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Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Ball, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Couch
Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Brandt, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hay Press and Horse Power.
Patent for a combined hay-press and horse-power with illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1884
Creator:
Randle, William, Sr
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 58
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing February 15, 2005, as Tarrant County Day at the State Capitol.
Date:
March 1, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.
Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Rose, Bertram A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion
Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
Date:
November 1, 1859
Creator:
Harper, C. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed White Settlement Expansion Pipeline Route, Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas
An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the White Settlement expansion pipeline route in Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date:
August 1, 2005
Creator:
Todd, Jesse
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Car and Locomotive Replacing Frogs
Patent for improving railway car frog replacement and holding. The improvements include greater strength and durability and low cost manufacture.
Date:
November 1, 1921
Creator:
Keith, Darwin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a wire-tightener that stretches "the wire after it has been secured to the post, and to take up any slack which may exist therein, owing to causes arising subsequent to the first stretching of the wires" (lines 10-13). It has similar features of other wire-tightener but is simple and efficient.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Glenn, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn
Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Whiting, Louis Rossell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Motion.
Patent for "a variable cut-off valve-motion, and has for its object to provide simple and efficient and at the same time readily adjustable means for varying the points at which the ports communicating with the cylinder of a locomotive or other engine are opened and closed, in accordance with the load, the desired speed, &c." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Shelb, Peter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking-Cane.
Patent for a walking cane which is made of two intertwined sections of spiral steel wires, which can be painted different colors creating a noticeable object that can be used by sports fans to show support for their team at games,
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Smoothing and Fluting Irons.
Patent for improvement in smoothing and fluting irons, which combines a sad-iron smoothing-plate and mechanical fluting iron in one device which includes a heat shield and rollers through which fabric is advanced. The rollers are mechanized via a latch and rack-wheel that are actuated by moving the handle of the device up and down.
Date:
June 1, 1875
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date:
July 1, 1918
Creator:
Chenoweth, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hats
Patent for "a new and improved ventilated hat...which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification" (lines 3-5). including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 1, 1868
Creator:
Watkins, M. S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump whereby for use with deep wells. Pump uses relate to oil, water, sand and other articles. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Butler, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puncture-Proof Tire
Patent for improved armor in tires so they do not puncture as quickly or as easily, including illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Hibbs, Cassell De
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guitar.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stringed musical instruments, such as harp guitars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Ward, George Cooper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post
Patent for a fence post. Illustration included.
Date:
November 1, 1904
Creator:
Narsh, Joseph Maxfield
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter that can plant seeds for corn, cotton, or grain.
Date:
October 1, 1912
Creator:
Robbins, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Brookshire, Samuel N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set
Patent for a saw set. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Adams, Theodore C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Ejector.
Patent for a powder medicine ejector for discharging medicine into patients body cavities, which allows a dose of the medicine to be discharged from a larger quantity stored in the ejector.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Kline, Charles W. & Long, Harley A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History