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Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Divin, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Spacing Attachment for Type Writing Machines
Patent for an attachment to provide type writing machines with back space. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Parker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Replacer and Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved bale-band replacer and tightener. This design "provide[s] a simple and convenient device for replacing a broken bale-bind, for tightening the band around the bale, and for drawing the ends together, so as to provide the necessary slack for slipping the loop out of the tie when it is desired to remove a band" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 4, 1882
Creator:
Lenard, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Attachment For Plows.
Patent for cutting attachment for a plow, including illustrations.
Date:
July 6, 1897
Creator:
Stone, Umphry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Lane, Jefferson D. & James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists in, first, a hopper having its rear side or board extended downward so as to form the standard or furrow-opener; second, the combination of two endwise adjustable castings provided with shoulders or offsets, and which are made adjustable in relation to each other, and by means of which the quantity dropped is regulated . . . [An object] of [the] invention [is] to extend the rear side of the seed-box downward, so as to form a furrow-opener or standard, to attach the combined seed-box and standard to the two iron beams" (lines 13-28).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Kennedy, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener.
Patent for a new and improved can opener. This design consists "[i]n a can-opener, the combination, with a radius-bar having a handle at one end and a vertical fulcrum or pivot-pin, of an adjustable sleeve mounted on the bar and carrying two cutters, one being adapted to act as a guide and the other as a cutter" (lines 27-32).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Misener, Richard Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "to provide a novel car-coupling pin and means for operating the same to automatically couple cars through the medium of ordinary links without the use of triggers located within the draw-head . . . The invention consists, essentially, in a vertically-movable coupling-pin adapted to rotate axially in the pin-hole of the draw-head, and having a wing or lug for supporting it in its elevated position, combined with a yielding draw-head having a vertical slot to receive the wing or lug and a shoulder to support the same" (lines 8-22).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Power, Kelsey L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer.
Patent for improvements in atomizers or instruments for distributing powders or liquids in which it provided “provision for closing the exit-passage and preserve the strength of the medicated powders or fluid and permit of the carrying of the same within the body of the device without danger of spilling.” (Lines 17-21) The rubber bulb is detachable and is used as a powder-box or as a bottle for fluid. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 21, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton planters and cultivators by “attaching one or more levers to the axle which are pivoted to a frame below the axle, in which the levers are also connected with the caster-wheel in front, whereby the frame may be raised so as to elevate the cultivators above the earth.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 27, 1880
Creator:
Walsh, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bridgework.
Patent for dental bridgework with "an improved slotted crown, cap, or band for attaching the bridges to the natural teeth" (lines 9-10).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Bray, Bernard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning and Bat-Forming Apparatus.
Patent for a cotton-cleaning and bat-forming apparatus that prepares cotton for compression into bales. The apparatus is meant to increase the value of the cotton it processes, and do so in an efficient and inexpensive manner. The amount of compression doubles the number of pounds of cotton one can fit into a bale. The chute does not let air out of the apparatus while cotton is being cleaned, and the air-pressure in the cleaner-condenser does not restrict the cotton's movement into the cleaner.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp.
Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Williams, Theron H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Object-Finders.
Patent for a "new and useful attachment for the object finder of a camera" (lines 9-10) with adjustable configuration, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Lawson, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad-cars. This design consists in "an ordinary draw-head provided with the usual pin-and-link coupling [that] can be readily and cheaply adapted for use as an automatic coupling. The invention consists in the combination, with a slotted draw-head and a coupling-pin swinging therein and provided with pivotal supports or trunnions, of a vertically-projecting and axially-rotatable guide loop or staple arranged on each side of the pin-slot and adapted to hold the pin from being jolted out of the draw-head, and to permit its withdrawal" (lines 9-20).
Date:
July 13, 1886
Creator:
Garrett, Jackson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Oil Generator.
Patent for improvements in oil burners to have the "means to permit the same to be positioned within the fire box of a stove, by means of the especially constructed support." (lines 12-15)
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Epps, Henry Gaston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board.
Patent for an ironing board that has no legs or braces, but is securely held and provided with a cabinet that can be attached to the side of a wall or built into a wall to not take up space in the room by being placed out. Makes for easier ironing of garments, such as dresses and skirts, by allowing them to be inserted on the board.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Trammell, Earl, M. & Carothers, Willam C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow
Patent for a rotary plow. "It pertains to improvements in rotary plows" (p. 4). There is a detailed illustration of the rotary plow. Each component is labeled and it is described thoroughly in the text.
Date:
July 1, 1884
Creator:
Willis, W. Beale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Barr, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new sliding jaw type wrench which enables objects to be clamped in the jaws of the wrench securely while leverage is used to rotate the head of a nut.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
McGill, Wisdom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Pressing Shingles and Slabs and The Like
Patent for a machine designed for manufacturing shingles and other building material. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Baade, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Tufting Mattresses.
Patent for a machine for tufting mattresses "whereby the tufts or washers are periodically fed to and affixed upon the feed-wheels between which the mattresses is intermittently advanced and compressed, said tufts being placed upon the mattress by the periodical fractional revolution of the feed-wheels and secured by stitching the entire transverse series of tufts by the automatic action of a series of needles, and a lower corresponding series of knotter-heads and devices co-operating therewith" (lines 11-21).
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Stephenson, Edwin N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Fastener.
Patent for a mail bag fastener which automatically locks when closed and can only be opened with a key.It also holds the mail bag open when letters are being withdrawn.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Barr, George Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Guard
Patent for a metal guard worn around the ankle. The guard maintains the shape of the trousers when worn and keeps the material from coming in contact with the wearer's legs.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Hardy, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History