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Adjustable Colter-Clamp
Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Allin, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Bradshaw, John F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Freezing Tank Valve.
Patent for a new and improved tank valve. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tank, its valve and lever, and valve-rod, of the frost-chamber having an annular space to receive the non-freezing compound, the stuffing-box around the rod and screw-threaded at the ends, and the screw-threaded caps . . . having necks and flanges" (lines 7-13).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Barrett, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop.
Patent for a new and improved blind stop. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shutter provided with pivotal slats, of a flat spring-metal fastening-plate provided with a slot for clearing the slat-pivot, and projections upon its surface for engaging with the end of the slat, and having its rear end secured to the shutter-frame and its front end projecting beyond the plane of the shutter-frame and forming a thumb-piece for operating said spring-plate" (lines 59-67).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Wesson, Miley B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator.
Patent for a machine that exterminates boll weevils. This machine employs air suction for drawing boll weevils into a retaining box from which they may be removed for destruction.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Stubs, Orace Virgil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and improved churn that thoroughly aerating and stirring the cream. It has a removable vertical dasher and two dasher cups.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clinical Thermometer.
Patent for a new and improved thermometer. This design has "[u]pon the body of the instrument a scale, preferably equivalent to the centigrade . . . in which the zero-sign is placed at the normal temperature of the body, each degree being divided into five or ten parts according to the size of the instrument and reading supernormal and subnormal degrees" (lines 20-26).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Hunstock, Robert H. & Chávez, Emigdio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Ventilated Crate
Patent for a collapsible vented crate for that does not require special machinery to build.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Williams, Lewie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Saving Coal During Combustion.
Patent for cheap, effective compound to sprinkle on coal to render it more combustible so that it burns more cleanly and soot is not emitted.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Stokey, David Gray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Wall Mold.
Patent for "a concrete wall mold which is so constructed as to produce a very strong wall having vertically extended channels which form ribs materially reinforcing the structure" (lines 10-14)
Date:
June 11, 1920
Creator:
Porter, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for a corn and cotton planter that can plant two rows at a time.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Hooper, Martin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-carrier. This design consists in "the bottom having the ridged portion and the oppositely-inclined portions, said bottom being provided with a hook in front, the upright post in front for holding the lines, the posts upon the sides near the front, to which the mouth of the bag is secured to be held open, and the upright posts on the sides in the rear of the posts for holding the bags when filled" (lines 78-85).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Smith, Robert Toumbleson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "a draft-bar, a connecting rod or bar which connects the two beams together at any suitable distance . . . vertical standards which are secured to the rear ends of the beams, adjustable connecting-bars . . . and a connecting-rod which connects the bars together in a line with the beams . . . to loosely attach two cultivators to a single draft-bar, and then connect these two cultivators together . . . [so] each of the cultivators has a universal movement independently of the other, and yet they are always kept at about the same distance apart" (lines 15-32).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
De Witt, Martin V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Foot
Patent for a cultivator foot. Illustration included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detergent Compound.
Patent for an all-purpose detergent composed of water, lye, ammonia, borax, indigo, and mountain balm. Includes instructions.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Fair, William Brownlow
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Closing Spouts of Cans.
Patent for spout closing device that is made of parts that are simple and economical to manufacture.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Coffin, Albert T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Twisting Wire Cables of Suspension Bridges.
Patent for a new and improved cable twister. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casting having grooves and openings therein, of the semicircular disks . . . having grooves therein and openings extending through the same, the bolt for binding the several parts together, and the arms extending out from the disks" (lines 1-7).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Pump-Jack
Patent for a double acting pump jack for artesian wells.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Pittman, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Valve for Air-Brake Systems
Patent for a feed valve for air brake systems, designed to more efficiently refill the air supply of the auxiliary reservoir found in a train. Illustrations included
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Wagner, Godwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Screen.
Patent for fish screen for waterways that allows for free movement of debris but still creates a barrier for the fish.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Crisp, Henry L. & Harrison, Ben T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Hose
Patent for a flexible metallic hose to be used in places where both "flexibility and indestructibility are necessary" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Schultz, Wilhelm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Stay-Bolt
Patent for a stay bolt for steam boilers which is flexible on both ends.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Mooney, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot-Rail and Tonneau Truck Attachment for Passenger-Cars.
Patent for "an attachment for use within the tonneau of a passenger automobile" (lines 9-10) which includes a space-efficient foot rest "which can be utilized as a support for one end portion of a supplemental platform employed in the back portion of the tonneau when the vehicle is to be used for delivery services" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Balmos, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuse-Plug.
Patent for a fuse plug for prolonged usage by allowing a new wire to be substituted to replace melted wire. This fuse plug has a second wire that can be triggered into circuit.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Dugan, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History