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Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
Patent for improvement in cotton-stalk pullers with beveled edges for firmer hold on the stalks.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Heacock, Cadwallader
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws.
Patent for a new and improved device for jointing, gauging, and setting saws. This design consists "[i]n a saw-jointer and gage . . . the body-plate or block, having laterally extending arms, a groove extending entirely through the said arms, overhanging flanges extending from the said arms, a slot in the bottom of the groove forming an open space between the flanges, and a flat spring secured in the groove, facing the flanges" (lines 28-35).
Date:
May 5, 1885
Creator:
Cummings, Virgil T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "has relation to door-checks . . . for retaining a door or gate in any desired opened position; and it has for its objects to provide such a door-check in which the holding or clamping mechanism of the check is operated automatically from the latch or knob of the lock, to provide a strong brace for retaining the door in its adjusted position . . . a bolt casing slides upon a rail carried at the upper edge of the door and has a bolt operated from the lock of the door for engaging the said rail, and in which a brace or arm is pivoted to the door-frame" (lines 8-26).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Scarborough, William Daily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "of the wheel having the series of arms, the V-shaped fenders secured thereto, the rim having offsets and tapering side edges, the hoe-bars having rollers, and overlapping hoes at their outer ends" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 14, 1889
Creator:
Woodbury, Amasa O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check
Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 24, 1889
Creator:
Scarborough, William Daily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Kiln
Patent for a "kiln proper . . . constructed with special reference to combustion of cinders or sparks, and thereby preventing their escape into the chamber containing the lumber" (lines 7-10)
Date:
February 25, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Andrew T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power.
Patent for improvements in churn-motors by using the combination of an upright supporting frame, “a shaft journaled in the frame, means for rotating the shaft,…..corresponding with the size of the joint between the dasher-staff and pitman, substantially as specified.” (Line 5-15, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
MaGee, William Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grinding-Machine
Patent for "a machine chiefly adapted for making or grinding molding bits or knives with either a straight or irregular cutting-edge; but my invention is also adapted for making and grinding other edged tools and implements" (lines 13-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Ross, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cutting Machine.
Patent for a grain-cutting apparatus with adjustable knives. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Clark, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.
Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Ross, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for a new and useful lubricator. This invention "relates to certain improvements in lubricators, such as are adapted for use in connection with the wheels of wagons, carriages, and other vehicles" (line 8 -11).
Date:
December 28, 1897
Creator:
McCall, Duncan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Slates.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for slates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1899
Creator:
Mitchell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas lamp, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1899
Creator:
Josserand, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas lamps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Josserand, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongs.
Patent for tongs with gripping jaws that are removable and have variable gripping surfaces on each vertical side of the jaws.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Rice, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for "simple and easily-operated mechanism for opening and closing a gate and for controlling the latch thereof by the same mechanism which opens and closes the gate" (lines 12-16).
Date:
June 11, 1901
Creator:
Seckler, Levi W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine
Patent for eccentric cylinder rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date:
September 4, 1906
Creator:
Stanford, George W. & Smith, Louie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Abdominal Support
Patent for an abdominal support in pants which is held up by leggings.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Towns, Minnie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke-Consumer and Artificial Draft
Patent for a smoke consumer used to maintain the heat of a furnace while absorbing the smoke. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Ford, Andrew H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attatchment
Patent for an attachment for sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 7, 1910
Creator:
Griffin, Patrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a refrigerator, which is cooled by ice water that has melted out of the ice chamber going around all the refrigeration areas.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Baker, Jesse J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Shirt.
Patent for a sleeping shirt designed to secure infants to the bed by removable shoulder flaps.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Johnson, Ira A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop.
Patent for a folding poultry coop "which may be quickly and readily knocked down and folded after the poultry have been removed therefrom" (lines 13-15).
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Caldwell, Robert Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Privy Seat.
Patent for a privy or toilet seat that is cheaper to manufacture and can be applied without extra tools.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Smith, Bertram C. & Stevenson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History