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Carpet Fastening
Patent for carpet fastening. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Voelkle, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin.
Patent for a new and improved clothespin. This design consists in "[a] wire clothes-pin composed of a pair of spring-coils connected by a loop, the free ends of the wire forming said spring-coils being extended in the direction of said loop and connected by a ring or link which affords a bearing for the said loop when the latter is inserted between the free ends of the wire" (lines 79-85).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Stewart, John Adkerson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water-Elevator.
Patent for new and improved compressed air water elevator to lift water from reservoirs.
Date:
January 27, 1880
Creator:
Keating, Thomas, B.; Clarke, Lafe. W. & Gelatt, Wallace W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Grayson County sheet
Map displays soil types along with towns, railroads, roads, creeks, rivers, and ferries. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Grayson County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Grayson County, Texas.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Bennett, Frank; Lounsbury, Clarence; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon); Sweet, A. T. & Wood, Percy O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Checking Attachment for Planters
Patent for a checking attachment for planters that is "easily adjusted to drop seed at various distances" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Sprowl, Wiliam L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench whose jaws can be adjusted quickly by pressing a handle on the wrench with the thumb.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Ferguson, Rufus Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body
Patent for "new and useful improvements in wagon-bodies, having for its object simplicity and durability," (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1887
Creator:
Folsome, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses.
Patent for a baling press "intended for compressing and re-pressing cotton for shipment" (para. 4), and is created using a "simple and efficient" (para. 2) design.
Date:
November 27, 1877
Creator:
Drake, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Solid-Rim Wood Column.
Patent for a new construction for wooden columns that were previously produced by joining strips of wood together.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Robinson, Lee A. & Bible, Hunley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skiving Machine
Patent for a skiving device. This invention is adapted to skive leather straps with intent for use as harness and belting. Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Emerson, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater.
Patent for a heater adapted for use in an internal combustion engine for the purpose of assisting the vehicle to start in cold weather.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Pirtle, Claiborne Clinton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Pipe Cutter
Patent for improvements to a ratchet pipe cutter, which includes an adjustment system to allow for pipes to "approximately quickly adjusted to different sizes of pipe and subsequently automatically moved toward the cutting roller"(lines 11-13).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Hestand, Rue S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail and Nut-Lock for Fish-Plate Bolts.
Patent for a railway rail and nut lock for fish plate bolts for use in building railroad tracks.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Finley, Alfred P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dress - Supporter.
Patent for new and useful improvement in dress-supporters for the purpose of providing "simple and effective means for removing the weight of a dress-skirt" (lines 9-11) from the hips and shoulders of the wearer, including illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Caruthers, Martha J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker
Patent for a cotton picker. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 27, 1904
Creator:
Shreeves, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "relates to the shearing device of a cotton-stalk cutter; and it consists in a novel construction of the share or blade, which is made to lie comparatively flat on the ground and to sever the stalk with a hand-shear cut" (lines 7-11).
Date:
March 27, 1883
Creator:
Stone, James Micajah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History