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Building Construction
Patent for metal beams used in building construction that have perforated plates to allow the passage of concrete through the plate when the metal piece is embedded in concrete thus strengthening the attachment of the metal and the concrete.
Date:
May 14, 1907
Creator:
Keyser, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails
Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Johnson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper
Patent for a bottle stopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Hogan, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a bottle. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Sanders, Richard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Topper
Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date:
July 2, 1901
Creator:
Palm, Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter
Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Robinson, Charles William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for an attachment for cultivators for arranging blocks of cotton onto a stand. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Horner, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Dumping-Elevator
Patent for an automatic dumping elevator for supplies which can stop at different heights and dump the contents of the elevator.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for new qualities of nut-lock security, efficiency, and convenience, including illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1906
Creator:
Payne, Lewis.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane that uses centrifugal blowers to ensure a safe and practicable flight. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Judson, Fred I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner.
Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder
Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil
Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 24, 1912
Creator:
Kunkel, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Exhibitor.
Patent for a changeable exhibitor, which has horizontally and vertically moving rollers for displaying items.
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
Williams, Winfield B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Sadler, Arthur E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale
Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom-Rack.
Patent for a new and useful broom rack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1898
Creator:
Smith, Walter I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved car coupler, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 25, 1899
Creator:
Smith, Thomas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.
Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Darden, George Albion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Couplings
Patent for equipment to improve car-coupling to allow "automatically couple the cars, which can be readily uncoupled with-out going between the cars" (line 14-16).
Date:
February 19, 1901
Creator:
Lyons, Robert N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint
Patent for a rail joint designed without bolts. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Crawford, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Water Motor.
Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert Early
System:
The Portal to Texas History