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Skirt-Supporter.
Patent for skirt supporter that consists of a waist belt, skirt supporter, and shirtwaist holder for use under the outer skirt to hold the skirt up in wet weather and keep shirtwaists in place.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Mader, August W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate
Patent for a foldable crate for transporting poultry, fruits, or vegetables. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 22, 1912
Creator:
Smith, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "may be detached and used independent of the frame or carriage; also, that the tongue or pole may be detached and removed from the axle, and such axle, together with the bolster and hounds, may be applied to and used with the farm or other wagon. Thus by means of the attachments described a farmer can, by providing himself [or herself] with the pole and the attachments thereto . . . readily convert his [or her] ordinary walking plow into a wheel-plow by the aid of the hind wheels, axle, and hounds of his [or her] ordinary farm-wagon" (lines 72-84).
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Green, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvement in cosmetics by using various chemicals to enhance the cosmetics in which it “can remove freckles or tan-discoloration from the skin, and for improving the complexion.” (Line 5-6) Formula for the improved cosmetic is included. Instructions on how to prepare the cosmetic and how to use the cosmetic are described. There is no illustration.
Date:
February 25, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, I. M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Cosmetic.
Patent for improvements in the composition of cosmetics for removing freckles or tan-discoloration, including a description.
Date:
October 20, 1868
Creator:
Wilson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, 25th Anniversary Summer 2021
Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date:
Summer 2021
Creator:
Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.
Patent for "the invention of a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper and Chopper" (lines 3-5), including illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1875
Creator:
McClaugherty, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses
Patent for "a new and improved cotton-press" (line 3) using a stationary toothed wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 18, 1870
Creator:
Booton, Sinclair
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow, of the board, the clip detachably securing said board to the plow-beam, the hopper secured to the rear end of the board and provided with the openings and brush, the lever pivoted upon the clip, the spring, the seed-slide secured to the end of the rear arm of the lever, and the dropping-tube screwed through its wing to the plow standard" (lines 37-46).
Date:
January 8, 1889
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pyrometer.
Patent for a new and useful pyrometers "in which the motive power is a column of metallic balls of high expansive quality inclosed in a metallic tube of less expansive power" (line 9 - 12).
Date:
November 21, 1899
Creator:
Von Koehring, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pyrometer.
Patent for improvement in pyrometers for more accurate and reliable use in cooking stoves.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Von Koehring, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an improvement to the plow by adjusting various devices for better results.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Kopplin, Otto E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for the improvement for planting cotton seeds using a toothed wheel and hopper, including illustration.
Date:
April 27, 1858
Creator:
Donovan, I. T. & Fowler, W. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Receptacle.
Patent for a "novel, convenient, and ornamental bottle or receptacle, adapted to contain ink, a sponge, or the like, combined with a pin-cushion and a pen-wiper" (lines 11-14), with illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.; Terrell, Edward H. & Terrell, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Cabinet.
Design patent for a cabinet with a rectangular body and an internal horizontal partition.
Date:
April 5, 1895
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using coupler-head, coupling-pin, different shapes of plates, operating-lever and link-lifter to “couple and uncouple cars without necessitating a person passing between the cars.” (Lines 14-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 13, 1891
Creator:
McBride, Thomas Anderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Axle Adjustment.
Patent for a crank axle adjustment "to simplify and produce and efficient crank axle that will efficiently perform its function in connection with the general structure of a plow or cultivator." (lines 13-17)
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Kopplin, Otto E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to cultivators; and it has for its object to construct a device of this class . . . in which the blades or shovels shall be attached to the standards in such a manner that in the event of obstacles such as rocks or stumps being encountered during the operation of [the] machine the blades shall become detached, thereby avoiding injury to the machine" (lines 9-18).
Date:
September 30, 1890
Creator:
Messer, Jeremiah Clark; Garner, Allen & Williams, John Winn
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "is to provide cotton-choppers constructed in such a manner that the cotton will be chopped to a stand by the passage of the machine along the rows of plants, leaving the hills of plants at uniform distances apart, and which shall be simple in construction, readily controlled, and convenient in use" (lines 17-24).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Puls, Ernst C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History