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Wire Fence Stretcher and Splicer.
Patent for a new and improved wire fence stretcher and splicer. This design "relates to improvements in wire-fence stretchers and splicers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 10-13).
Date:
March 25, 1884
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved stock car for railroads. This design "has for its object to guard the cattle from such injury as is likely to occur to a car full of cattle by the sudden starting or stopping of the car; to furnish means for guiding the cattle into the proper compartment of the car, and to furnish means for working the device by a train-hand on top of the car" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 3, 1885
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved boxcar. This design "is an improvement in movable transverse partitions for stock-cars, which are employed for separating the animals by individuals or groups. It is more particularly an improvement on such partitions as are suspended by sliding loop-hinges from a horizontal rod, and provided at the bottom with feet that enter sockets in the floor of the car, whereby the partitions are adapted to be fastened or released by a vertical movement" (lines 9-19).
Date:
July 13, 1886
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E. & Pryor, David C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "a frame having two arms, one carrying a fixed clamp and the other a roller, a windlass mounted on said frame having a rope passing over said roller and adapted to be fixed to an end of wire, and a central clamp consisting of a rigid bar on the frame between its arms, a notched clamp pivoted thereon, and a ring for retaining the clamp" (lines 6-14).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Ainsworth, Phineas Hardaman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison or Plants
Patent for a simple and efficient machine "for distributing or dusting poisonous powders onto growing plants to rid them of destructive insects" (lines 9-12).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants.
Patent for a new and improved machine for distributing poison on plants. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheeled-frame, a counter-shaft thereon driven from the wheels, a poison-hopper, an air and discharge pipe communicating therewith, a fan giving air-blast through said pipe, and an agitator in the poison-hopper, of wheel and belt-gearing operating the fan and agitator from the counter-shaft on the frame" (lines 112-119).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale.
Patent for a proportion scale used for measuring cotton seed and lint. Illustration included.
Date:
September 4, 1900
Creator:
Brown, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale.
Patent for improvements in scales which would quickly and accurately determine the proportion of the lint contained in seed-cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Brown, George Raymond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Poison.
Patent for poison holders which the poison can be freely distributed without accidental disastrous result. The poison inside the holder can be saved for future use. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Colter
Patent for plow colter. Illustration included.
Date:
September 5, 1905
Creator:
Cone, Jesse Fielder
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Separator and Bagging Device for Grain
Patent for a thresher attachment that uses a suction fan to separate grain from lighter materials and allows the grain to be collected in a bag or other container.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Henninger, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock for railroad joints, which keeps the nuts in place in the tracks.
Date:
July 23, 1907
Creator:
Vuncannon, Thomas Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshing-Machine
Patent for a threshing machine "especially adapted for the cutting and threshing of small grain" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas Stanley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Remedy for Eczema
Patent for a medical compound to remedy eczema and other similar diseases which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Ringer, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drop Propeller for Boats
Patent for a drop propeller for boats. This design is to allow boats to easily cross reefs. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Stribling, Franklin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshing-Machine.
Patent for a harvester in a threshing machine, which can be put at different levels from the ground.
Date:
August 31, 1909
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirt-Tamping Tool.
Patent for a dirt tamping tool, which is strong and simple to use.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Sherman, Henry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tenoning and Pointing Machine.
Patent for a tenoning and pointing machine for wheel spokes
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Miller, Frederick C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Moberley, Oscar R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for an egg-shaped fumigator for fumigating chicken nests.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Shelton, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter
Patent for a cotton seed planter. Illustration included.
Date:
May 23, 1911
Creator:
McGuire, Daniel Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Cabinet
Patent for display cabinet. The invention consists of outer and inner casings that are accessible via door. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Ernest & Nelson, Axel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check.
Patent for a door check that holds the door at any point when it is swinging closed.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Martin, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines
Patent for an apparatus for delivering and hauling seines that can be used in deeper water and is safer than the ordinary method of using seines.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Duffy, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History