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Cotton-Chopper
Patent for treating soil for agricultural purposes. This invention destroys the ridges used for planting and growing cotton and also cultivating the soil in the vicinity of the ridges.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Kriel, John J. & Kriel, Otto J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Tire-Filler With a Flexible Metal Cable in the Center.
Patent for "an improved rubber tire filler which is reinforced by a metal cable or nonstretchable strand or strands to prevent the fillers from slipping while permitting of sufficient flexibility to allow the tire casing to be readily engaged over the filler" (lines 10-15)
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Needham, Moses W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rug-Hanger.
Patent for the improvement of rug-hangers. The invention consists of multiple rollers that facilitate both the mounting and disengagement of rugs or other large flexible articles of merchandise from the hanger.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Setting-Basin Separating Device
Patent for Settling Basin-Separating Devices. This device improves the issue of unwanted discharge shown in prior devices
Date:
May 11, 1990
Creator:
Allen, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Fitting Stool.
Patent for new and useful improvements in a shoe fitting stool which "comprises a simple and efficient means of this nature so arranged that the measurements of the foot of a person may be quickly and readily determined." (lines 15-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Reed, Allen Trousdale
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Valve Attachment for Lamps.
Patent for a new and improved safety attachment for oil lamps. This design is "to permit of the escape of any gas which may be formed in the upper part of the oil-reservoir by the evaporation of its contents; and the object thereof is to provide a simple form of valve stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, with a shank adapted to be inserted through a slot in the lamp-collar and the valve afterward bent down over the valve-opening, thus presenting a valve that will be sensitive to the pressure of gas within the reservoir, and consequently insure its successful operation at all times" (lines 18-29).
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Ingle, Ezra William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Storage-Battery Plants
Patent for a device that allows liquid in a storage battery to flow from one plate to another.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roasting-Pan.
Patent for a self basting roasting pan. The pan includes an impaling tube upon which the roast is impaled and includes tubing to allow juices of the meat being cooked to be transferred upwardly and flow down over the meat.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Holloway, Sarah Ann
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Cap.
Patent for a stove pipe cap that attaches to the top of a chimney and prevents "birds from building their nests in the smoke stack or pipe, which causes chimney fires" (lines 21-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Fojtik, Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for "a new and improved Car-Coupling"
Date:
May 11, 1875
Creator:
Shelley, Nathan G.; Bozarth, Stephen P. & Spring, David V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Dewald, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cylindrical Structure
Patent for improvements for hollow structures of cylindrical shape that provides "for formation of such a structure of lumber and metal materials of standard dimensions and shapes that ordinarily can be obtained from commercial stocks, so that the minimum amount of shop work on materials will be required." (lines 18-22)
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Pearson, Terrell Brooks
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Knife
Patent for a design for a knife that has a curved terminal that forms a shield.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Albert, Alfred K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Row Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a double row stalk cutter, which has rotating stalk cutters.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Peden, Francis M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Game-Board
Patent for a design for a game-board this is both useful and ornamental.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Sneddon, Guy Hoyt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Preventing Hens from Setting.
Patent for improvements to a hood that prevents hens from flying (by cutting off vision above or to either side) while allowing them to continue scratching and eating.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Sparks, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History