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Elastic Tire.
Patent for improvements on elastic tires, so that they are solid and secured on rims of wheels laterally and circumferentially, with fastening rings that hold the tires steady with circular movement; includes illustrations.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Avery, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a peanut harvester which can be attached to a standard cultivator frame. It is designed to uproot and sever peanut vines, then deposit the newly aerated peanut vines back onto the ground.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Byrd, Gordon W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Guard for Cars.
Patent for a safety-guard for cars that use a flexible netting in front of the car and has a double frame for support. It folds compactly when not in use.
Date:
January 29, 1895
Creator:
Champlin, William B., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Saddle.
Patent for new and useful improvements in harness saddles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1898
Creator:
Clark, Michael G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Arc Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved electric-arc lamp. This design is "for utilizing a part of the magnetic field of the electro-magnet to act as a retarding medium or a brake to the carbon-holder, which consists of a system of gear-wheels provided with a ratchet and pawl . . . actuated from rack-teeth cut in the side of the upper-carbon rod, on the last spindle of which is adjustably secured a disk of soft iron or other magnetic material, so located as to be within the influence of the magnetic field of one end of the electro-magnet" (lines 36-47).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Organ
Patent for an organ that can be operated by vehicles or windmills. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
England, James Ross
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines
A device for improved handling, securing, and carrying paper while type-writing; suitable for a wide variety of type-writer models.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Charles I., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Pass-Books
Patent for a cover for a passbook with a transparent cover to view the book.
Date:
July 29, 1912
Creator:
Exline, Marcus Page
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder
Patent for temporary binder. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Exline, Marcus Page
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for an all-metal one-piece whiffletree of "strength, economy, durability, and lightness" (lines 21-22) with solid metal ends that interlock with trace-hooks and prevent "the trace-coupling from becoming accidentally disconnected" (lines 26-27), including illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1892
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder.
Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Flynn, Melvina L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for improvements on money-changing machines to include multiple coin holding tubes and require the user to push only one key lever for change.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Furttinger, Fred P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pump.
Patent for pumps for oil and water wells that can be operated by compressed air to force the water or oil out of the well.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Goss, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton gin that removes lint-cotton from the saws using an air-suction mechanism instead of a brush, which pose a fire hazard and can impair the gin's effectiveness. An air-blast mechanism is also an ineffective method of cleaning lint-cotton from the saws. The air-suction mechanism sucks "the lint-cotton directly from the rear portions of the saw-teeth independently of and without a brush, and an apparatus for preventing the withdrawn lint-cotton from passing into and through the air-suction apparatus" (lines 84-89).
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Graber, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
City of Balch Springs Hickory Creek Flood Protection Planning Study Final Report
Report on the results of a study for creating a flood protection plan for Hickory Creek in the City of Balch Springs, Texas.
Date:
July 29, 2011
Creator:
Halff Associates
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch
Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Hardtmann, Julius R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for a simplified internal combustion engine that is lighter and more efficient than previous models. It also features detachable and removable parts that will decrease time and cost of repairs, includes illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Higbee, Charlie D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries
Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
Date:
May 29, 1877
Creator:
Hoshall, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool that combines a how and edge-trimmer in one. The tool "may be conveniently used for trimming the edges of lawns, walks, and flower-beds and which may also be used as a weeding scuffle-hoe and as a sod-cutter" (lines 11-14) including illustrations
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Hough, James C. & Oldham, J. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester. This invention is designed to spare cotton pickers the physical demands from stooping and back pains. The design allows pickers to sit on running boards along small trucks drawn behind the wagon. Illustration included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Marshel, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller
Patent for a cotton stalk puller. This invention is a "wheeled farm implement that may be drawn by horse power along a row of cotton stalks and will pull the stalks out of the ground as it passes over them" (line 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Marshel, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush
Patent that provides a toothbrush the ability to penetrate the interstices between the teeth and remove the debris by the vertical movement of the bristles, and being able to do so without discomfort. The brush is sanitary and convenient for being carried in a pocket in the clothing or in a traveling bag as well.
Date:
September 29, 1919
Creator:
Martz, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate
Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
McCombs, Oliver A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History