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Under-Drilling Bit.
Patent for improvements in the design of under drilling bits in order to "reduce labor, time and expense of drilling" and "to permit the drilling of a more perfect hole" (lines 25-27), including illustrations and a description of the design.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
English, Harry White
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold.
Patent for a form of mold that is constructed to expand and contract quickly to form sidewalks and curbs.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Forbis, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug Attachment
Patent for A Spark-Plug Attachment. This spark- plug attachment is designed to facilitate the sparking process without further damaging the porcelain component of the spark-plug.
Date:
July 15, 1918
Creator:
Sherill, Guy M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to combine a single and double plow so that they may be used either conjointly or independently of each other, and to provide means for the ready adjustment of the plow-beams with relation to each other and for the adjustment of the shovels so as to present the same at different inclinations for penetrating the ground at various depths" (lines 8-16).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Walton, Sam Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Extension Covered Wagon-Bed
Patent for a knock-down wagon bed, particularly to be extensible for cotton hauling.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Joly, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack.
Patent for improvements to pump jacks. Simple gravity actuated devices are provided to aid the power mechanism of the pump jack, resulting in smoother, more even operation.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack
Patent for an improved pump jack to increase its power when in use.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underground Portable Drill
Patent for drilling machines for the object of drilling underground openings for laying gas, electric, water or any other conduits. A second object is sectional drill or track worm to keep drilling going without moving the machine.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Branning, Willie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Movable Shelving for Stores.
Patent for new and improved shelving. This design "consists of three sections, a central main portion and two half-sections hinged at each end of the main section, said side sections being one half the length of the main section and adapted to fold face inward against the middle section, and the whole supported upon brackets that terminate in caster-rollers, and is removably secured to the store-wall by hooks on the shelving engaging eyes in the wall . . . The object of this invention is to so construct the shelving of stores that in case of fire the sections of shelving may be quickly closed together" (lines 13-28).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Thomas, Oscar P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail Driving Tool.
Patent for a new and improved nail-driving tool. This design consists, "with the shell of the tool formed with recesses and a guide-groove . . . the driving-bar provided with notch, die, and roller, spline guided in the groove of the shell, and the returning-spring, of the levers having toes, the former of said levers bearing normally upon the roller, the spring secured to said shell, bearing by its ends upon the ends of the said levers, and the magazine obliquely attached to the shell, provided with an opening and a spring-closing device" (lines 32-43).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Brady, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound
Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).
Date:
July 15, 1890
Creator:
Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting and Launching Machinery for Life-Boats.
Patent for machinery to quickly launch and lower life boats from a main ship in case of accident.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Sargeant, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a gate-operating mechanism for quickly opening and closing a gate, including farm gates, from either side without the use of springs, including a description of the design and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Butler, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hollow Building-Tile.
Patent for hollow building blocks or tile in a block form with a groove to easily insert a nailing strip which can be secured with nails or screws.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for...a seed planting machine which improves upon an earlier cotton seed planting machine. The improved apparatus can be substituted for corn and other seeds. It may also be utilized for ground cultivation.
Date:
July 15, 1884
Creator:
Pietzsch, Louis; Armstrong, John J. & Lowrey, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Decapitator.
Patent for a poultry decapitator that will not cause poultry pain, and will have the necks cut evenly in a quick decapitation.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Rece, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Carrier.
Patent for "relatively inexpensive carriers for delivering or shipping pies" (lines 11-12), including one illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Hubig, Simon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved ring for games. This design is "part of a game apparatus, a ring of wood of a form adapted to be rolled over a flat surface, having a ring of metal cast in a groove cut in its inner surface" (lines 57-60).
Date:
July 15, 1884
Creator:
Fisher, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers
Patent for a safety device designed to cut off steam in the even of an accident.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Foskett, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Closet.
Patent for improvements in dry closets with an illustration. The improvements patented are specific to separating "fecal matter and urine" (line 15).
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Moore, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "consist[s] of the hopper, the tapering feed-tube, the distributing-chamber provided with inwardly-projecting radial pins, the discharge-spout, and the shaft provided at its upper end with stirrer pins, at its middle part with a tapering feed-screw, and at its lower part with distributing pins" (lines 9-15).
Date:
July 15, 1884
Creator:
Hopper, Thomas Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for machine that cleans seed cotton before it is ginned by removing dirt, twigs, and other foreign matter.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Vessels Invisible.
Patent for improvements in "air and water craft" (line 13) invisible including illustrations. These improvements include invisibility through "plurality of plates or sections" (lines 18-19) and diffuse light, disguising the vessels.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Chaddick, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Sifter and Mixer.
Patent for a "simply constructed" (line 11-12) flour sifter and mixer wherein the flour can be "thoroughly mixed without removal of the sifter" (line 12-13) including an illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Newcomer, Stella B. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History