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Seed-Planter
Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Adams, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tile-Machine.
Patent for a tile pipe molder that "expeditiously and cheaply make subirrigating pipe right at the side of the ditch where it is to be laid" (lines 10-13).
Date:
April 3, 1894
Creator:
Adamson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for T-Stands
Patent for improvement of T stands, which includes a vertical rod that makes attachment and removal easier.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Adamson, John Selden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack
Patent for store window display racks which can be easily removed and altered in appearance, allowing for more unique showings of commercial goods.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Adamson, John Seldon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper
Patent for a stalk chopper that chops weeds, vines, and stalks into smaller pieces or kills them in order for the ground beneath to be readily cultivated.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Adamson, William Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener.
Patent for new and useful improvements for can openers. The principal purpose is to provide means for opening round cans of different sizes and also square cans.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Adels, Rebecca Valencia.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threading Apparatus For Pipes.
Patent for improvements of the threading apparatus for pipes through a simple attachment to automobiles wheels. Illustrated figures with descriptions are presented to easily show the ways in which the device attaches and is used.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Adkins, Otto O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn - Cotton Planter
Patent for...adjustable corn, cotton or seed planter.
Date:
December 13, 1892
Creator:
Adkins, Stephen J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter Attachment.
Patent for "seed-planter attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful machine of this character adapted to simultaneously plant two rows of corn, cotton, or other seed at any desired distance apart and to also provide means for marking the third row at any width from the planter." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1896
Creator:
Adkins, Stephen J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for a skeleton glove for picking cotton that protects the fingers from chafing from the plant through the use of metal or leather thimbles on the end of each finger of the glove.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Adkins, Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder and Filler.
Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Adkisson, Duncan Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal
Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Adleta, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto power transmitting jack
Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
Date:
March 29, 1915
Creator:
Adolf F. Johnson, of El Campo, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for an improved tractor where the "propelling force is delivered through traction blocks...(lines 11-12)."
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Aerl, Van Vivian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolf E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Clocks or Watches
Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench, which can used "as a nut wrench or a pipe wrench" (lines 18-19).
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Agee, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens
Patent for improvements for window sash and screens, specifically improving opening, adjusting and closing mechanisms.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Agee, Howard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard Doors and the Like
Patent for improved guards for doors.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Hanger.
Patent for more accessible window screen hangers. The inventors claimed that these improved screen hangers eliminated the challenge of hanging window screens on the exterior of tall buildings. These screen hangers allowed customers to hang, adjust, and clean screens from the inside of buildings.
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Agee, Jonathan F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper And Checker
Patent for a cotton chopper and checker. Illustration included.
Date:
November 21, 1905
Creator:
Agee, Jonathan F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Railway Cars
Patent for a draft attachment for railway cars.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Agnell, Peter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History