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Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved self-setting trap that can capture and kill animals while preventing them from reaching the bait.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Sheridan, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
February 28, 1905
Creator:
Gribble, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for effective removal of cotton plants in an alternating pattern with a standard chopping depth, distance, and speed, with illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Antoni, Ernst J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
Patent for improving fire-escapes and provides a portable instrument that "may be used for letting persons directly down from buildings, or for carrying them from the upper stories of buildings to others buildings at a distance" (lines 9-12).
Date:
August 28, 1877
Creator:
Staples, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers
Patent for improvement for cotton-choppers. Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1879
Creator:
Sauls, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressure Device.
Patent for a new and improved compacter. This design "has relation to portable pressure-devices for use in casks, boxes, barrels, or other receptacles; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pointed dogs and cam-levers pivoted together, and in the combination therewith of a pivot-bolt having its nut secured by means of a locking-key" (lines 20-27).
Date:
August 28, 1883
Creator:
Moore, William Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner
Patent for a multi-use burner for household usage.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Lucus, Eppe M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Wheel
Patent for a trolley wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 28, 1908
Creator:
Neighbour, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Folding Poultry-Coop
Patent for "an improvement in portable folding poultry-coops, and more particularly to a'coop or crate used in the transportation of fowls to market by rail or boat" (lines 8-11)
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Yoakum, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a washing machine that uses jets of boiling water and steam to clean clothes.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Dickey, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freezer
Patent for a portable freezer designed to freeze cream and milk. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Milburn, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Engine Starter
Patent for a new type of automobile starter, able to replace the hand crank. This device will be able to start the automobile without having to turn a crank, It will attach to the crank shaft of the engine and make it much easier to start the automobile.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrode-Holder
Patent for "an electrode holder for the head lights of steam locomotives, interurban cars and analogous vehicles" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Pratt, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reciprocating Churn.
Patent for a new and improved reciprocating churn. This design "consists in a perforated open-ended flangeless shell, adapted for application to the common vertical dash-churn, and having at its sides vertical tubes or pipes extending through the cover or lid for the reception of hot or cold water, which thus modifies the temperature of the cream as required without mixing therewith" (lines 8-15).
Date:
February 28, 1882
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pedal-Operating Device for Pianos.
Patent for a device attaching to piano pedals "adapted for the use of children in order that they may operate the piano pedals while playing" (lines 11-13) that may be easily removed when not in use. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Knight, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight Attachment
Patent for headlight attachments designed to display "numbers and other signals in front of locomotive headlights" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
May 28, 1907
Creator:
McElvaney, Charles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railway-Gates.
Patent for "automatically operating slide-gates which are operated by pressure on treadles, and are suitable for use either as farm-gates or railroad-gates." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
McCaffrey, James M. & Larkin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History