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Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for a cotton press that is constructed using fewer parts than other models. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1870
Creator:
Knowles, William Wadsworth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Razor
Patent for a safety razor.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Wrede, Albin C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vise and Saw Clamp
Patent for a vise and a saw clamp
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
King, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motion-Picture-Film Cleaner.
Patent for improvement in motion picture film cleaners which quickly and efficiently removes oil, dirt and grease from film that has been caused by the machines; includes illustrations.
Date:
September 4, 1917
Creator:
Noble, Marcos Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison Distributor for Growing Plants
Patent for a device that can be easily attached to a cultivator and delivers poison to both the roots and the top of a plant, protecting the plant from pests and disease, with illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Zedlitz, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace-Forming Die
Patent for a die for fashioning a furnace for cooking and ironing. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Williams, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Muehr, Frank & Frerich, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer
Patent fora dishwasher. The object of this invention is to furnish an improved means for washing dishes in such a manner that all foreign substances, greasy matters, and offensive odors may be readily and expeditiously removed and the dishes restored dry and clean by the operation of the machine without handling them.
Date:
January 14, 1891
Creator:
Hoppe, Frederick William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rug-Hanger.
Patent for the improvement of rug-hangers. The invention consists of multiple rollers that facilitate both the mounting and disengagement of rugs or other large flexible articles of merchandise from the hanger.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved saw gummer. This design "is to improve the action and prolong the usefulness of the bit and dies, and to prevent the clippings from interfering with the operation of the machine" (lines 26-29).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seat Lock For Wagons
Patent for a seat lock for wagons. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1904
Creator:
Moore, Leon P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a serrated device that prevents cattle from escaping.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Belto, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Remedies for Dropsy.
Patent for a medical compound to alleviate dropsy, consisting of grape-vine, spirits of niter, oil of grape-vine, extract of Spanish apple root, and common salt. Includes instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Lawhon, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with rotating blades.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Prokschl, Mathias
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for a large hopper-based device which generates acetylene gas.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Belt-Fasteners.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Belt-Fasteners. Illustration is included.
Date:
November 28, 1871
Creator:
Olmsted, Marcellus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of the draw-heads provided with projections, a coupling-link, an operating-rod loosely connected to each of its ends, and a suitable support or guide through which these rods move . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a car-coupling in which the two cars are coupled together by means of a link which is provided with an operating rod at each end, both of the rods and the link being attached to one of the cars only" (lines 14-26).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Campbell, Neil Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for an improvement in car couplings "whereby the pin-support is operated not by the links but by the impact of the cars themselves and of a yielding link" (lines 55-58).
Date:
June 7, 1892
Creator:
Young, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator that provides an apparatus in which the parts may be readily detached for convenience in making repairs.
Date:
June 5, 1908
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.
Patent for improvement in cotton-scrapers by using the combination of horizontal bars, cams, and a beam which consist of ploughs to construct the cotton-scraper; when the “cams revolve and give a lateral and forward motion to the horizontal bars, the beam and the ploughs. As it works backward and forward, the ploughs each describe a zigzag line which cross and leave a hill in diamond-shape undisturbed.” (Lines 21-24) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters
Patent for a construction that will act as a plow, and aid in the process of planting corn. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 8, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder
Patent for an improved copy holder design that is "adapted for holding stenographers' notebooks and other copies and equipped with an efficient line guide, capable of easy and rapid operation to drop the line indicating means from one line to another with perfect accuracy" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Wrede, Albin C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History