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Grain-Toller.
Patent for a simple device that's placed in a grinding mill to automatically extract and regulate the amount of grain being withdrawn.
Date:
October 25, 1921
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller and Chopper.
Patent for a stalk puller that can pull the stalk from the ground and chop in pieces for feeding for fertilizer.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Anderson, Jeff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Circulating Gage.
Patent for an "oil circulating gage particularly designed for use in connection with the oiling system of the well known 'Ford' automobile."
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Cope, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Rule, Square, and Miter.
Patent for a combination of devices that contains "attachments for folding rules which will make said rules capable of use as a square, tri-square, and miter" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
McFarland, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing Attachment for Plows
Patent for plow attachment to deflecting soil from the shovel of the plow; does not require special tools to apply attachment to plow.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Hogan, Peter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same.
Patent for "a new and Improved Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same" (lines 5-7) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Graley, Morton Adrian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for improvements to a hay press to be manufactured easily and cheaply while maintaining its effectiveness in pressing hay into bales.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Pate, William H. & Rhyne, Arthur M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Point Holddown
Patent for switch-point holddown to accompany and support the switch rail machinery. Process and function in text with accompanying illustrations to demonstrate said function.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Morrison, Oscar P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Bed.
Patent for a "longitudinally extensible" (lines 12-13) bed. The extension is stored underneath the main portion of the bed when not in use and allows for the bed to be covered completely with netting to protect against mosquitos. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Couch, Marvin Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper. The text describes the construction of the machine and explains how it is different from current cotton choppers.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Forrest, Bedford W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Car-Door Fastener
Patent for a box car door fastener.
Date:
March 19, 1912
Creator:
Hooton, Pinkie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in animal traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Griffin, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a wire clothes pin that is attached to the clothesline and is easily opened or closed to attach or remove clothes.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Burleson, Pleasant Wright
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a churn operating mechanism, which can be attached to a wall.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Wiley, Alvin Herbert; Lathem, Diah Walter & Lathem, Mariand Wiendfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap, particularly desgned for rodents and birds, which is able to trap animals without having to be manually reset each time. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Barron, Nathan J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Wiley, Alvin Herbert & Banger, John Edward Armenious
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Rail.
Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Everett, Edgar B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car - Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1898
Creator:
Oden, Joshua K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Greene, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake
Patent for a wagon brake. Illustration included.
Date:
September 27, 1904
Creator:
Melton, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a well cleaning machine with spring activated jaws for scoops that pick up mud and leaves from the bottom of wells.
Date:
September 24, 1907
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator.
Patent for an improvement in water elevators to raise and lower a pair of buckets, meant to be simple, inexpensive, and more efficient than other designs. In particular, it is meant "to move the buckets in either direction without necessitating the operator's changing his position with relation to the apparatus" (lines 19-22).
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Griffin, Walter R.; Thomas, Joseph E. & Griffin, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy
Patent for a means of using electricity more efficiently, which entails "utilizing the extra current generated by the break in the circuit of an electromagnetic apparatus" (lines 16-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History