping jaws, including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Barrel.
Patent for a collapsible barrel for use in shipping.
Date:
October 13, 1908
Creator:
Lemly, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Furnace and Cook-Stove
Patent for combination furnace and cook-stove designed to burn charcoal and conserve fuel.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Weaver, Bertha H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rein-Holder and Whip-Socket
Patent for a combined rein holder and whip socket in the dashboard of vehicles.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Bean, Jesse Alfonso
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat
Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
Date:
August 20, 1907
Creator:
Gains, Edward P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Computing Machine
Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
Date:
July 21, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, Joshua Terry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Trunk.
Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1892
Creator:
Dwyer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Range.
Patent for a cooking-range that "heat may be conducted from the firebox above the oven, and into a lid compartment" (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 18, 1913
Creator:
Daniel, James Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with an attachment for a guided chopper. This cotton chopper allows for the chopping device to engage the soil when the device is driven over various types of soil.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Tedder, Morgan C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for a cotton picker that can be used on several rows of cotton at a time. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Meier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Linter
Patent for an improvement "to prevent the accumulation of lint within the lint-chambers; to provide for the automatic discharge of the lint from the saw-teeth; to provide for a thorough agitation of the seed within the seed-reviews, and, finally, to provide for the delivery of the stripped seed from the machine" (lines 12-19).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
O'Brien, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History