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Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames
Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Buckhannon, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fly Fish Hook
Patent for an artificial fly fish hook. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Caldwell, Charley D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Holder.
Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Edwin Ruthven
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracket
Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Cockrum, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Jessie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus.
Patent for a cleaning and polishing apparatus for sand blasting various objects, such as furniture, which does not require an operator to be watching the operation.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Lister-plows
Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Mosely, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bird and Insect Catcher
Patent for a combined bird and insect catcher. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Martin, Charles H. & Ross, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for "a motor driven cultivator adapted to be attached to various types of cultivating devices to draw the latter over the ground to be cultivated". (lines 12-15)
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Hodges, Eugene C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for an more efficiently designed cotton chopper.
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Brown, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim.
Patent for improved demountable rims for automobiles that are easy to mount and detach as well as cheaper and easier to manufacture.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
McPherson, Arthur Edison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Four-Wheel Drive.
Patent for improvements in four-wheel driving, which uses a "novel flexible driving connection for the steering wheels." Citation: Hodges, Eugene C. Four-Wheel Drive., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Hodges, Eugene C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Explosive-Engines.
Patent for a governor for explosive engines for use in trains, which will increase the fuel efficiency of the engines.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Trough.
Patent for an improved and durable pig trough, one that stays clean and can be filled and eaten out of easily without wasting feed.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Neill, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Washer.
Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Calvert, Walter Riley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement for planting cotton seeds using a toothed wheel and hopper, including illustration.
Date:
April 27, 1858
Creator:
Donovan, I. T. & Fowler, W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for improvement in seed-planters that is able to plant different kinds of seed by simply adjust the position of the lower ends of the end-plates in the seed-box. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 27, 1869
Creator:
Haupt, W. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains.
Patent for improvement in spark-conductors for railroad trains by using a “horizontal flue in sections and use “other devices to engage and disengage the sections, where by to arrest and extinguish sparks and conduct the smoke, ashes, and cinders to the rear.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 27, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bench-Vises.
Patent for "a new and Improved Sliding-Carriage Vise for Carpenter's Bench" (lines 3-5) includign instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1875
Creator:
Rimbold, Pierre
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Rail-Lubricators
Patent for "a lubricating apparatus for use on street and other cars for lubricating the track when the car rounds a curve" (lines 8-11) including list of parts and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1910
Creator:
Freeman, Frank S. & Doke, Fred L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lace-Cabinet.
Patent for a lace cabinet which has many drawers with holders for spools of lace or ribbon and a slot in the front of the drawer, where the lace is pulled through to show what it is and allow easy dispensing of the product.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Thornton, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern. This design "has relation to that class of lamp in which the reflector is secured to the lamp, having an aperture in its upper portion for the passage of the chimney of the lamp, and in which the reflector may be adjusted to throw the light from the lamp in different directions without moving the lamp; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same" (lines 23-31).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Williams, Robert E. & Trammell, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Carrier or Container.
Patent for a mail carrier designed with a ratchet and clamp to hold mail securely while also allowing for quick extraction of the mail.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Blocker, Leck H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History