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Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Wright, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cameras.
Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Bretz, George W.; Lowry, Claud A.; Wood, Oscar O.; Wade, J. H.; Pirtle, P. R.; Jones, F. E. et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Body.
Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Saxon, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blade.
Patent for a new blade similar to "weed blades" (line 10) that can be "attached to a cultivator" (line 11) and includes an illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Kelly, John H. & Mershon, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Charles Mack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check for Draft Apparatus.
Patent for a check attachment for a draft apparatus that pulls rope from the apparatus to effect the draft on the object "which will automatically lock the pull rope against movement under the influence of tension of the apparatus when the force applied to the rope to the effect such tension is removed" (lines 20-24).
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Battey, Orlando F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire.
Patent for an antiskidding vehicle wheel tire that has tread structure which prevents slippage or skidding of the tires on wet or icy roads.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Dees, Mark A. & Dees, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffin
Patent for a lightweight and sturdy coffin made of two solid pieces of baked or burned clay which can be sealed with cement and secured further with nuts and bolts.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Arnold, Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Device.
Patent for an alarm device "to be used in connection with a boiler and operatively connected with the steam whistle, whereby when the water falls below a certain level in the boiler the mechanism will automatically operate to blow the whistle" (lines 11-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Priester, Joel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike Holder
Patent for an improvement in railroad spike holders to affordably reduce abrasion of the rail and to hold spikes into position, including illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1914
Creator:
Kelly, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocker
Patent for cotton blockers that prevent crops from becoming covered in soil during the harvesting process.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Fowler, Alonzo. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Bench.
Patent for a collapsible bench that improves the structure of general work benches by folding together when not being used.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Danyluk, Iwan.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal.
Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Squier, William Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells
Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester.
Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Faucher, George E
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Lock
Patent for an invention of a valve locking device by which the fuel supply pipe can be cut off and a valve which is inserted in the said pipe locked in the cut off position.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Melton, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet Harvestor
Patent for improvements and additional features in the mechanical frame of beet harvesting equipment.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Hannum, Philip L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal
Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, J. O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee and Teapot.
Patent for an improved coffee and teapot, in which the coffee or tea are boiled into the water and then strained out. Included instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1869
Creator:
Heiss, Gregor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery
Patent for an improvement on batteries. Meant to increase insulation and plate stability inside the battery.
Date:
May 15, 1918
Creator:
Pipkin, Maurice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Cotton Separator and Cleaner
Patent for a new boll-cotton separator and cleaner used for separating and cleaning boll, catch the cotton delivered to the separating chamber, remove cotton from catching means, etc.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Gage and Recorder
Patent for a combined gage and recorder meant to measure the water used in steam generators.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Holland, J. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History