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Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device
Patent for a cranking device. Illustration included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Christensen, Petter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead on rubber wheels which allows easy removal of the wheels to fit the bed through narrow doorways.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Blacknell, Elihu
System:
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Barrel-Stand.
Patent for improvments to barrel stands and related to the "object in view being to provide a simple, and convenient stand for holding barrels and casks and permitting the same to be readily turned with slight exertion from a vertical to a horizontal position and vice versa" (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1901
Creator:
McClary, Rufus E. & Gray, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal.
Patent for an apparatus for cooking cotton-seed meal meant to get the maximum amount of oil for the meal used and puts moisture into dry meal and evaporates excess moisture in meal. Meal is continuously supplied through the machine and water-bath. The steam does not burn or harm the meal.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dabney, Benjamin & Yopp, William I.
System:
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Animal-Stock.
Patent for an improved animal-stock that holds animals during branding, dehorning, castrating, &c. It looks like an open-topped cage where the operator puts the animal, and the animal cannot move. The invention is on a platform and can tip to one side and a chain is tied from the top of the machine to the bottom of the frame.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Schecher, Conrad
System:
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Chain-Tightening Tool
Patent for a tool for tightening automobile wheel chains that is "simple in construction and may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost" (lines 14-16).
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Ruthven, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating Oils
Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Almer McDuffie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide.
Patent for a compound to kill insects, formula and instruction on how to mix the ingredients are included. No illustration.
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Smith, Byrd
System:
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Well-Strainer.
Patent for a well straining plug that fits inside of a pipe.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
System:
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Well-Bailing Apparatus
Patent for specifications of Well Bailing Apparatus.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Carroll, Monroe W.
System:
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Wire-Spacing Attachment for Baling-Presses
Patent for a hay baling press attachment, which automatically spaces the wires and prevents them from becoming tangled between bales.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Grant, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a simple and efficient knee-pad "made of leather or other pliable material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the wearer" (lines 9-11). It prevents gravel, moisture, and other things from injuring the knee of the user.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dowling, Stonewall Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel
Patent for a vehicle wheel. Illustration included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Wylie, Alfred R. & Wright, James G.
System:
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Locking Device for Forms
Patent for a locking device for forms that will not crush the edges of circular forms.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Irvin, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inhaler
Patent for an inhaler. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
White, George W.
System:
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Injector-Burner
Patent for an injector burner which "consumes a mixture of oil and steam" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth Scrapers
Patent for improved earth scrapers, the class of which are " mounted on Wheel and provided with slatted carriers" (pg 1). This earth scraper has a novel system that allows the machine to be turned around and still used where other machines cannot do so (pg 1).
Date:
August 27, 1872
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in External Window, Door, and Shutter Sprinklers
Patent for improvement in external window, door, and shutter sprinklers. The sprinklers would be used to wet the wooden pieces in case of adjacent fire, and are designed to run down the side of the building instead of into the building, reducing water damage inside, with illustration.
Date:
August 27, 1878
Creator:
Bennison, John
System:
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Water Elevating and Discharge Apparatus.
Patent for an automatic water discharge apparatus for wells that can be used with the standard pulley and bucket setup.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Harper, William L. & Harper, John H.
System:
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Improved Ship-Viameter.
Patent for improvements in ship viameters.
Date:
August 27, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
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Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter for corn and cotton, which bends the stalks down and cuts them in that position and is capable of cutting two rows at once.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Lancaster, Benjamin C.
System:
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Stalk Cutter and Mower.
Patent for a new and improved stalk-cutter and mower. This design consists, "with the shaft, having pulley and means . . . to rotate the same, of the pivoted links, the reel having its shaft journaled in said links and provided with the longitudinal cutters and with the pulley, the endless belt connecting the said pulleys . . . and the lever connected to the reel to raise and lower the same" (lines 9-17).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Knox, Washington Irvin
System:
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Lamp Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved lamp attachment. This design "is to provide sewing-machine tables with lamp attachments applied in such manner as that the lamp will cast its light upon the presser-foot and needle from the back and will not obstruct the table or interfere with the work, and when not in use may be swung underneath the table out of the way" (lines 7-14).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Walker, Catharine S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History