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Converter and Smelter.
Patent for an improved converter and smelter mechanism that processes crushed ore, including illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1919
Creator:
Miller, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting-Machine.
Patent for a machine that folds or plaits cloth in the desired style.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Odle, Ophelia.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock-Drill
Patent for a rock drill design for quick drilling.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Alford, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle.
Patent for a hammer handle with an inner reinforcing plate which is strong and slightly flexible, so as to "be practically unbreakable" (lines 25-26) and "afford the necessary yielding action or spring to avoid jarring the hands of the operator while in use" (lines 26-29). Application of the design principle to other similar tools, such as "hatchets, axes, shovels, spades, hoes, etc." (lines 22-23), is also suggested.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Johnson, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Razor
Patent for rotary razors that includes a rotating blade that approaches and passes over the skin to avoid cuts or scrapes. The blade on the razor is tilted too far out to cause cuts and scrapes, yet it provides a sufficient shave.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Jones, Sidney P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Bed and Rail-Support.
Patent for increased construction and durability of railway beds and their supports. The new design allows for rail supports to be removed and replaced without disrupting the road bed portion.
Date:
August 24, 1920
Creator:
Usher, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improving railway rail joints "without the use of fish plates or clamping bolts" (lines 12-13) and for quick and secure assembly "by any person without previous skill or knowledge" (lines 24-25).
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Fenske, Paul J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose Coupling
Patent is for improved efficiency pipe couplers on railway cars.
Date:
August 2, 1916
Creator:
Krueger, F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a "cotton chopper attachments for cultivators and seeks to simplify the construction, reduce the cost of manufacture, and increase the efficiency os such attachments" (lines 9-13) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Jones, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sifter
Patent for a flour sifter with a double sieve and agitator that can be operated simultaneously. Both sieves are detachable for cleaning.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Green, Shirley M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cake Cloth Remover and Truck Loader.
Patent for a cake cloth remover and truck loader which can mechanically remove the press cloth from cotton and linseed cakes and deliver the cakes for loading on a truck.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Lowry, Walter Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, where the hoes rotate in an elliptical shape rather than a circle.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Gibson, Rupert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
GATE
Patent for a Gate. "My invention is an improved gate adapted for use as a farm-gate and for other uses." (lines 11-12) and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
BRUCE, ROBERT A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton pressing and baling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
White, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Display and Advertising Device
Patent for Window Display and Advertising Device including platform with rotating parts, including illusrations.
Date:
August 21, 1900
Creator:
Moorefield, Armistead Younger
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jar.
Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Barr, George T., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Propulsion Means.
Patent for a new and improved pneumatic propulsion means, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Apparatus
Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Anderson, William E.; Dyer, Frank L. & Workum, Julius F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Operating Device
Patent for gate operating device. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Lyle, John Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Scraper
Patent for a foot scraper. Illustration included.
Date:
August 7, 1906
Creator:
Lancster, Fennimore Cooper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post Extractor.
Patent for a fence-post extractor that is used by placing the extractor alongside the fence-post and extracting it in a vertical line including illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1900
Creator:
Morgenthaler, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Bond.
Patent for improved track circuit rail joints designed to withstand heavy usage and convey electrical currents between rails, including illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Talley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Saddle-Pad.
Design patent for a saddle-pad with longitudinal rows of scalloped ribs.
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Padgitt, Tom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator, which reduces the risk of breaking the cultivator when obstructions are met in the soil.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Lancaster, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History