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Insect Exterminator
Patent for an insect exterminator to deal with cotton weevils. Illustration included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Hanus, Joseph & Tucker, William Andrewton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Clocks or Watches
Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table
Patent for an ironing table. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Love, Willilam C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Collecting Machine.
Patent for a machine to collect insects such as cotton-bool weevils and other pests from crops.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charley L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 17, 1905
Creator:
Nelson, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator
Patent for an insect exterminator that removes insects from plants and then sprays a solution. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 4, 1906
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L. & Logan, Malcolm H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Or Switchboard Plug
Patent for a telephone or switchboard plug. "This invention relates to improvements in connecting plugs adapted to be used with spring jacks of telephone switchboards" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 27, 1906
Creator:
Dozier, Alva Battie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler that is economic, simple, and efficient in cooling space.
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Burmingham, Daniel Wilson Munroe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support.
Patent for improvements to tongue supports. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tongue-supports and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be connected with the ends of a doubletree and with the front axle and capable of supporting the front portion of the tongue or pole in an elevated position to relieve the neck of the draft- animals of the weight of the same" (lines 10-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Brewer, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment For Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn and cotton planting attachments for cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Weddle, John Crit
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Musical Instrument.
Patent for a new plucked string instrument "having a peculiarly sweet tone and which may be easily played" (lines 16-17), including illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1906
Creator:
Williams, Amanda A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Alten, George P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a new invention to improve tire-tighteners."Provides a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device capable of firmly engaging a felly and a spoke and adapted to be readily adjusted to tighten a tire" (lines 12-15) and includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Ferriott, Charley L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for gate-latches in which the gate will close automatically and may be opened by releasing the latch by hand or by the manipulation of the gate. (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
McRae, Daniel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolf E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard or Fender for Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for a fender for automobile wheels, which keeps glass from puncturing the tire.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Roberts, James Orman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer.
Patent for improvement in gin-saw filer in “which the saws may be sharpened without removing them or any other operative part from the gin and wherein the files in sharpening one tooth automatically operate to impart a partial rotation to the saw to bring the next saw-tooth in position to be filed.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Reynolds, Richard J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes
Patent for an invention to equalize the distribution of cotton into cotton boxes. The invention uses air-draft elevators in-order to relieve jams and chocked conditions in the elevator-shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Stephenson, Miner Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a press for hay, straw, and similar. This device, intended for horse-powered bailing processes, is designed for cheap and efficient hay press for the bailing process.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Armstrong, James McRae
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie
Patent for a railway tie that may be cheaply made from sheet or cast metal. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Brister, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder.
Patent for a device that holds reins at the front of a carriage.
Date:
October 8, 1901
Creator:
Palm, George William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overalls
Patent for overalls. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Melasky, Seth A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint that is made in sections that can be easily assembled on site and that locks in place better due to the addition of metal lugs that push against plates in the rails.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Stephens, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History