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Boll Weevil Catcher.
Patent for an insect-catching device with collection receptacles that operates on skids for better maneuverability in fields.
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grass Destroyer
Patent for mechanical grass destroying equipment. This machine produces the results of harrowers, diggers and plows to destroy unwanted plants such as Bermuda and Jackson grass by "sifting the earth off their roots and dropping it back on the ground, and collecting the tops and the roots." (lines 15-17).
Date:
March 2, 1920
Creator:
Coker, Alvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rocker Attachment
Patent for the rocker attachment. This invention relates to furniture and has special reference to a rocking chair provided with a resilient cushion for the rockers. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Fitz, Will & Fitz, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BRIDLE-BIT
Patent for an improved bridle bit for veterinary services, including illustrations.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Mateer, Wilbur N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Clamp.
Patent for a wire clamp.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Peckenpaugh, John Ervin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for a signal that is put on a fishing pole that helps see if a fisher has a bite at night.
Date:
August 14, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lyda D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet-Clutch
Patent for a clutch design that enables the use of a single clutch in agricultural machine engines.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Smith, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sword and Pistol.
Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date:
September 4, 1917
Creator:
Wigiert, Joe J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toilet Article
Patent for a combination brush and comb with cover, designed with spring clutches to allow each article to hold in its desired position, including illustrations and instructions
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Wigiert, Stash
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separating Machine
Patent for separation of the foreign materials from the seed meats by means of an air blast directed against the materials as they fall by gravity from an inclined shaker or agitator, the lighter foreign matter being thereby separated from the heavier seed meats which continue their decent so a suitable conveyer of recptacle
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
Buckley, Andrew Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for railroad joint designed to reduce the shifting of the rails while being easy to construct.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Autry, Lemual Arlanda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Feed Regulator.
Patent for a new and useful boiler feed regulator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 20, 1898
Creator:
Mitchell, Charles Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin consisting of a single piece of bent wire.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Stewart, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for "an automatic weighing-machine possessing simplicity, accuracy, and capable of continuous and automatic operation" (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate.
Patent for a collapsible crate, which is easier to ship while collapsed and cheaper to make.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Ivey, Henry Curtis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Device for Acetylene-Gas Generators.
Patent for a carbide-feed device for Acetylene gas generators, which prevents moisture from getting into the carbide and causing it to stick to the walls of the feed tube.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Weaver, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. This clothing pin is made of wire and designed to be used for hanging clothes on a line. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Luster, Thomas A. & Stewart, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton
Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle.
Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.
Date:
August 5, 1902
Creator:
Holland, Willie Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for new weighing machine and hopper dispensing cotton-seed meal, including illustrations
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator which automatically regulates the feeding of carbide into the generator.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Kinard, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Word-Counter for Type-Writing Machines.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in word counters for type writing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 2, 1898
Creator:
Moseley, Marion S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Building Implement
Patent for a wire fence building implement. This implement is "adapted to take up slack in an unbroken fence-wire, draw together ends of a broken fence-wire, so as to permit said ends to be spliced together, cut off surplus wire, and pull staples from the fence-posts" (lines 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Hall, Ed Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Ginning Apparatus
Patent for improvement to a ginning point that provides support and holds points in position for cotton gin cylinder section.
Date:
July 28, 1903
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History