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Adjustable Trunk-Rack
Patent for a trunk-rack that is adjustable and sturdy. The trunk-rack design indicates that the rack has wheels and adjustable components to accommodate various sized pieces of luggage.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Wessinger, Lon Woodram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for improvements to certain components of agricultural machines, particularly the plow, planter, and stalk cutter attachments.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, O. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Charles Mack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Body.
Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Saxon, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal
Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, J. O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester.
Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Faucher, George E
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus Burner.
Patent for a cactus burner that burns spines off of cacti using a liquid fuel burner. Document explains the different parts of the cactus burner and why it is an improvement over current ones in use.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Ploch, Alex
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date:
April 15, 1884
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Gage and Recorder
Patent for a combined gage and recorder meant to measure the water used in steam generators.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Holland, J. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Food
Patent for "combustible compositions which, when ignited, produce a gas or gasses which have preservative and purifying effects upon various substances and surfaces or places exposed to the fumes. It is more especially designed, however, for preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, and other perishable articles." (lines 12-19).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Radam, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser
Patent for a condenser for cotton gins.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, Frank Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher
Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Buckreis, Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Bolt.
Patent for improvement in door bolts composing a device clamping a bolt to the bottom of the door.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Yarberry, Roland L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flat Iron Heater
Patent for "a receptacle insertible within a stove opening in which the irons to be heated are placed" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Martin, Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flower Pot Trellis
Patent for a flower pot trellis which is used "to be applied to flower-pots of various sizes to support plants or vines without interfering with their roots" (p.2).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart, of Galveston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit and Vegetable Washer
Patent for a fruit and vegetable washer that will also remove the skins on the fruits and vegetables.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Can.
Patent for a spring-loaded trash can operated by a foot pedal. The device is intended for use outside in public areas.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Jones, Arthur John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for improvements in swinging gates which “can be opened in either direction and capable of being operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Plaster, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Baler and Rake
Patent for a hay baler that can bale as fast as it can rake.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Symank, Johan H. & Kitzler, Rudolph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant
Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Duey, Otus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Distilling Turpentine.
Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for distilling turpentine to permit continuous distillation.
Date:
April 15, 1872
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Hinges.
Patent for an improvement in the design of gate-hinges, including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1873
Creator:
Stone, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History