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Combintion Tool
Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Burris, William S. & Harris, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Honey
Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Water Packer
Patent for improved casing water-packer used for Artesian wells.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Haas, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Agee, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved car-axle box. This design consists "[i]n an axle-box, the combination, with the box having the wedge-shaped projections and slots, of the cover having pins and wedge-shaped recesses formed between said pins and the top of the lid, whereby the gravity of the cover will wedge it to the box when the pins are without a bearing" (lines 52-58).
Date:
June 9, 1885
Creator:
Scott, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic air-brake for railway-cars.
Patent for an improved design of automatic air brakes for use in railway cars.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for bale ties that "have the securing members permanently connected" (lines 12-13) and do not have projecting ends that could damage cotton bales or other fibrous materials.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
McFarland, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring Tool.
Patent for a new boring tool used for digging post holes, shallow wells, and for like purposes. It has a pilot bit and a cutting disk that carries the loosened dirt from the bore to the surface.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Cotton Gin.
Patent for an improved boll-cotton gin which gathers the cotton bolls without crushing them or intermingling the product with impurities by separating the seed cotton from the bolls and hulls.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turnstile.
Patent for a new turnstile design for use in train cars, "especially adapted for use in so called " pay-as-you-enter " cars." (lines 11-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Lohrberg, Leopold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines
Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Wright, Ed W.
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
Latch
Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Variable Speed Mechanism
Patent for a variable speed mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Doebbeling, Almond J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tying Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for a tying mechanism for harvesters. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel
Patent for improved wheel system which provides traction over a variety of surfaces.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Shindler, Robert Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Circular-Saw Guides.
Patent for a new and improved arrangement of guides for circular saws. Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1868
Creator:
Milner, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.
Patent for an improvement on a previous patent application (Serial No. 552,724), of which Patterson was an assignee. The improved and simply designed machine has a variety of assets, the main goal being to produce bats of uniformly thick and clean cotton.
Date:
June 9, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank.
Patent for improvements in the support structure wooden or metal tanks (portable or permanent) though sets of internal support composed of uprights, diagonal brace-rods, transversely curved plates, and tension rods, with descriptions of the structure and illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas J., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. This invention has a basket for holding clothes contained within a tub with hot soapy water. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Hamilton, Walter Scott & Williams, James Rozier
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Rest for Pianos.
Patent for a music rest for pianos, which attaches to the piano case and can be adjusted to different heights.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail pouch
Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date:
June 9, 1900
Creator:
Tabler, Jasper Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester
Patent for a spark arrester. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Bender, Rudolf A. & Schomburg, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History