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Rail-Joint
Patent for a rail joint that is new and improves already existing rail joints specifically scarf joints.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
McDonald, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design "has relation to that class of swinging farm-gates operated by an arrangement of levers upon both sides thereof, whereby the gate can be opened and closed by the driver or occupant of the vehicle without getting down from his [or her] seat" (lines 16-21).
Date:
August 30, 1881
Creator:
Wolfram, John Arnold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design "provide[s] the gate with a suitable spring-bolt, in connection with an arrangement of devices or mechanism whereby the bolt is operated as the gate is being opened; also, in providing means whereby the pressure on the gate caused by the wind is equalized, thereby enabling the gate to be more easily operated" (lines 22-29).
Date:
December 13, 1881
Creator:
Wolfram, John Arnold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Cotton-Bale Bands.
Patent for a new and useful fastener for metal bands or straps used in baling cotton. The fastener is designed to overcome problems experienced with currently used fasteners, such as fasteners that break during baling, as well as sharp portions of bands that injure hands.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Cain, James Patrick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grub-Plow.
Patent for a grub plow with a better cutter, which can be adjusted to different depths of soil.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Gardner, Eli J. & Odem, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrated images and decorative text with business name and text reading: "Steer Cattle a Specialty" in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead contains names D. M. O'Connor; T. M. O'Connor.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for "a motor driven cultivator adapted to be attached to various types of cultivating devices to draw the latter over the ground to be cultivated". (lines 12-15)
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Hodges, Eugene C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Burner
Patent for a gas burner. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Bryant, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in saws, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1898
Creator:
Caruthers, John I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in acetylene gas generating and storing apparatus to "provide a simple, compact, and economical means for automatically said gas" (line 10 - 13).
Date:
September 19, 1899
Creator:
Bryant, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper attachment, which can be connected to a cultivator to thin cotton.
Date:
August 3, 1909
Creator:
Joiner, Preston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that safe and can be operated without the operator going between cars. It consists of a car, a draw-head, a pin, a guide, a plate that holds the pin, a spring arm, and handles.
Date:
April 4, 1893
Creator:
Myers, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for the Insect Destroyer invented by Emmanuel C. Grover. This invention relates to the type of insect destroyers that are adapted to remove insects from growing plants and kill them. This invention is also modified with a moving device to be moved over a growing row of plants and destroy insects therein without injuring the plants.
Date:
February 21, 1917
Creator:
Grover, Emmanuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Tile for Building Contruction
Patent for improvements in concrete tiles for building construction, designed especially for use in building walls, partitions, ceilings, etc. of building structures.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Harter, Leander Douglas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History