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Agricultural Implement dated September 17, 1918
Patent for agricultural implement used for tilling the soil so as to prepare the land for planting. It is used to reduce clods, loosens, and levels the soil.
Date:
191X
Creator:
Powell, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carton.
Patent for a carton used to carry bottles or other fragile containers in a manner that prevents spillage, breakage, or other type of damage to befall the bottles and their contents, includes illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1919
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism.
Patent for an affordable and easily operable mechanical train stopper designed to be installed directly on a locomotive.
Date:
August 10, 1920
Creator:
Evans, Alva A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carton
Patent for improvements made to a carton such as an inclusion of a wrapper and retaining strip to protect and hold valuable objects such as glass along with various other improvements to the overall construction of the carton.
Date:
December 6, 1918
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prescription-Filing Machine.
Patent for a prescription-filing machine that allows for more accurate sorting of medical prescriptions.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.
Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
Shipp, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for a portable device that can be hung on a door knob and sound an alarm when the knob is turned, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Dick, Archie P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collapsible Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for improvements in collapsible wagon-bodies that will require less labor to use.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Brown, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Rest for School Desks
Patent for foot rest that will elevate the feet of a studying student while they are at the desk.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Pratt, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement
Patent for device that spreads the links that lead from a spring foot cultivators to the tilling shoes.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Grayson, Wilbur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Chair.
Patent for a new rail-joint chair used in the connection between rails to prevent rail movement, including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Williams, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carton.
Patent for cartons, specifically cartons belonging to "the class of collapsible safety wrappers for bottles or other fragile articles." (lines 9-10).
Date:
August 30, 1916
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tombstone-Mold
Patent for a "new and useful Tombstone-Mold" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Top Support
Patent for a buggy top support. Illustration included.
Date:
January 10, 1905
Creator:
Mason, Everett H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for an air-brake coupling for railroad cars which connects cars automatically and can be fully controlled by the train engineer in the engine.
Date:
July 23, 1907
Creator:
McMillan, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm.
Patent for an alarm designed to attach to windows or entryways and sound to alert residents of a burglary attempt, with illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1906
Creator:
Hobbs, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Cistern-Cleaners
Patent for a closing mechanism for cistern and well cleaners. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Moore, Gervias T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Jack
Patent for a carpenter's jack specifically designed for "carpenters or workmen in laying flooring, putting up siding, or any similar operations" (lines 9-11).
Date:
October 24, 1905
Creator:
McCulley, Perry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling
Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support.
Patent for buggy-top support by providing a device that can “secure the folding top of any vehicle and will protect the bows from strain and breakage, when in lowered position and will also prevent all rattling of and shocks of the folding top.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Mason, Everett H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chuck.
Patent for a chuck used with a jewelers lathe to hold watch crystals in place while cutting them down to size.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Bruton, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap that requires the animal to fully enter the jaws of the trap to reach the bait and that reliably springs the trap upon the entrance of an animal but not when refilling the bait in the trap.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Dubois, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Coffman, Seburn E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle -Spindle
Patent for Spindles of light vehicles
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Thompson, Travis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History