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Self-Cleaning Harrow and Cultivator.
Patent for a harrow and cultivator "which is self-cleaning in that, by manipulation of certain mechanism embodied in the machine, the teeth or shovels are caused to rotate about axes, giving up any stalks, grass, or other fibrous matter which may cling to the teeth or shovels impeding the working of the soil" (lines 15-21).
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Miner, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a new and useful gate latch, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
Perkins, Oscar P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which does need bolts to fasten it together.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Perkins, Wallace P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for a window sash, which can have window panes installed in it without the use of putty.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Perkins, Wallace P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter
Patent for a benefit and specification of the garment supporters.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Powell, Levi D. & Powell, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle
Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Price, George T. & Knight, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Baling Cotton.
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which, it would provide a mechanism for baling the fiber in packages, for the ease of transporting and handling; and to prevent the loss of cotton or fiber in transporting from the gin to the baling-press. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a cotton cleaner that provides "certain improvements in machines for cleaning lint cotton, and especially to provide a machine of this character which is intended to be arranged in the common lint flue, so as to occupy a position between the ordinary condenser in the lint room, and the nearest gin thereto" (lines 9-16). The cotton is thoroughly cleaned after leaving the gin, so that motes, stems, sticks, dry leaves, sand, &c. will be separated from the cotton.
Date:
October 3, 1893
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a cotton-cleaner that has the flue leading from the gin to the condenser. It is an improvement previously granted to the inventor (No. 506,134), where "dust-laden air will be effectually prevented from passing through the cleaning drum of the cleaner and mingling again with the cleaned cotton which is fed to the condenser" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Place.
Patent for a new and improved fire place. This design "simplif[ies] the construction of . . . that class of fire-places provided with an air-space around its back, sides, and under its hearth, whereby the air in said space is heated and used for ventilating a room . . . thus enabling them to be manufactured at a greatly reduced cost and set up for use without the necessity of building an arch in the wall of a room to receive the fire-place" (lines 17-26).
Date:
June 12, 1883
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Fan or Brush.
Patent for a new and improved fly fan or brush. This design consists "[i]n an automatic fly fan or brush, a suitable hollow post terminating at its upper end in a casing, a crank-shaft and conical pulley located therein, and gearing connecting the crank-shaft with the pulley-shaft, in combination with a cord connected to the pulley and to a rubber band or cord passing around a pulley at the base of the post, said rubber cord or band at one end being connected thereto, a pitman-rod connecting the crank-shaft with the arm carrying the fan or brush" (lines 84-94).
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Folding and Compressing Cotton Batting.
Patent for a new and improved cotton folder and compressor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a table provided with a series of transverse rolls of the same size, a reciprocating carriage mounted on the rolls, and a pair of super-imposed feeding-rolls arranged in line with the carriage, of a base arranged at the end of the table and provided with two opposite pairs of standards, the pair nearest the end of the table having vertically-opposite rolls, and the other pair of standards having a single roll, and a series of transverse feeding-rolls mounted on the base" (lines 46-57).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Baling Cotton.
Patent for a new and improved method of baling cotton. This design "is to gin, condense, and bale the cotton in one continuous operation and to so effectually reduce the size of the resulting bale of cotton in this first, original, initial process as to make it of suitable dimensions and density for market or transportation by rail or sea to final destination" (lines 13-19). It consists "in compressing the same in the form of a continuous sheet, lapping said sheet before it has time to expand in the form of a bale, and subsequently applying pressure to expel the air from between the layers" (lines 29-33).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Compressing and Baling Cotton Batting.
Patent for a new and improved method of baling cotton. This design "consist[s] in, first, folding the cotton in successive layers and slightly compressing the same at their folds; second, severing the web at intervals into sections; third, subjecting the sections successively and independently to compression; fourth, piling the sections; fifth, subjecting the mass thus formed to final compression, and sixth, binding or baling the same while under such compression" (lines 90-100).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a padlock which "has for its object to provide a lock which cannot be picked and which shall be strong and simple in construction." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Rembert, Willie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf Turner.
Patent for a new and improved leaf-turner for sheet music. This design consists "of a rack having attached guides, the horizontally-slidable rods arranged in said guides, one above the other, the leaf-turning fingers carried by one end of said rods, the elastic cords connected with the other ends of said rods for retracting the fingers, devices for holding the rods against the tension of the cords, and a finger-piece for successively disengaging said holding devices" (lines 56-64).
Date:
July 6, 1886
Creator:
Richards, Augustus, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a new and improved lock. This design is "to provide a padlock having a two-part locking-bolt, each member thereof having separate and independent action and being operated by different means, each unlocking device being guided by a scale . . . [Also,] to so construct and organize the parts of a key padlock that the combination upon which it is operated may be readily and quickly changed, and to provide the key with a simple movable index which may be shifted to . . . indicate the proper point to which the key must be turned in order to successfully operate the lock" (lines 13-29).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Richards, Augustus, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stand and Rack for Exhibiting Goods.
Patent for a new and improved display rack and stand. This design "is to provide a novelty rack for displaying or exhibiting fancy goods, wearing-apparel, hats, bonnets, and other articles; and to such end the invention consists of a standard suitably supported by a base-piece, a collar or ring, and a series of arms sustained by the collar or ring, with their inner arms resting in frictional contact with the surface and the stand, the collar or ring being of such diameter as to stand at a distance from the standard to form a fulcrum or bearing for the arms at a short distance from their inner ends" (lines 8-19).
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Richards, Augustus, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving-Rein Guard.
Patent for a driving rein guard in order to hold the reins of a draft animal.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Sibley, Alexander B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Hook
Patent for a fish hook with additional hooks attached in order to ensure a caught fish remains on the hook.
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Strozier, John J. & Wilson, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills.
Patent for an improvement in grinding mills which purports to save time.
Date:
November 15, 1870
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for a new and valuable sawing-machine is combined and, "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the vibrating beam, vertically-sliding block, and flanged support," (pg. 3) e.g...including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Gate.
Patent for a gate that automatically opens when cattle are crossing and closes afterward, so that the track is unobstructed for trains. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M. & Strange, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn
Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Whiting, Louis Rossell
System:
The Portal to Texas History