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Bag Holder and Filler.
Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Adkisson, Duncan Rudolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-chopper by using a combination of revolving disk, fender disks, a rotary shaft and cultivator-blades to construct a machine that is able to thin and cultivate cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Allen, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Trough.
Patent for a new and improved feed trough. This design "is to provide a portable feed rack and trough adapted to hold a quantity of feed and to discharge the same as is found necessary" (lines 10-13). It consists in "a platform mounted on runners and provided at its sides with troughs, bins arranged at the ends of the platforms and provided at the lower ends of their sides with openings" (lines 99-102). It further consists in "slides arranged in . . . recesses and adapted to vary the size of said openings, strips arranged on the outer edges of the inclined bars, and set-screws connecting the strips" (lines 3-7).
Date:
April 19, 1892
Creator:
Anderson, John Stow
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device.
Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Nathan S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch Lock.
Patent for a new and improved railway-switch lock. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts whereby an independent key is used to unlock the latch or bolt of the bolt-case" (lines 14-17).
Date:
August 2, 1881
Creator:
Angus, Alexander & Phillips, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Device
Patent fora fishing device. This invention is designed for surface and deep water trolling. Illustration included.
Date:
September 4, 1906
Creator:
Barnes, Edwin & Barnes, Barney Dack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Barnes, John I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear
Patent for
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bassett, Lawrence Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Navarro County, Texas
Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Navarro County, Texas.
Date:
1930
Creator:
Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Attachment for Portable Cans
Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Blackmon, Paul Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth Auger.
Patent for a new and improved earth auger. This design "relates to machines for boring post-holes, &c.; and it consists especially in certain improvements in the frame and operating mechanism" (lines 21-24).
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
Blake, Llewellyn A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
Date:
November 15, 1881
Creator:
Blake, Llewellyn A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a railroad crossing that has tracks, which make less noise when it is crossed by a train than previous models.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Blankinship, William Asbury & Copeland, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Case.
Patent for a shipping case that has an improved means for fastening the case. Air circulates freely and is especially designed to ship eggs, fruit, and other perishable things, although it can ship general things as well.
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Boatwright, William Thrift
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw.
Patent for a new and improved drag-saw. This design "consist[s] of a standard, two beams connected to the standard on opposite sides thereof, a crank-shaft held by the standard, suitable drive-gearing for operating the same, a pitman connecting the crank-shaft and the saw, a pendulum attached to the saw and the pitman at one end and to a sliding head-block at the other end, the head-block sliding in the slotted standards and having a rack-bar extended therefrom, a pawl engaging the rack, the operating-cord attached to the head-block and passing over a guide-pulley on the slotted standards" (lines 4-16).
Date:
November 3, 1885
Creator:
Boston, Arnet P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers.
Patent for a new and useful feed water regulator for boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Bowles, Hardy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Sifter.
Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Brewer, Johnson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Base Board
Patent for base board. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 12, 1907
Creator:
Bryan, Augustus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device
Patent for a refrigerator for dairy products. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Burkhalter, Milo W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifter and Carrier.
Patent for an improved, simple, efficient, and inexpensive load lifter and carrier meant to be used in warehouses in order to load and unload barrels, bales, and other loads.
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Butcher, Tilman H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs.
Patent for an attachment for a wheel-hub that allows for the hub to be quickly and easily removed or engaged. The invention does not require a nut wrench; "devices for screwing and unscrewing the axle nut are carried by the wheel-hub, and are always in proper position for immediate use whenever it is necessary to detach the nut" (lines 16-19).
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Butler, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for a type-writing machine that allows the spacing mechanism to operate in conjunction with other parts so that the paper-carriage releases and return the paper automatically at the end of the line. The springs automatically release and return to action with each release.
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Butler, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for an improved washing machine consisting of a wash-boiler into which one or more streams of hot water may be thrown.
Date:
May 10, 1883
Creator:
Caldwell, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton-Tramper
Patent for an automatics cotton presser. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Campbell, Edgar Howard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History