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Stump-Puller.
Patent for a stump puller consisting of a "frame adapted to be secured to the rear end of a wagon" (lines 15-16) with a drum mounted on the frame. The drum is secured by one end of a cable, the other end of the cable "adapted to be secured to a stump, a ratchet-wheel, pawl, and lever adapted to operate said drum" (lines 18-20).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Hawkins, Fletcher M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Heater.
Patent for an oil heater, which has a oil reserve and burner in the bottom and flues in the top through which the heat radiates.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Ray, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mulsher.
Patent for a tool to help with farming. It cuts weeds below the surface of the ground and throws the soil towards the row of crops. This tool should help with crop growth.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Sikes, Jonas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine with altered construction for quick removal and insertion of clothing, while still working safely and quickly with a variety of fabrics. It uses a rotary table and a pounder.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Lawrence, James M.
System:
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Tire Setting Machine
Patent for a tire setting machine. This invention is designed for setting tires that are cold. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Baker, Charles Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box-Transmission System
Patent for improvements in mail box transmission systems. The invention aims to facilitate the retrieval of the mail through a cable transmission system in rural communities.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
McGee, John
System:
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Trace Fastener
Patent for trace fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Simonds, John W.
System:
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Mail Crane
Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed for the delivering sacks of mail to passing trains. Illustration included.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Hagmann, Charles C. & Fitzpatrick, Jacob C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to mold-boards for plows; and it has for its object to provide a combined wooden and metallic mold-board which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-14).
Date:
May 24, 1892
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C.
System:
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Triple Valve For Air-Brakes
Allows the "auxiliary reservoir to be recharged without releasing the brakes" (lines 11-13) improving the triple valve in air-brake systems.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Robinson, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holding Implement.
Patent for a holding device specifically for hoe tools while being sharpened.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Stoke, Josiah W.
System:
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Stump-Extractor.
Patent for improvements in stump-extractor by utilize the hoisting or power machine to perform extraction on stump or for other weights. (Lines 12-14) This machine will be portable for “easily moved from point to point, and comprising means for the development of great power with a minimum exertion on the part of the animal or animals used to operate the machine and also within a comparatively small compass.” (Lines 20-25) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Redman, Charley R.
System:
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Sulky-Plow.
Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for an automatic page turner for an organ or piano. The pages can be turned right or left, and the mechanism is operated using foot pressure.
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Stinson, James C.
System:
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Uterine-Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved pessary, or uterine supporter. This design "provides an easy and flexible support . . . and one that will adapt itself to the flexions of the body . . . and one that can be readily removed" (lines 36-40).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Long, Cornelius Pruett
System:
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Hay Or Cotton Press
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Hay or Cotton Presses" (lines 4-6), including illustrations.
Date:
November 12, 1901
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for a simple and effective hay-press that consists of a plunger, a spring actuated toggle lever that is connected to the plunger, a toothed segment on the lever, a draft attachment with a toothed section that lines up with the toothed segment on the lever, a tongue, a disk connected to the tongue, a cross bar on the frame, plates attached to the cross bar, a pitman, a brake, and a mechanism that throws the brake into action.
Date:
October 24, 1893
Creator:
Wilson, Albert G.
System:
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Hay or Cotton Press
Patent for a hay or cotton press. "The invention consists, broadly stated, in a press mounted on wheels, adapting it to be hauled along a windrow in position to receive hay picked up with a fork by a man walking on the windrow side of the press." (lines 10-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
System:
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Glass Holding Attachment for Bottles
Patent for a device that holds a glass while hanging from a bottle. Illustration included.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Hopkins, William King
System:
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Hoof Trimmer
Patent for a hoof trimmer. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Polk, Neal R.
System:
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Grain Register.
Patent for a new and improved grain register. This design "is to furnish registers for recording the quantity of grain measured and sacked, and which shall be simple in construction and accurate in operation" (lines 12-15).
Date:
September 28, 1880
Creator:
Richardson, William Blewford
System:
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Sorghum Boiler and Evaporator.
Patent for a new and improved boiler and evaporator for sorghum. This design consists in "[an] evaporating pan having the partition walls, the elbow-tubes pivoted in the lower edge of said partitions, and capable of being turned parallel to the bottom of said pan at any angle or perpendicular thereto, [a] copper coil laid in a serpentine groove, made in the bottom of said pan, one end passing through one end of said pan and connecting with a steam generator, and having a valve to regulate the flow of steam, the other end of said coil passing through the other end of said pan" (lines 83-94).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Wynn, John Clinton
System:
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Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes.
Patent for a new and useful feed valve "for compensating the loss by leakage of fluid in leaky train pipes in fluid-pressure brake systems" (line 8 - 10).
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Tipton, Commodore P. & Tipton, David B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush
Patent for a brush for cleaning fountains. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Peeler, William L.
System:
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