Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for an automatic pump for internal combustion engines. Illustration included.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.; Anderson, John C. & Rowe, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for improvements in construction of cotton baling-presses.
Date: August 29, 1882
Creator: Robburts, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster. (open access)

Caster.

Patent for a new and improved caster. This design consists in "the combination of a caster having an elongated stem provided with upper and lower annular supporting-shoulders, a poison-receptacle having a central opening in its bottom to receive the stem and provided with a central vertical tube having a top provided with an opening receiving the stem, said receptacle being supported by the lower shoulder, and a concavo-convex shield supported by the upper shoulder and arranged over the mouth of the receptacle and provided with a filling-orifice and having a pivoted cover" (lines 82-93).
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Gordon, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper. (open access)

Cotton-Tramper.

Patent for an improvement in the "apparatus for tramping and packing cotton" and "for automatically feeding cotton to a tramper at predetermined intervals." The invention is to be used in a two-story ginhouse alongside a condenser and press box.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Hopkins, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Shopper (open access)

Stalk-Shopper

Patent for "improved stalk-chopper for corn, cotton, or other stalks, where-in a reel or reels carrying longitudinal knives is supported and adjusted upon a frame which may be easily connected and disconnected from the running-gear of an ordinary wagon" (lines 14-20)
Date: August 17, 1888
Creator: Ferrel, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter and Mower. (open access)

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: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes (open access)

Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes

Patent for stock indicator for hat boxes. Illustration included.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Buie, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proportioning Weighing-Machine (open access)

Proportioning Weighing-Machine

Patent for a proportioning weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Cardwell, Robert M. & Tholen, John Ben.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projectile. (open access)

Projectile.

Patent for elongated, simple, and efficient projectile that enables it to remain on course including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Fender, Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer. (open access)

Fertilizer Distributer.

Patent for an improved fertilizer distributor to be attached to the farm wagon. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1886
Creator: Hurley, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Document-File. (open access)

Document-File.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive self-adjusting file mounted on a revoluble base allowing the operator to successively access the several sub-divisions including illustrations.
Date: August 20, 1889
Creator: Rich, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History