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Wrench.
Patent related to a wrench that is adjustable to fit any nut size. When secured on the nut, this wrench will firmly grip the nut until the handler loosens the wrench from the nut.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Weatherly, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade, Curtain, and Drapery Hanger.
Patent for a pair of adjustable and flexible bars and brackets to be modified with additional components (such as strips, screws, and nails) to accommodate any window or hangar length. The bars and brackets combination provide simple construction and removals of window shades, curtains, and drapes.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Rawls, Theophilus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Fastener.
Patent for a window sash fastener with improvement in locking device that hold it in any position or securely locked against movement, including illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1913
Creator:
Driscoll, Spurgeon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improved wrench wherein various shaped and sized heads can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. This allows for the wrench to be used with nuts of varying shapes and sizes.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Davis, George W. & Davis, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved wire-tightener. This design consists, "with a curved metallic bar having a central groove in its convex side, and aligned openings of different diameters in the sides of the groove, of the looping-pin having two tapering arms at an angle to each other and of different sizes" (lines 78-83).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Austin, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for an improved wrench that has two movable jaws and can separate about the length of the handle. The wrench's "head or nut for operating the upper jaw is swiveled and forms a part of the handle" (lines 14-15). The wrench can be converted into a pipe-wrench.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
King, Will Henry Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire-stretcher that can easily stretch a wire in a series on a fence in such a way that the stretcher doesn't need to brace against a post.
Date:
January 9, 1894
Creator:
Sparkman, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine.
Patent for a wire-coiling machine that improves on a previous patent (No. 296,806), that was granted to Wildermuth. The improvement allows for either left- or right-handed use, by making the crank movable to either side and by "providing the upper end of the post at opposite sides with stationary cutter blades and a single movable cutter adapted to be shifted for operation with either one of the said fixed cutters" (lines 28-32).
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Crowder, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire-stretcher meant for making barbed wire fences that is more efficient than other wire-stretchers. It has a bent plate, a split hook swiveled to the plate, a rotatable rod that goes through the plate, stretching wire that is secured to the rod, and the split hook is attached to the wire.
Date:
October 9, 1894
Creator:
Austin, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Preservative.
Patent for a compound with preservative qualities for protecting submersed wood from the destructive forces of water, whether sea or fresh, and from shipworms.
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Gallinowsky, Hugo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid and Gaseous Fuel Burner
Patent for a improvements for liquid and gaseous fuel burner, with a particular emphasis, "to the burner caps of gas stoves."
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Lozano, Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turnstile.
Patent for a new turnstile design for use in train cars, "especially adapted for use in so called " pay-as-you-enter " cars." (lines 11-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Lohrberg, Leopold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector.
Patent for a durable, sleeve-like knee protector which contours the knee for comfort and allows for easy application and removal. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 9, 1913
Creator:
McCall, Dougald Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes
Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Major, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines
Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Wright, Ed W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake.
Patent for a wagon brake that allows the detachment of a horse from the wagon, including illustration.
Date:
December 9, 1913
Creator:
Gibbs, Joshua
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Bridle-Rods
Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for a vehicle indicator that indicates speed using a sound and light. "The driver may be warned when a certain speed is reached and so officers of the law and others may readily tell by glancing at the vehicle whether or not it is exceeding the speed limit."
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Hartman, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Car-Doors.
Patent for a locking device for a sliding train car capable of locking automatically upon close, including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Tierney, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet
Patent for "a device of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, and in which provision shall be made for the safe-keeping of all the materials and ingredients used in bread-making and in ordinary cooking as well as for pies, cakes, cold victuals and the like" (lines 9-15).
Date:
July 9, 1889
Creator:
Skipper, James Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Raft.
Patent for boat state rooms that convert into life rafts.
Date:
September 9, 1884
Creator:
Adams, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vise for Drilling-Machines
Patent for a vise for drilling-machines with a novel construction and combination of parts. The work is positioned and clamped under the drill.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Joyce, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History