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Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "[i]n a double-acting baling-press, the combination, with the two followers having the apertured end lugs, of the sliding casting having the curved shoulders, the central aperture, and the apertured end lugs, the top plate having the apertured end lugs and central opening, the drive-wheel having the handle-socket and formed with the tapering opening and the central opening, the central pivot, and the king-bolt" (lines 13-22).
Date:
February 4, 1890
Creator:
Hill, Abraham J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest.
Patent for a new and improved hen's nest. This design "relates to that type of hen-nest wherein a tilting platform is employed to protect the setting hen from intrusion while permitting her to freely pass to and from the nest. The objects of [the] invention are to improve the prior construction and to provide novel means whereby the hen setting or hatching chamber is separated from the passage containing the tilting platform by a division-wall having a rear doorway, in such manner that the eggs are isolated and in a measure hid and protected while the hen is seeking food" (lines 8-20).
Date:
September 9, 1890
Creator:
Manlove, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists "[i]n a trap comprising a well having ingress-openings in diametrically-opposite sides, the combination, with a cage constructed to move vertically in the said well, of plates mounted in ways and constructed to slide past and cover the said openings and having connection with the cage to counterbalance the same" (lines 86-93).
Date:
April 5, 1892
Creator:
McLeod, Charlie Mike
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller
Patent for a new and useful cotton stalk puller.
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
Harwood, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Table.
Patent for a new and useful adjustable table, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1899
Creator:
Congour, Presley Alpheus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace
Patent for a bed-brace
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Howse, Claud A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller
Patent for a cotton stalk puller. It is designed "to operate upon the stalks, a pulling-cylinder agaisnt which the stalks are forced by the action of the reel and which operate in conjunction with the latter to pull or lift stalks from the ground" (lines 19-23). Illustrations included.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Hardin, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Nanny, Wiley F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Cleaner
Patent for a gin saw cleaner. Object of the invention "is to provide a gin saw cleaning device which may be forced into contact with the saw blades by pressure exercised in the direction of the length of the cleaning device" (line 14-19) Illustration included.
Date:
May 17, 1904
Creator:
Jordan, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. This invention if for the effective cutting of cotton stalks. Illustration included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Rush, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non Refillable Bottle
Patent for a non refillable bottle. Illustration included.
Date:
May 31, 1904
Creator:
Carriker, Samuel M. & Miller, Lawrence M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Tie
Patent for a bale band tie. Illustration included.
Date:
December 27, 1904
Creator:
Robinson, Laurence B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churning-Machine.
Patent for improvements in churning-machines by using a “pair of slotted crank-arms, which having pitman-rods adjustably connected thereto and to the upper portion of the churn-dasher, so that by adjusting the pitman-rods longitudinally of the crank-arms the vertical movement or throw of the dasher may be regulated at will.” (Lines 17-22.) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 28, 1905
Creator:
Strickland, Orien S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue Cutter and Expander
Patent for a flue cutter and expander. Illustration included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Blevins, Samuel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for telephone system, which allows for locking the receiver hooks at all substations between two connected stations. It also allows for lines to be subdivided for the purpose of using more than one message at the same time.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Gorden, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Crowson, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press
Patent for a cotton press. This invention compresses and feeds cotton in a continuous spiral layer bat. The cotton goes to a revolving press of a cylindrical formation where they are compressed and condensed into a bale. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Baker, Horace A. & Crowson, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Crossing
Patent for a railroad crossing. Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Baker, Horace A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog Carrier
Patent for a hog carrier. This invention is arranged to handle, carry, and hanging of hogs at slaughter time. Illustration included.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Henderson, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Colter-Clamp
Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Allin, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Seat.
Patent for seats which are easy to set up and take down as temporary seating for events and which can be folded up in small pieces for storage.
Date:
July 30, 1907
Creator:
Garrison, Thomas Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightener
Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Taylor, John Quincy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Cooper sheet
Map displays soil types, creeks, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Cooper Area, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Cooper Area, Texas.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) & Smith, H. C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History