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Cotton-Sack Carriage
Patent for a simply structured carriage that will provide support to cotton sacks varying in different lengths.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Alexander, Eugene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press.
Patent for a new and improved cotton press. This design "consists of a horizontal press with reciprocating follower, worked by power, the press being arranged to receive the cotton from a chute descending from the floor above the press, the said press and the driving mechanism being constructed and arranged . . . specifically" (lines 7-13).
Date:
January 22, 1884
Creator:
Allen, John Chapman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mortising Machine.
Patent for a new mortising-machine attachment for lathes or boring mills, designed to securely attach a bracket, hollow chisel, and boring bit to the machine, allowing for adjustable positioning to match the machine's work support.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Andrews, Alluwee C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Ship.
Patent for air ship design lifted by balloon with vertical adjustable sails. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Appling, Marby P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Setting Machine
Patent for a tire setting machine. This invention is designed for setting tires that are cold. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Baker, Charles Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a simple and durable lifting jack for wagons that is easily operated and does not move the hoisting lever in the post.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Ball, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank
Patent for a crank to provide a starter for an internal combustion engine. If the engine backfires, this crank will ensure that the operator will not be injured.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Bates, Samuel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for improvements to car-coupling using a vertically-moving pin for locking the cars together.
Date:
November 14, 1882
Creator:
Blackley, George I.; Nicholson, John I.; Holloman, Harvey A.; Reedy, Thomas C. & Beezley, Anderson J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon and Lime Squeezer
Patent for an improved lemon and lime squeezer that can divide the lemon and lime into two halves and squeeze the halves in succession, or one half be left un-squeezed.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Bolton, Jack R.; Williams, John D. & Struve, Felix L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists, "with the sliding latch provided with a handle, of a pivoted stop having a portion to engage said handle and a cam portion at its pivot end and an elongated hole in which the pivot works" (lines 18-22).
Date:
July 5, 1892
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Truck.
Patent for a churn truck. It allows for "receiving churns in order," can be "moved to various places" as needed, and "the truck being provided with means for facilitating pushing or pulling thereof" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Buie, Sula
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener
Patent for invented certain new and useful improvement in Wire-Tightener invention relates to an improvement in and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set here in after and particularly pointed out in the claim.
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Bulter, Constant, B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboard.
Patent for a washboard, with improvements to the conventional washboard such as "having a scrubbing surface formed of transversely arranged, longitudinally twisted wires, which (...) have their ends cleated to the board which prevent displacement" (lines 15-19), including illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Butler James. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a combined cotton and corn planter by having two wheel guards and graduators, one feed-wheel is mounted fixedly on the shaft, the other is removable; so that it can be easily converted from planting corn or cotton-seed, and vice versa, and regulating the planting of either. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Planter.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator and planter. This design consists in "the combination of the box having the slot and the three apertures in the side of the slot . . . the reciprocating seed-slide, and the sliding and adjustable plate . . . having the slot near its end and engaging with the free leg of the staple" (lines 100-110).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which "the condensing and bat-forming devices will condense and press the lint-cotton so close that the spring of the cotton is broken, thereby avoiding the necessity of providing additional compressing-rollers intermediate the condenser and the press-box. A further object of my invention is to arrange a condenser in such a manner as to save room in the gin-house and to provide means for carrying off the dust and air made by the gin and condenser to the outside of the building" (lines 12-24).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt-Stretcher
Patent for an improvement in belt stretchers that are cheaper to make and easier to operate.
Date:
May 22, 1920
Creator:
Cherry, Warren L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Badge.
Patent for a badge that is to be pinned or worn upon the coat or other garment with the representation of the human eye that is capable of being winked or moved. The bade is to be used for advertising, humor or salutations, included illustration.
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Connor, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-scraper. This design "is to produce a cotton-scraper of economical construction that will cut a wider furrow with lighter draft, do the work more perfectly, and at the same time be more easily held to the row than the scrapers in the present general use" (lines 11-16).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Cooper, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace.
Patent for a "furnace adapted especially for use outdoors for heating a wash pot or kettle" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Cornelius, Samuel S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Cox, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle-yoke that is economical to make and easy to take on and off of the cow.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Dean, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rule Gage.
Patent for a new and improved rule-gage. This design "relates to improvements in gages for carpenter's rules; and it consists of a gage formed of sheet metal adapted to be detachably applied to an ordinary two-foot rule to convert it instantly into a gage-rule" (lines 7-11).
Date:
May 27, 1890
Creator:
Dickins, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History