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Carbon-Removing Tool
Patent for a new and improved carbon removing tool, which allows for the removal of carbon from the pistons of internal combustion engines. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Slagle, Eugene H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder
Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Murray, Richard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Tying Form.
Patent for improvements in necktie tying forms. The device is place on the necktie as a form to be tied around and to provide a flat smooth support for the folds of the knot. The purposes of this invention is to avoid the wrinkling and loosening lining that can occur when a necktie is repeatably tied. Additionally its purpose is to improve the lifespan of the necktie.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Wofford, Bushrod W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for Nut-Lock. The invention is to enable locking a nut upon a bolt, to keep from coming undone due to vibration.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Morris, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles.
Patent for new and useful improvements to the shaft of steering wheels making them safer and easier to handle.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper
Patent for a cotton-tramper with less than five horsepower and an eccentrically mounted drum for more efficient cotton tramping.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Whitt, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire and Armor Therefor
Patent for an armor for pneumatic tires. This armor allows the the tires to move freely and the replacement of the thread easily.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard
Patent for improvements in plow mold-boards, specifically for shedding sticky soil, and includes illustrations and description.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Martin, William A. & Coleman, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor.
Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Murphy, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device
Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Lévay, Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy
Patent for a whirligig toy that rattles.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Webster, George Lamont
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle-Clamping Device
Patent for a receptacle clamp. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Williams, Winfield B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Abrams, Frederic
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammer
Patent for a hammer
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Rowe, George Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit or Vegetables Slicer
Patent for a fruit or vegetable slicer.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Lallement, Julius A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for invention relating "to improvements in automatic car-couplings" (lines 9-10) for railroad cars.
Date:
April 16, 1901
Creator:
Priddy, Miles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Davis, John Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book.
Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Insurance Table or Chart.
Patent for a new and useful life-insurance table of chart.
Date:
April 5, 1898
Creator:
Neal, Nathan P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "an attachment which can be applied to the table of a sewing-machine and removed therefrom at a moment's notice and which can be taken apart when required and reduced to a small package for the purpose of storing or placing aside when not required for immediate use." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
King, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote simplicity" (lines 17-27).
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for improvements in suspension-bridge by using a combination of upper main cables reached from one pillar to the opposite pillar and anchored in the rear side of the pillars. A pair of lower cables at each side of the bridge; each pair being crossed at the center of the A-shaped or angular girders, these girders are bent for use as receiving hooks to form vertical stays. A series of girders hold the upper and lower cables in position thus making the bridge strong, light and rigid span. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1891
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Loading Derrick.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-loading derrick. This design consists in "[t]he portable derrick, comprising the barrow-base having the longitudinal handle-bars, the extended longitudinal and transverse base-sills, and the bearings, the rotary shaft or mast having the slot and sheave, the upper shoulder and upward-projecting stud, the cross-head, the oblique braces connecting its rear arm to the mast, and the derrick-pulleys suspended from the free arm of said cross-head, the rope passing through said slot and over said sheave and to said pulleys and windlass" (lines 79-90).
Date:
April 22, 1890
Creator:
Field, Eldon M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History