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Buckle-Making Machine
Patent for a buckle making machine for forming wires into tie buckles for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 30, 1912
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for a bale tie buckle made up of hooks that will not come apart under pressure.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Eddleman, Dudley E. & McFarland, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer
Allows for planting and fertilizing fields at same time whether it is "for strewing or for check-row planting with or without wire" (lines12-13).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
McDaniel, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame.
Patent for "a simple, compact and efficient extensible frame adapted to be supported for use either in connection with a bedstead or door and window openings, &c" (lines 9-13). It is constructed to be arranged in multiple positions and "to support the fabric of the canopy in the desired position without risk of tearing or otherwise injuring the same" (lines 15-18).
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Baggett, Charles Bennett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Mill.
Patent for a coffee mill that utilizes an electric motor for power (grinding).
Date:
September 27, 1910
Creator:
Sligar, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Tanning
Patent for new and useful improvements in compounds for tanning, using water, four gallons, fluid extract of phytolacca or common poke root, quarter of an ounce, gum gambier, four pounds, and alum, one pound.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Burrows, Ira I
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Pooling
Patent for rail-car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Carter, L. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction
Patent for a truss bridge which also uses suspension cables and is lighter than previous truss bridges.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Carroll, John Morton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Attachment.
Patent for a bicycle attachment that supports the frame and can be used as a "carrier or support for a child, package, a satchel, &c." (Lines 12-13) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Flinn, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for combined seed planter and fertilizer distributer that "can be readily adapted for strewing or for check-row planting with or without a checkwire" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
McDaniel, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot.
Patent for coffee pot attachment to prevent coffee grounds from getting into the coffee pot's spout.
Date:
January 2, 1912
Creator:
Voyles, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circuit-Closer.
Patent for a circuit closer for ignition systems "in which both of the terminals are not only isolated from each other, but are also insulated from the engine frame" (lines 10-12).
Date:
February 16, 1909
Creator:
Hubbard, Wilson E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor.
Patent for improving crank-lever churn motors for a more simple construction that results in a more lightweight but strong machine.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for a bale-tie buckle.
Date:
November 6, 1911
Creator:
Armstrong, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Body Supported Brackett
Patent for body supported bracket for mirrors. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Birdwell, Russell J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hydrant and Stop and Waste Cock.
Patent for a hydrant water cock, which stops water from flowing into the hydrant when it is turned and drains the hydrant.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Bunch, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Appliance
Patent for an automatic air brake appliance for railroad cars that activates if the car derails.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Baxter, Joseph Sewell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction.
Patent for a new and useful bridge construction, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Davidson, James Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shears And Knife
Patent for a knife attached to shears.
Date:
June 26, 1900
Creator:
Fulks, Fredrick F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle for Bale-Ties
Patent for a buckle for bale ties for use on hay bales.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Eddleman, Dudley E. & Armstrong, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Loading Wagons.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date:
November 27, 1888
Creator:
Bernard, Alfred Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot Upper.
Patent for a new and improved boot upper. This design "relates to improvements in boots for use by lumbermen, laborers, miners, and others requiring a stout heavy boot capable of withstanding great strain, water-tight, and durable" (lines 7-11). It "consist[s] of a front and rear section, each of said sections being made in one piece and the edges of the rear section doubled over upon themselves and having their edges secured to the edges of the front section by edge stitches passing through said edges of the front section and said edges of the doubled edges of the rear section" (lines 74-81).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Baker, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame and the hopper having the closed bottom and the openings in one side, with the driving-wheel, having the tappet-pins, the seed-slides having the openings or cups, the fulcrumed levers actuated by the tappet-pins, and connected to the lower ends of the seed-slides, and the cord or strap passing over the sheave, and secured to the free ends of the levers, whereby the seed-slides are reciprocated alternately in opposite directions" (lines 74-84).
Date:
September 1, 1885
Creator:
Easley, Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Recutting Files.
Patent for a new and improved file re-cutter. This design consists "[i]n an apparatus for recutting files by electro-chemical action, the dialectric plates and the carbon plates having their upper ends attached to said non-conducting plates, whereby the files to be recut are disposed between the carbon plates when in the solution" (lines 76-82).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Emley, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History