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Combintion Tool
Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Burris, William S. & Harris, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Table.
Patent for a supporting device for folding tables or benches that is made up of slide-able pieces that can be folded up into a small area and then locked in place when set up.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Richter, Franz Albin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De-Aerator
Patent for improvements in de-aerators such as "forcing the water into the tank and spraying the same against the cylinder to cause the air and gases to separate from the water, and means for causing a vacuum in the upper end of the tank from which a suction pipe extends to allow ready escape of the separated air and gases" (lines 27-33) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Strite, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for an improved wrench that has two movable jaws and can separate about the length of the handle. The wrench's "head or nut for operating the upper jaw is swiveled and forms a part of the handle" (lines 14-15). The wrench can be converted into a pipe-wrench.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
King, Will Henry Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed - Exterminator
Patent for a new and useful improvement in Johnson-Grass, other grass and weed extermination.
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
McBride, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Suction-Cup for Cotton-Picking Machines
Patent for the improvement in suction-cups for cotton-picking machines in which the addition of knives allows for easier collection of cotton. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Meier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks
Patent for an attachment for lathe-head stocks. It is "a device that may be readily adjustable to provide a backing... that may be gripped by the chucks of a jewelers or watch-makers lathe" (lines 26-29).
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
De Long, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal.
Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date:
May 9, 1922
Creator:
Jones, Theodoric
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramper-Press
Patent for a tramper press for pressing cotton into bales. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Wilson, Ralph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Concrete Silos and the Like.
Patent for a mold for concrete silos that improves on efficiency.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Doyle, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Extinguisher.
Patent for a spark extinguisher "to prevent the burning of buildings and other combustible matter by steam engines" (lines 15-17).
Date:
March 9, 1880
Creator:
Blewett, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Traction-Lug
Patent for tire traction-lug preventing slipping of the wheel in mud, sand, snow, slush, and other soft road-beds.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Smith, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material
Patent for new and useful improvements in process and apparatus for sizing and separating comminuted materials. This is the fifth patent and improves on the previous four patents.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material.
Patent for improvements in the process of and apparatus for separating and grading material. "Improvement upon our Patent #1,073,644, issued September 23, 1913, for a 'Separating table and process of separation'" (lines 14-17). Object of invention is to improve the general construction of separating table.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Timing Mechanism for Automatic Oil Pumping Systems.
Patent for a timing mechanism for automatic oil-pumping systems, which adds improvements to a previous patent (Serial No.788,483). This patent includes a "novel mechanism for controlling the alternate action of a pressure and vacuum directed into a well" from the surface instead of the lower portion of the well (lines 33-35). Patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Stephenson, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for a stirrup for horse riders which can automatically release the foot of the rider should the rider be forced off of the horse. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1909
Creator:
Haddock, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet-Drain
Patent for a faucet drain attachment that allows for the draining of pipes eliminating the need for opening of faucet. This invention helps to prevent damage to pipes.
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Eaton, Bruce E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Girth-Rigging for Side-Saddles.
Patent for girth-rigging for side-saddles that secure the saddles so the saddles only move when the horse does. It has an extended "saddle-tree so as to produce shoulders, the same underlying the saddle-seat at its front and in supporting upon its shoulders and also upon the tree in rear of the cantle-girth suspension-straps that are continuous" (lines 24-29).
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Padgitt, Jesse D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp.
Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprises a flexible bed of perculiar formation, removable type, means for securing the type in place against accidental displacement, and a bar connecting the ends of the bed when bowed and serving as a handle.” (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Johnson, John Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bookcase
Patent for a folding bookcase that can be manufactured with any number of shelves.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Fanning, Sam H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separable Button.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable separable button that does not accidentally separate or unfasten. It consists of two disks connected with a stem, and the disks are different sizes.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Monday, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed-Organ
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of reed organs.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
England, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Holder.
Patent for a whip holder that locks the end of the whip into the holder, and lap-robes and other similar articles can also be held in the invention so they cannot be stolen.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Reeves, Fountain O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Table
Patent for "an improvement in center tables, seeking to provide a simple convenient construction of extension-table, Which can be easily extended or contracted, by which the objectionable center leg can be dispensed with, and in which the main or center portion Will be firmly supported at all times" (lines 7-13).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Smith, Lewis G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History