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Cotton Compress
Patent for improvements to the cutting mechanism in cotton compresses to "provide positive and reliable means for severing the full-grown or completed bale from the remaining column of compressed material and yieldingly supporting the said remaining column of compressed material under pressure to permit the baling operation to continue" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 26, 1900
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop
Patent for a blind stop for windows and doors. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Labit, Girard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gear.
Patent for a Bicycle-Gear meant to rotate the sprocket or other gear wheel on a bicycle, Including Illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Laundry-Extractors
Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Moore, Robert Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for a crude oil burner for use in steam boilers, which reduces fuel usage.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Owin, Elijah J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Box
Patent for "a device adapted for persons making a great number of small collections, such as railway conductors" (lines 8-10).
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Peetz, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle.
Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom
Patent for an apparatus for expressing the fluids out of paraffin compositions and separating the scale therefrom. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Hansen, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CORE HOLDING AND DROPPING DEVICE FOR COTTON PRESSES.
Patent for Core Holding and Dropping Device For Cotton Presses.
Date:
February 4, 1897
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress
Patent for a cotton compress. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.; Riedel, Harmon; McCarthy, Edward; Weeks, Nicholas; Snow, Chester A. & Siggers, Edward G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle
Patent for a bicycle propelled by the front wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hay-Press
Patent for a motor powered automatic hay press.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Laughlin, Aries C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress.
Patent for cotton compress that can continuously form cylindrical bales.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern-Cover.
Patent for a cistern cover that is easily taken on and off.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch
Patent for an automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Ditmars, Frederick R. S. & Hendrix, A. S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutter Head
Patent for a cutter head. This invention is used for shaping and dressing jambs. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 30, 1906
Creator:
Heckel, Albert F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Enlarging Negatives.
Patent for a new or improved device to enlarge negatives; that is simple, portable, and ready to use, including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Hutchings, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gearing.
Patent for "gearing for bicycles, and has for its object to furnish a train of gearing for the connection of the treadles with the rear wheel of a bicycle, whereby the usual sprocket-and-chain gearing may be dispensed with." (lines 7-12).
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Brown, Wilson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy
Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Eichenberg, Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston Rod Packing
Patent for piston rod packing. Illustration included.
Date:
September 21, 1909
Creator:
Rhodes, Hampton P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hame Fastner
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hame-Fastner" (lines 6-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1901
Creator:
Boyle, F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History