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Arc-Lamp
Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Anderson, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harness.
Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Baton, Durham D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Harvesters and Mowing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for harvesters and mowers. This design is "to afford means whereby a mowing or reaping machine may be enabled easily to travel over soft or marshy ground; . . . the novelty consists in a shoe proper for each driving-wheel of the machine, each shoe made of a curved piece of metal . . . and provided with a long narrow slot running lengthwise of the shoe, . . . and so adapted that under each wheel one of the shoes shall be placed in such a manner that one of the shoes shall pass through the longitudinal slot in the shoe" (lines 19-32).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Jones, Jeremiah C. & Marshall, Sumner B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment
Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.
Date:
June 28, 1913
Creator:
Priester, Joel Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing Machine.
Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
Date:
June 28, 1870
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calf Weaner.
Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design "consist[s] of the plate provided with an upper inclined portion in which is held a rod having pointed projections, a vertical fixed arm, and an opposing pivoted arm, the upper ends of the said arms being curved toward each other and provided with opposing aligning buttons, and means for locking the pivoted arm" (lines 72-79).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Rickman, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is in couplers adapted to use a link of ordinary form and to be so set that coupling may be automatic or not, as desired" (lines 15-17). It consists, "with the draw-head having lugs upon each side of the same, of the vertical coupling-pin, the pivoted pin-supporting arms arranged to contact with the lugs, and tripping arms adapted to be operated by the centering-link and throw the arms from the lugs" (lines 23-29).
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Callaway, William H. & West, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Writer.
Patent for a new check-writer machine capable of typewriting bank checks and similar documents with two sets of type, allowing for the printing of payee names, numerical amounts, and word amounts in a single movement.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Wendelken, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. This invention is a class of rotary dasher churns using two paddles. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Roberts, Chandler Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. This invention consists of a vertically disposed rotatable dasher. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Lavender, Samuel C.; Chennault, Steven A. & Chennault, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with vertically reciprocating dashers.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Decker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent is for a churn that accelerates the process.
Date:
February 16, 1903
Creator:
Frederick, Jeremiah G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "the staff-head having the slot . . . and opposite inside grooves, in combination with a dasher-stem head conforming to the recesses in the head and carrying a spring in an upper cavity thereof, a plunger having its toe resting upon said spring, and operative mechanism" (lines 77-83).
Date:
June 28, 1887
Creator:
Catchings, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter
Patent for a ruler that may also be used as a paper cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Dibrell, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter and Dropper.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter or dropper. This design utilizes a hopper, a shaft provided with cups, a bevel having a countersunk opening provided with a recess, a gate hinged in said recess and held in contact with the cups on the shaft by a spring, and a concave partition fitting the periphery of the shaft, all constructed and arranged in a novel way (lines 68-75). Additionally, this design utilizes a wheel, the motion of which dispenses the seed.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Dawson, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for effective removal of cotton plants in an alternating pattern with a standard chopping depth, distance, and speed, with illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Antoni, Ernst J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Gin Feeder
Patent for cotton cleaner and gin feeder. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Gooch, James Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for a cotton-picking machine that arranges the picking elements at different elevations and spaces them apart "so that while several plants will be picked at the same time, only one portion of a plant will be worked on at a time," (lines 14-17), minimizing disturbance of the plant.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Becknell, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent is for a cotton press adapted to bale cotton and other materials by compression.
Date:
June 28, 1903
Creator:
Fuller, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Separator.
Patent for a new and useful cotton seed separator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Garrett, James Andis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-stalk cutter. This design utilizes a frame with two small, curved blades, which, with the assistance of pins, can be locked in place either in two corresponding recesses or outwardly when in use.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Pearce, Aaron B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Damper Regulator For Stoves
Patent for a damper regulator for stoves. Illustration included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Reed, Jesse R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a Demountable Rim designed for automobile wheels where a tire can be attached to the demountable rim, secured with fasteners on the rim then is can attach to the wheel itself.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Beynon, Arthur B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension Obstetrical Instrument
Patent for an extension obstetrical instrument used for surgery. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Goshorn, Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History