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Cotton Picker's Shade.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Constructing Béton or Artificial Stone Curbing.
Patent for a new and improved curbing. This design "consists in a method for constructing [artificial-stone curbing] in the trench in which it is required to be laid; and it further consists in molds for accomplishing such result with accuracy and dispatch" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 20, 1882
Creator:
Burns, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Wagon Tires.
Patent for a new and improved tire tightener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the wheel-fellies, one of which has a longitudinal socket, of the overlapping sections secured to the contiguous ends of the tire, and having projecting lugs, an adjusting-bolt carried by one of the lugs and bearing against the other lug, and a protecting-plate having a threaded opening for the passage of the bolt and interposed between the end of the felly in which [a] socket is formed, and the lug adjacent thereto" (lines 80-90).
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
Simon, Henry Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Fastener for Envelopes.
Patent for a device for attaching a chord on a merchandise envelope or a similar package that provides "a means for permanently holding one end of the chord in an improved and secure manner, and adapted for temporarily securing the free end when desired" (lines 11-14).
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Scougale, Malcom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water Elevator.
Patent for a new improvements to compressed-air water-elevators, including illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Bechtol, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device
Patent for a cooling device for milk. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Cooper, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling
Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coop or Crate.
Patent for crates or coops for poultry that are easily assembled and disassembled, pack tightly, and are cheap and lightweight.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
La Bauve, Odelon Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Churn And Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for a new and useful convertible churn and ice cream freezer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 27, 1899
Creator:
Everhard, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Sack And Support Therefor
Patent for a cotton picker's sack and support therefor. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Clark, Isom J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for an adapted barrel/container that can be assembled from the barrel/containers collapsed form, including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
York, Edward Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Device for Water Heaters.
Patent for a device that controls the gas supply valve for water heaters. Patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Level.
Patent for a new and improved combination level. This design "is broadly to provide a combined carpenter's and surveyor's level of a cheap, simple, light, and durable form, and adapted for use as a carpenter's plumb and level or a surveyor's level interchangeably without the removal or change of any of its parts; and to this end in consists in the conformation and arrangement of parts" (lines 19-26).
Date:
June 12, 1883
Creator:
Sands, James Harley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Dish-Washer and Churn
Patent for a combined dish-washing machine and churn, with illustration and description of parts.
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Fletcher, William Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag and Twine Holder
Patent for a device which holds both string and bags, with description of construction, parts, and use, and with illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1886
Creator:
Cushing, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electric weighing-scale. This design consists in "the combination of the chute-section adapted to receive a coin or similar metallic piece, and having insulated electrical conductors, a weighing machine having its indicator disconnected from the main portion of the weighing mechanism, a stop on said main portion to limit the movement of the indicator when released, a latch for securing said indicator at the zero-point, and electrical connections between said chute-section and latch" (lines 114-123).
Date:
June 21, 1887
Creator:
Smith, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Roller and Protector.
Patent for a new and improved roller and protector for maps and charts. This design consists, "with the case having longitudinal slot at its under side, the caps upon the ends of the case and formed with ears, the springs upon the case having their ends engaging the ends of the caps, metal bearings in the ends of the caps, the roller within the case with its pintles journaled in said bearings, and the cord wound upon the roller at one end in a reverse direction to the article carried by the roller with its free end passed through the opening in the under side of the cap at that end of the roller" (lines 21-32).
Date:
June 24, 1890
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automatic Vending and Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for an improved combined automatic vending and money changing machine. It has "a locking mechanism constructed to lock said article and change-delivery mechanisms when a coin inserted by a purchaser is of less value than the article desired by him, and [a] mechanism for unlocking both of said delivery mechanisms while the purchaser's said coin remains in the machine and adjusting bot of said delivery-mechanisms to thereafter deliver an article corresponding to the value of said coin" (line 1-10).
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corner Brace and Hinge for Screens
Patent for combined corner brace and hinge for screens. Illustration included.
Date:
June 12, 1911
Creator:
Kirk, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Battery-Receptacle and Bell-Support
Patent for a battery receptacle and bell support for doorbells and alarms. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Koerber, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
McCarty, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Holding Post Card
Patent for a postcard that hold coins. This can be used to transport or collect coins.
Date:
June 5, 1914
Creator:
Bedinger, S. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-controlled Pump.
Patent for the improvements in coin-controlled pump for pumping liquids only in required amounts based on the value of the coin or check.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Redden, Oscar D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bridge and Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a bridge with movable parts that disallows the passage of cattle while allowing for the passage of human foot-traffic and automobiles.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Brian, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History