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Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows that will break and bed the soil at a single operation while it was customary for a plow to have to go over the soil at least twice in order to break the soil. This invention is also meant to conserve time and labor and cultivate the soil more thoroughly.
Date:
June 8, 1920
Creator:
Wendtland, William Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Easterling, Robert William; King, T. J. & Wood, S. V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway.
Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Lomb, George W. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for improvement of seed planter "adapted for the planting of various kinds of seeds" (lines 10-11) and addition of tilting movements, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1900
Creator:
Wendtland, Wilhelm & Wunderlich, W. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siding Gage
Patent for siding gage. This design is meant to be a cheap, durable, and convenient gage for use in siding.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Blohm, Ernest J. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Support.
Patent for new and useful improvements in stove pipe supports. To hold stove pipe in upright position and prevent it from accidentally becoming disarranged.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Leslie, Alexander C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan.
Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "consists mainly, first, in the combination with a swinging bar of metal or wood, or both, carrying the fans, of a balance-weight located at an angle to the line of the bar for the purpose of retarding its backward movement; and, second, in the combination, with a shaft and a hinge-connection uniting the fan-holder clamp to the shaft, of a removable pin by means of which the fan may be caused to move positively with the shaft or swing independently of it, as may be desired" (lines 12-22).
Date:
June 20, 1882
Creator:
Cohen, Moses.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved fan attachment. This design "consists of an attachment for rocking-chairs, cradles, &c., and having an oscillatory arm adapted to hold a fan" (lines 9-11).
Date:
January 2, 1883
Creator:
Cohen, Moses
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam-Actuating Damper-Regulator.
Patent for exhaust-steam-actuating damper-regulator, including instructions and illustrations. This invention improves oil burning equipment for locomotives by "operating the dampers of the air inlet box to automatically close the dampers when the locomotive is standing and to open the dampers when the locomotive is running." (lines 12-16).
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning Equipment for Locomotives.
Patent for improved oil burning equipment for locomotives including illustrations and specifications. Improvements are made in the construction of the fire box for full use of the oil fuel.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved harness buckle. This design calls for a central cross-bar, upon which the frame rests, with fold-able arms that form a loop beneath the side-bars with the assistance of metal pins (lines 57-62). This design eliminates the need for stitching the strap being buckled.
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Garrett, Charles William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grubber
Patent for a grubber. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
House, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributor
Patent for a device which destroys cotton worms "in which the cylinders [holding the poison] are adapted to be both vertically and laterally adjustable with respect to the height of the cotton and width of the rows" (lines 18-21).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Pressly, Thompson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock.
Patent for a strong and durable plow-stock that is "capable of receiving and operating in connection with any form of sweep, bull-tongue, or shovel plows, and [provides] means whereby the latter may be adjustably connected to the stock, and said stock readily adjusted, whereby the penetration of the plow may be increased or diminished in accordance with the character of plowing to be done" (lines 10-17).
Date:
October 18, 1892
Creator:
Koenig, Ernst
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Means
Patent for improved locking means for sliding doors.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Freeman, Richard J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Clamp.
Patent for a rail clamp that prevents rail spreading.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Korges, Emil H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a sealed bottle that cannot be refilled once the contents have been used, intended to prevent commercial fraud, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Matthews, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator attachment that adjusts the beams to various distances apart.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Kubenka, Otto E. & Janszen, August W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Device
Patent for removing cotton from the stem and placing into the machine. The machine will also remove further elements that are not part of the cotton, and then place the cotton into a basket.
Date:
March 20, 1914
Creator:
Beran, Rudolph F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Separator
Patent for a cotton seed separator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History