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Knee-Pad
Patent for a knee pad, designed mainly for those who work in cotton fields. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Chambers, William Roleigh; Chambers, Solomon Roe & Chambers, Wade Hampton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement
Patent for the improvement in the manufacture of hydraulic cement with specifications for the manufacturing process and a description of usage.
Date:
June 25, 1878
Creator:
Dimelow, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Storing the Power of Wind-Engines.
Patent for a machine for storing the power of wind-engines with design specifications and a description of the process and implementation of usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Draw-Gages.
Patent for improving the manner in which leather straps may be cut and avoid slippage.
Date:
June 25, 1878
Creator:
Tays, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine.
Patent for improvements in vending machines for the purpose of vending liquids such as gasoline and oils.
Date:
June 25, 1916
Creator:
Noark, Henry & Duke, Samuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harness.
Patent for an economically designed harness that can be attached and detached to the animal with greater simplicity.
Date:
June 25, 1872
Creator:
Ellis, Ira
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub for Vehicle Wheels.
Patent for a new and improved wheel-hub. This design "has for its object the provision of a simple and effective separable hub composed of the fewest possible number of parts and capable of resisting strain in every direction. [The] hub is made with a central box for receiving the axle spindle, and having a central enlargement or collar on its outer side. The two body portions of the hub are set upon the box and fit up against the collar. They are provided on their opposing faces with lugs, which form the spoke-mortises, and are made plane and straight on one side, while the other side is inclined" (lines 17-30).
Date:
June 25, 1889
Creator:
Clark, Edward D. & Clark, Simmion C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Truing and Dressing Commutators.
Patent for a tool "for truing and dressing the commutators of dynamo motors... especially designed for truing and dressing the commutators of motors employed for propelling cars" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Frick, Claus Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for improvements in projectiles for use in smooth-bore guns of any caliber, the same being so grooved or rifled as to insure rapid rotation and great accuracy and range in flight. (Lines 8-11.) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Croom, Alvis F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvement in plows by first connecting a furrow-shoe to the moldboard, and second, by provide means for operating the plow-point to make a deep or shallow furrow and for raising and lowering covering-plows simultaneously when the plow is in operation. (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Morrison, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for "a shovel or point attachment for plow-stocks for operation in turf, stubble, or grubby or rocky soil deep or shallow, the attachment being particularly adapted for turning stalks, weeds, grass, and stubble" (lines 11-17).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Buster, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Plow.
Patent for motor-plows with a spring-actuated motor driving device. The motor-plow can be rewound for use by the hand of the operators without leaving the driver's seat. The motor-plows have a plurality of moldboards and provide an inexpensive motor eliminating the use of draft-animals.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Kucharski, Konstanty
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Finder.
Patent for a simple, durable, and easily constructed trolley guide that can be easily attached to an above or below ground trolley that is already in use.
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Fender
Patent for a grain fender to be used as an attachment to a grain table. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Dean, George A. & Hall, Samuel E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thimble.
Patent for an improved thimble that incorporates a thread-cutter tool.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Colburn, Sophia
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporative Cooler
Patent for an evaporative cooler. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Walkup, John A. & Walkup, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter, Volume 95, Number 4, June 1995
Newsletter focusing on pecan disease and pest control in Texas, including prevention, identification, treatment, and educational opportunities.
Date:
June 25, 1995
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Cage for Hoisting Coal, & c., from Mines.
Patent for improvements in self-dumping cage for hoisting coal or other minerals by first provide a simple and easily-controlled dumping mechanism which can be set at bottom of shaft; second, to secure a positive action of the dumping mechanism and reduce the shock and strain commonly incident to the operation of self-dumping cages; third, to provide a firmer and more easily operated dog for holding car on cage-platform. (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Burdic, Malvern W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Heel
Patent for a spring heel made to absorb shocks from walking and to provide overall support for the heel. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Luzzi, August F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plane Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to be affixed to a hand plane to guard the hand from splinters while in use.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Langford, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank Protector.
Patent for an invention to protect oil tanks against destruction from lightning by carrying escaped gas away from the oil tank's exterior, illustration included.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Cohen, Wolf
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow
Patent for a harrow designed to cultivate only one row of crops at a time. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Arnold, Jesse E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rapid-Transit Car
Patent for a rapid transit car that runs on cables in the air.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nesting and Brooding Box
Patent for a nesting and brooding box made to keep poultry safe from other animals and to be easily transported. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Bradford, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History