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Earth Borer and Excavator
Patent for an Improvement in Earth Boring and Excavating Machines whereby the machines may operate continuously except for the addition of shaft and belt sections.
Date:
July 24, 1880
Creator:
Carley, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Attachment.
Patent for a new attachment for cotton gins. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a cotton-gin, of the carrier, feed-roller, having teeth or projections, and the adjustable sliding rake . . . [and] the combination of the carriers, the latter having covering, receiver, toothed feed-roller, adjustable rake, gin-saws, and brush" (lines 68-75).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Compton, Willis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a device that efficiently stretches wires for fence-strands.
Date:
July 14, 1896
Creator:
Folk, David H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Herpin, Edward Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Stand and Lock
Patent for an improvement in switch-stand and locks, being that they cannot be picked or tampered with.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Maupin, John D.; Allen, Harry E. & Baldwin, Springfield
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists "of a frame having a bar extending thereacross with integral arms at right angles thereto, having outwardly turned sharpened ends to form a means of attachment, and a carrier proper depending from said frame and consisting of an elongated loop and an upper eye having the juncture of the two extended inward to form a projection to narrow the opening between said loop and eye, the parts of said carrier proper being of integral rigid structure" (lines 78-88).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Miller, Amanuel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Vault for Railway Cars.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design consists in "a safety treasure-vault for express cars, &c., with the combination of the walls, floor, and roof of the vault constructed of bullet-proof steel plate riveted together at their corners, and the angle-irons to which the walls, floor, and roof are riveted, the bullet-proof steel-plate door, the parcel-delivery window, the combined desk-shelf and bullet-proof shutter, the said vault provided with a port-hole and the bullet-proof plug that stops the port-hole" (lines 21-31).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Olsson, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Water Source, July 2015
Newsletter of the Texas A&M Forest Service describing forestry and water related issues, programs, and resources for forest owners in Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Houston, and Leon Counties, Texas.
Date:
July 2015
Creator:
Texas A & M Forest Service
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Walthall, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History