Dynamo Electric Machine (open access)

Dynamo Electric Machine

Patent for Improvement of Dynamo-Electric Machines. The improvement turns electric energy into mechanical entry.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Reynolds, William T. & Reynolds, Bruce A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Door. (open access)

Electrically-Operated Door.

Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Cain, Ira L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor (open access)

Governor

Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal. (open access)

Signal.

Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Chaffin, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signaling Mechanism (open access)

Railway Signaling Mechanism

Patent for a railway signaling mechanism. This invention "relates to certain new and useful improvements in electric railway and block signaling in which means are provided for indicating in the engine cab to the engineer the condition of the road ahead" (lines 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Adams, Edwin Johnson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal and Control for Railways (open access)

Automatic Signal and Control for Railways

Patent for "automatically arresting the travel of a locomotive or train in the event of failure of a clear track" (lines 11-14).
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Pool, Carl L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Wiring Mechanism. (open access)

Bale Wiring Mechanism.

Patent for "improvements in a bale wiring mechanism, for baling presses, and also to an improved tie which can be made by simple mechanism" (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine and Method of Bending. (open access)

Bending-Machine and Method of Bending.

Patent for a machine to bend metal into various shapes for the purpose of construction and reinforcement.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an improvement in baling-presses that uses a plunger operated press for maximum compression and minimum power.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Hayes, Daniel George
System: The Portal to Texas History