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Child's Bed.
Patent for a retractable crib and mattress attached to side of bedstead, folding underneath for storage when not in use. When fully extended, allows crib mattress and bedstead mattress to be in the same plane.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Myers, Daniel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
Date:
December 20, 1921
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Coating Composition.
Patent for a metal coating composition to form a protective coating on metals and steel to prevent rust and corrosion.
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Ethridge, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant
Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that improves the type of plow employing "a moldboard and plowpoint or share bolted to a standard" (lines 9-11), with illustrations. This patent improves upon previous patents numbered 974,675 and 974,676 issued to the same inventor on November 1, 1910.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Kelly, Robert Marvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-wheel.
Patent for an enhanced spring-wheel featuring novel adjustments to the tread and assembly of side plates, includes illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Thomas, James Alfored
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweet Potato Curing House
Patent for useful improvements in sweet potato curing houses. The designs provides for a heated and ventilated structure to prevent the rotting of the sweet potatos.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Woods, Edgar Miles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter.
Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1916
Creator:
James Zedrick Elder
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device.
Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
McKay, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo
Patent for a air-and-liquid tight silo structure that "may be built up readily out of a plurality of relatively small stock units which may be handled easily" (line 11-13).
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Shoupe, Joseph Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance.
Patent for an improved window sash balance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1914
Creator:
Jones, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato Curing Apparatus.
Patent for a potato-curing apparatus that includes container that allows air to circulate around inside of it.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Wells, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep
Patent for cart attachment for cultivating cotton. Made to "scrap and cultivate the earth in close proximity to plants and roll the earth over upon the roots of plants." (17-22)
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Young, Jacob Clemmons
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Starr, William Burr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device and Antikicker.
Patent for a folding milking device that prevents a cow from kicking over the milk bucket, from kicking the milker, and from switching the milker's face with its tail, including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Clark, Laura A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate.
Patent for a collapsible crate for shipping berries.
Date:
October 8, 1907
Creator:
Lewis, Bennett Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes
Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 11, 1911
Creator:
Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow
Patent for a combined grubbing, subsoiling, and turning plow. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1905
Creator:
Toler, Henry Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate Or Coop
Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Sperling, Ellsworth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for a window sash with metal guides, which hold the window sash in place without the use of other holding devices.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Holbrook, Milo Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater
Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Allen, William Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Pocket.
Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Greenwald, Louis.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "means which will rigidly hold the point against independent movement toward the landslide of the plow" (lines 45-47).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Kelly, George Addison
System:
The Portal to Texas History