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Baling-Press
Patent for improving the baling press in which a rectangular bale of hay is formed. Compared to the traditional press the lever movement is circular and continuous.
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
White, Edgar Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder
Patent for a new and useful improvements in clothes pounders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Schofield, Frank B. & Schofield, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
GATE
Patent for a Gate. "My invention is an improved gate adapted for use as a farm-gate and for other uses." (lines 11-12) and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
BRUCE, ROBERT A
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Gum
Patent for a bee hive which has multiple compartments which the bees can travel through and, when keeper wants to remove honey all the bees can be sent into one compartment to avoid the danger of being stung. It also has ventilation and rain protection.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Caperton, William Elson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arch-Bar for Cultivators
Patent for arch bar for cultivators that connects the respective cultivator rigs together.
Date:
January 27, 1903
Creator:
Sullins, Cale M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton pressing and baling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
White, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tabled, Copy, and Bill Holder.
Patent for a combined tablet, copy, and bill holder meant to hold "file-pins in their operative and inoperative positions, to provide simple and improved means whereby a tablet or bills may be covered when not in use or when carrying the device, to protect the same from dirt, &c. and, furthermore, to provide improved means for supporting the holder in position for transcribing" (lines 12-18).
Date:
November 26, 1895
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin Franklin & Willson, Frederick WIlliam
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Removing Cores from Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.
Patent for a "means for removing screw-threaded cores from cylindrical cotton-bales" (lines 12-14). It is made up of a wheeled-truck that is holding the bale, an apparatus that grips the end of the core, a way to revolve the grip, a driven shaft, and a universal joint that connects the shaft with the end of the core.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
White, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Dropper
Patent for corn or cotton dropper in which improvements are made on general efficiency, "simplicity, expensiveness, [and] durability" (lines 12-13).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Brown, William Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Replacer and Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved bale-band replacer and tightener. This design "provide[s] a simple and convenient device for replacing a broken bale-bind, for tightening the band around the bale, and for drawing the ends together, so as to provide the necessary slack for slipping the loop out of the tie when it is desired to remove a band" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 4, 1882
Creator:
Lenard, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Wagon-Brake.
Patent for a new wagon brake design which allows the break to be automatically set, with illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Elliot, Joseph Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coat-Adjuster.
Patent for a machine that holds a coat for a person and puts it on that person, thus avoiding the need to personally put on a coat. Pivoted arms hold on to the coat and clamps are connected to the arms which hold on to the coat.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Spoon, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Lane, Jefferson D. & James, Will S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner.
Patent for an improved mop and rubber holder meant to clean windows, walls, and similar surfaces. It is adjustable, and the operator can put the mop or the rubber on the end of the handle.
Date:
August 22, 1893
Creator:
Wiebush, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machinery for Irrigating Purposes
Patent for a machine that irrigates with a water wheel. The water wheel is connected to a float and a rod connected that is connected to a crank on the shaft of the wheel.
Date:
September 25, 1888
Creator:
Owen, Benajah Dotte
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Baade, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Separator and Distributer.
Patent for a simple and efficient cotton separator and distributor that elevates and moves cotton from a wagon into a gin. It has supply and suction pipes, an air-tight cotton distributing box with an opening on one side and a gravity drop door on the other, a mechanism that moves the box in and out of the line of suction of the pipes, and a group of circular distributing boxes that rotate between the pipes.
Date:
September 4, 1894
Creator:
Paine, Herbert A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer.
Patent for an atomizer meant to distribute liquids, powders, and vapors. Its parts can be easily changed so it can be used in different situations, for cleaning, and to make its use more efficient.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Rees, H. Clay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Recording Apparatus for Vehicles.
Patent for an improved automatic passenger register and mileage recorder for vehicles that travel on rails. It consists of a roller that is actives by a time motor, a strip that the roller moves, a pressure roller, a pair of rollers that a record sheet is wound between, a mechanism that controls movements of the pair of rollers, electromagnets that are connected to the seats, armature levers that mark the electromagnets current, a bell crank lever that marks the moving record sheet, and a spring that supports the lever.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Baade, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Desk and Copy-Holder.
Patent for a desk with an attached paper-holder that allows for easier transcription.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin Franklin & Willson, Frederick William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Copy-Holder and Tablet.
Patent for a combined copy-holder and tablet meant for record keeping. The invention's purposes are to "produce a convenient device designed to be employed ether upon the lap of the operator or upon a counter or other convenient support, and to maintain in position for writing a web of paper, thus requiring no holding of the same by the operator; to provide means for conveniently paying out said web of paper as the same is used or consumed; to provide for conveniently tearing the paper from the web into lengths convenient to the operator; to provide for a simple retention and support in a removable manner of the roll upon which the web is mounted; and finally for a support of the device in an inclined position convenient for transcribing notes therefrom" (lines 13-28).
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Stuart, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a combined stalk cutter and cultivating machine comprising a rotary stalk cutter and a gang of plows and it consists in the features of construction and novel combination of devices in a machine adapted for the various kinds of agricultural work" (lines 9-15).
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Snodgrass, George Melvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder for Thrashing-Machines
Patent for an attachment for thrashing-machines "for cutting the bands on the sheaves of wheat, rice, or other grain, to spread the loosened bundles out uniformly, and to then feed them thus spread out into the thrashing-machine, whereby the strain on the machine can be made more uniform" (lines 15-20) and the capacity and efficiency can be increased.
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Hill, Frank R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Railroad Cross Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-ties. This design "pertains to certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties, having for its object the production of a metallic tie extremely simple in construction, and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing is secured for said rail" (lines 14-20).
Date:
May 21, 1889
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History