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Combined Jack and Wrench.
Patent for a combined jack and wrench. This patent focuses on a combined wagon jack and wrench, which acts as a wheel removing device.
Date:
November 18, 1913
Creator:
Gregory, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for improving acetylene gas generators.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Muse, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a mechanical device improvements to lift heavy loads or to apply great forces.
Date:
April 29, 1913
Creator:
Graves, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffins
Patent for a coffin attachment which supports the head and shoulders of the body and allows them to be adjusted vertically. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Deering, Uriah H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Clipper
Patent for improvements to bolt cutters, in terms of construction and efficiency. The improvement includes "oppositely-disposed jaw members, having v-shaped cutting edges" (lines 36-37). Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Pulvitt, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing.
Patent for invention of a bearing which has adjustable bearing for shafting. Also this invention wide range of position changes in shaft.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Former Attachment for Binders.
Patent for an improved attachment for binders "which will hold a number of bundles of grain and which will then deposit the bundles of grain in a field in a set-up position, thus forming a shock (lines 10-14).
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Jack E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Measuring Machine
Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Engines.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic stopping mechanism for engines.
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Hunter, Victor Emmet
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Nanny, Amos William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a removable churn-body, of the frame, with a friction-wheel mounted thereon, a dasher-spindle provided with friction-wheel, movable notched bar, and spring-rod" (lines 79-83).
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Conner, Laurence H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.
Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Knott, Miller & Bible, Adam Calver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Teen Vandals]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
April 30, 1991, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bailing Press
Patent for a baling press. This invention combines a truck and horse that facilitates the pressing of hay.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Moore, James Solomon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide means for setting and supporting the pin and link of the ordinary car-coupler, so that cars will be automatically coupled when brought together; and it consists in a frame or holder for the coupling-pin and a frame or holder for the coupling-link" (lines 11-17).
Date:
September 23, 1890
Creator:
Godsey, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casting Dental Plates.
Patent for casting dental plates which builds upon a previous patent by the same inventor, Patent No. 633,222, accepted on September 19, 1899. This patent professes to eliminate previous issues with casting metal such as pinholes and air bubbles that create imperfections in the dental plates.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Attachment for Baling Presses
Patent for an "improved cotton packing attachment for baling-presses" (lines 9-10).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Shepherd, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Pumping Water, Sand, &c.
Patent for "an apparatus for emptying sandboxes of locomotives" (lines 13-14) "operated by compressed air to elevate and discharge sand, water, &c." (lines 10-11).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Butler, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn. The patent is for a "means for adjustably securing a series of vertically-arranged breakers in a churn-body of any size, operating with a revolving dasher" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Haley, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an automatic churn, which is an improvement to a previous churn, no. 39,532. It has a two-part cabinet, the top part equipped with a hinged top, a crank shaft, ratchet-wheel, spring pawl, and a tubular square pocket at the end of the crank-shaft. The square pocket is where one can attach a handle to operate the churn. The lower half of the cabinet opens on the side and contains the container, dasher-rod, and churn-dashers.
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Roberts, John A. & Vermillion, William E. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator
Patent for a Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator that is used to cultivate cotton, corn and nature like plants.
Date:
May 22, 1888
Creator:
Evans, Lucius Sandiford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine
Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Symons, Wilson E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing.
Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Godsey, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History