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Post Hole Digger
Patent for post hole digger with a simple construction which can be manufactured at a comparatively smaller cost.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Day, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Bolt Holder.
Patent for a cloth bolt holder, which attaches to a counter and allows for easy rolling and unrolling of the bolt.
Date:
June 1, 1909
Creator:
Flemister, Ernest T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Lockett, Wyatt W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
System:
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Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin that is durable and strong.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Kennedy, William H.
System:
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Thill-Support
Patent for a thill support designed to support the thill "without having the weight thrown upon the circle or fifth wheel" (lines 14-15), and may be adjusted to a variety of vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1909
Creator:
Story, Sam H
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow and Sweep Holder
Patent for a holder for plows and sweeps. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1909
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reel
Patent for a reel for barbed wires. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Kennedy, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributor.
Patent for a fertilizer distributor, which has a rocking hopper to distribute the fertilizer from.
Date:
March 19, 1912
Creator:
Pate, Grover C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment
Patent for a harness attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
Bass, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter.
Patent for a potato cutter, which cuts potatoes into uniform slices for planting.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Wise, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Walker, Charlie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing.
Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that holds and feeds rolls of paper through typewriters. It is inexpensive and fits on several types of typewriters.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holder.
Patent for "a holder for any class of tools, but being especially adapted for hatchets, garden-tools, and tools of like character." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Richardson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of two side-bars, the rear portion of each of which is folded back upon itself, forming a standard, a shorter standard, a handle the front end of which and the end of the double portion are secured to the said bar by means of a single bolt, and the downturned end of one-half of the adjusting device and a brace for said handle being secured by a single bolt at another place" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Putman, John Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Plow
Patent for Steam-Plow. "The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved steam-plow, which is simple in construction, has great tractive force, can-not slip, and plows very rapidly and perfectly." (lines 7-10)
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Lay, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor
Patent for a "new and improved propeller for boats which is simple in construction, prevents a loss of power, and is thus very economical." (lines 8-10). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1886
Creator:
Lay, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing.
Patent for improvements in roller bearing for vehicles.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Derrick.
Patent for improvements to derricks which make them portable and easily manipulated. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, George Murray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser.
Patent for a new and improved cotton condenser. This design involves "[t]he lint pass[ing] from the gin through the flue and between the condensing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust from the lint through the wire-cloth of the cylinders and out through the openings in the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder will move vertically in its bearings . . . and thus adjust itself to any quantity of lint that may pass from the gin" (lines 46-55).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Sewell, Franklin Milner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History