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Clothes Pounder
Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Repairing Apparatus.
Patent for a new, simple, and efficient axle repairing apparatus for "facilitating the repairing of worn axles without the removal of the wheels or the axles from the vehicle-body" (line 10 -12).
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Hammer, Willie Alice
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design "comprise[s] a frame and case having aligned baling-chambers at opposite ends, a follower having two head-blocks working one in each of the baling-chambers, a shaft journaled between the baling-chambers, and two ropes connected at one end to the shaft and at their other ends to the opposite head-blocks" (lines 46-53).
Date:
May 3, 1887
Creator:
Green, William Robert & Green, Newton Jasper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Apparatus
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which "the condensing and bat-forming devices will condense and press the lint-cotton so close that the spring of the cotton is broken, thereby avoiding the necessity of providing additional compressing-rollers intermediate the condenser and the press-box. A further object of my invention is to arrange a condenser in such a manner as to save room in the gin-house and to provide means for carrying off the dust and air made by the gin and condenser to the outside of the building" (lines 12-24).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 337, Chapter 204
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the designation of a segment of Interstate Highway 30 in Hunt County as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Freeway.
Date:
May 2009
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2018, Chapter 197
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in Hunt County.
Date:
May 23, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt-Stretcher
Patent for an improvement in belt stretchers that are cheaper to make and easier to operate.
Date:
May 22, 1920
Creator:
Cherry, Warren L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Body.
Patent for a vehicle body that the side and end panels of the body will be effectively braced in applied position, including illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Traylor, Ezra, A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inhaler and Respirator
Patent for a flame used inhaler and respirator. Illustration included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Swindell, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper Attachment.
Patent for rotating stalk-chopper attachment, including illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Nix, Spencer W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to mold-boards for plows; and it has for its object to provide a combined wooden and metallic mold-board which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-14).
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holding Implement.
Patent for a holding device specifically for hoe tools while being sharpened.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Stoke, Josiah W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Machine.
Patent for improvements on a riveting machine that includes a moveable anvil and a clenching hammer and also increases strength, durability, and efficiency of the machine.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Norris, Henry O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power Machines.
Patent for new and improved cog-wheel designed to improve horse-powered machines that are used in "flouring mills, and agricultural, and other machines" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Hooker, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rule Gage.
Patent for a new and improved rule-gage. This design "relates to improvements in gages for carpenter's rules; and it consists of a gage formed of sheet metal adapted to be detachably applied to an ordinary two-foot rule to convert it instantly into a gage-rule" (lines 7-11).
Date:
May 27, 1890
Creator:
Dickins, Sam
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pumps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Gardner, Felix G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Hammer.
Patent for a piano hammer, which has a strip of striking material that can be moved over to a new section when one section wears out, to increase the life of the hammer.
Date:
May 24, 1910
Creator:
Young, Henry E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Case for Tombstones.
Patent for a new and improved picture frame for tombstones. This design, "it will be seen . . . is cheap and strong, and will perfectly protect the picture or memento, and that when in place in the tombstone its outer surface will stand flush with the outer surface of the stone, and by securing the case or frame in the stone by means of the metal or cement cast around the case, it will be seen that the case cannot be removed from the stone without breaking the stone, so that there will be no danger of the memento or picture being meddled with or taken out of the picture or frame" (lines 78-89).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
Holloman, Harvey Allen & Green, William Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Gin Feeder
Patent for a cotton elevator and gin feeder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Sory, Benjamin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigating Apparatus.
Patent for a fumigating device that is designed to kill rodents using sulfur dioxid. The device is designed so that the sulfur dioxid can be aimed by the user.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Hawkins, Fletcher M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History