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Attachment for Thimbles. (open access)

Attachment for Thimbles.

Patent for invention for the improvement of attachments for thimbles. "The objects of the invention are to produce a device of simple construction for cutting the thread when sewing that can be readily applied to old as well as to new thimbles; also to produce the device in such manner that the thread can be quickly and conveniently cut at any desired point in an expeditious manner " (lines 17-24). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting. (open access)

Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting.

Patent for the improvement of automobile headlight lamp mountings. Improvement on lamp bracket described in Letters Patent Number 1,129,207, issued to the author on February 23, 1915.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

"Patent for a bale-tie that would be 'simple of construction, durable of use, and comparatively inexpensive of production, easily operated, and which when fastened around a bale cannot possible become detached therefrom' (lines 13-17). including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Pfeffer, Albert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for improvements in bale-ties by using a “combination with a band; of jaws pivoted to one end of the band and adapted to engage a hook carried by the other end of the band, and a guard-plate fixed to one of said jaws and adapted also to engage the hook and prevent it from accidentally becoming disengaged from the jaws.” (Lines 78-84) Illustration is included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Pfeffer, Albert John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale-tie that is of "simple construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production" (lines 13-15), including illustration and instructions
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Pfeffer, A. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for new bailing press that that improves "hay-presses of the full circle or continuous type for baling hay, straw, and the like." (lines 8-10) Illustrations included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Leineweber, Francis & Welge, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a new press for baling cotton and hay that is "simple, durable, and convenient," including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1883
Creator: McIver, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Attachment. (open access)

Bicycle Attachment.

Patent for a bicycle attachment that supports the frame and can be used as a "carrier or support for a child, package, a satchel, &c." (Lines 12-13) Illustrations included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Flinn, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cheese-Cutting Gage. (open access)

Cheese-Cutting Gage.

Letter Patent for gage "for cutting articles in bulk, such as whole cheese" (lines 9-10); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Pittman, J. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment (open access)

Collar Attachment

Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock. (open access)

Combination-Lock.

Patent for improvement upon a combination-lock.
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Bergman, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Writing and Advertising Desk. (open access)

Combined Writing and Advertising Desk.

Patent for a desk that "combines writing and advertising desks or cabinets." (Lines 9-10) Illustrations included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Moore, George T. & Shoop, Edward S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the base . . . of the slotted plate secured thereto, the strip on the rear side of the said plate, the blade having apertures and threaded bolts for adjusting the said blade" (lines 96-100). It further consists in "rear cutters or scrapers on the landside" (line 1).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Irwin, William H. & Hairgrove, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Wagon. (open access)

Cotton Picker's Wagon.

Patent for a new and improved wagon for cotton pickers. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, supporting wheels, cover, side-curtains, troughs, and partitions" (lines 53-55).
Date: May 1, 1883
Creator: Collins, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim and Felly Band (open access)

Demountable Rim and Felly Band

Patent for Demountable Rim and Felly Band
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Stephens, Charles D. & Bachman, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Oil Burner (open access)

Fuel-Oil Burner

Patent for fuel oil burner for cooking stoves.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Gipson, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Garrett, Irvin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for an inexpensive and efficient hay-press that has an improved plunger mechanism. The mechanism is simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated.
Date: May 1, 1894
Creator: Pearce, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners

Patent for a device that enhances the performance of cotton-cleaner machinery.
Date: May 1, 1877
Creator: Greaves, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Gang-Plows.

Patent for the improvement of the gang plow by the plows arrangement and pivoted beams to be adjustable for convenience, including illustration.
Date: May 1, 1855
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers (open access)

Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers

Patent for changes in the parts of cotton cleaner and condenser machinery, includes illustrations. The changes in machinery seek to eliminate impurities in the cotton while also compacting the cotton into a sheet.
Date: May 1, 1877
Creator: Greaves, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Putting Ties on Bales. (open access)

Machine for Putting Ties on Bales.

Patent for a new and improved machine for putting ties on bales. This design consists in a "frame-work which is to be placed across the bale . . . a shaft journaled in the frame and provided with a reel at each end, and pawls and ratchets with hooked ropes or chains . . . a double rope which is to be passed around the bale . . . and suitable U-shaped hooks . . . to provide a machine whereby cotton and other bales can be compressed at that point where the tie has come off, so as to allow another tie to be placed around the bale, and thus prevent the loss of material" (lines 16-33).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Dunbar, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn (open access)

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Generating Motive Fluid

Patent for improvement in methods and apparatus for generating motive fluid "to provide a source of combustion" and dispose of it outside the generator to generate steam (lines 11-12).
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Reordan, Charles, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History