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Surgical Appliance.
Patent for a surgical appliance, "adapted for the treatment of rectal and uterine troubles".
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Woodward, Lewis Ethridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for a locking nut that holds the bolt in place, prevent it from loosening.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Robinson, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer
Patent for an invention that "relates to a pneumatic conveyer, and is particularly adapted for use in connection with cotton-seed and other material for the purpose of elevating and conveying the material to a room or compartment where it may be deposited and for transferring the contents of one of said compartments to another whenever desired" (lines 10-17). Illustrations are included.
Date:
July 6, 1901
Creator:
Seifert, John, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate and Attaching Device Therefor
Patent for plate and attaching device to prevent it from being moved by a child. Illustration included
Date:
July 18, 1905
Creator:
Williams, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector.
Patent for an adjustable protective shield for automobile tires, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Day, Alfred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "has for its objects to provide an improved oil-press mat which can be pressed and shaped into a compact body of the required configuration, and such shape be retained when subjected to pressure to compress heated envelops containing the meal from which the oil is to be extracted, and to provide a mat the face of which is elastic and tough, and liable to become heated, like like metal face-plates, while the main body of the mat is prevented from being softened and peeling or becoming detached from the facing" (lines 8-19).
Date:
July 8, 1884
Creator:
Osborn, Adelbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scrip Holder.
Patent for "a scrip holder, designed particularly for housing in a conveniently accessible manner the usual railroad scrip" (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Cleveland, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock Drill.
Patent for a new and improved rock-drill. This design "is to construct a simple and efficient rock-drill in which the forward feeding and rotating of the drill are accomplished automatically" (lines 15-18). It consists in "the drill-rod, a tappet-plate placed loosely on the drill-rod, clutch mechanism connected with the tappet-plate for engaging the drill-rod, a spring for impelling the drill-rod, a cam provided with conical ends for lifting the tappet-plate, and the guide" (lines 20-26).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Belt, Perley P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Unwinder and Mixer.
Patent for a fiber unwinder and mixer meant to pick apart, unroll, and mix lint-cotton or other similar material. It then presses the lint-cotton into cylindrical bales "in order to restore the cotton or similar material in such bales to the loose condition requisite for the usual process of manufacture in mills, and to mix different grades of cotton or like fibrous material, when desired" (lines 17-22).
Date:
July 30, 1895
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for improvements to seed planters including "having a revolving seed distributing drum provided with radial slots in which radially moving plungers are arranged, and so operated that at predetermined points seeds are received in the pockets and subsequently ejected therefrom" (lines 12-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Gibson, Rupert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking Attachment.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in marking attachments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Lane, Sampson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Sheller.
Patent for a simply-constructed nut-sheller especially designed for pecans, although because it is adjustable, other nuts can be shelled. It has "a reciprocating plunger which is adapted to cut the shell from the nut, and which has also means for cleaning out the nut-holder and shelling-knives, so that the machine is sure to work well every time" (lines 15-19).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Prade, Julien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nebulizer.
Patent for a nebulizer, which has a spraying mechanism for delivering medicinal sprays through a nozzle to the nose, throat, or lungs.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
McGregor, Ringling R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for a nutcracker, which does not crush the nut inside.
Date:
July 12, 1910
Creator:
Fort, Foster W. & Cruger, Harry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overall-Waist
Patent for connections between union overalls and coat (waist). This invention enables a close overlap between trousers and coat, "to avoid all loose or flying portions of the garment which might otherwise impede or obstruct the free use of arms of the wearer or catch in machinery" (p.1 lines 51 to 55) etc.
Date:
July 16, 1918
Creator:
Elliott, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Conroy, Eliza D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector
Patent for electric-line-apparatus protector used to protect telephone and other electrical circuits from damaged caused by electricity. This is a simple and efficient device.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Higgins, Peter K. & Parker, Frederick R.
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
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
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
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Divin, Frank
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