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Valve.
Patent for a valve, comprised of a valve seat and a moving part that is made in such a way as to minimize wear and tear. The seat, which attaches to the pump stem, supports the value stem, which is then covered by a thimble that supports a rubber disk. This rubber disk helps prevent liquid and sand from wearing against the valve stem.
Date:
November 14, 1911
Creator:
Wintz, Thornton E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instep Bearing Or Guard For Stirrups.
Patent for a new and improved instep bearing or guard for stirrups, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Kellner, Charles J. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer.
Patent for a new lemon squeezer design for "table purposes" (line 15) and "to provide a sanitary lemon squeezer" (lines 19-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 14, 1911
Creator:
Carroll, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a new and useful vehicle wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Pruitt, Andrew L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in insecticides, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Carmichaelm, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument for Breaking Car-Seals.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in instruments for breaking car seals, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Leyendecker, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sweeper.
Patent for a light weight lawn sweeper that doubles as a shovel for lawn debris. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 14, 1900
Creator:
Caruthers, John Irving
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for a recipe for insecticide for the Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil.
Date:
May 14, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Wilmon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Toilet-Basins
Patent for a valve for toilet basins which is specifically placed outside the bowl to prevent the operator's hands from becoming wet when discharging the contents of the bowl.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Kelley, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a general lock but made especially for trunk locks. It adds a spring lock and preventative measures against lock picking.
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Kirk, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator.
Patent for Insulator. This invention is related to new type of insulators whereas which provides support to hanging telephone wires and also securely insulates them.
Date:
April 14, 1903
Creator:
Claydon, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Tool
Patent for a veterinary tool designed to drenching, floating or treating animal teeth. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Jenkins, Thomas E. & Cator, Bert O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel equipped with a substitute for the pneumatic tire. This wheel will have an inner and outer hub, spaced from each other and adapted to undergo relative motion, coiled springs being mounted radially upon the outer hub which serve to communicate rotation from one hub to the other.
Date:
May 14, 1912
Creator:
Wylie, Alfred R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in treating grain to obtain extractive matter for coloring and flavoring spirits.
Patent for "Improvement in the Mode of extracting Flavors from Grain." (lines 3-4)
Date:
June 14, 1870
Creator:
Gilman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms.
Patent for an "improved repeating fire-arm... contrived with a sliding breech-block, which is drawn back by crank on the right-hand side of the gun" (lines 6-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 14, 1875
Creator:
Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments.
Patent for improved piano-pedal attachments which would help "children who are not able to reach the regular pedals; by hooking the stool to the regular pedal-support and setting the connecting-rods in the little sockets in the piano-pedals." (Lines [9-14]) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 14, 1876
Creator:
Cheesman, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables.
Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.
Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1877
Creator:
Gingras, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Nail-Extractors.
Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Hub.
Patent for a new and improved wheel hub. This design consists "[i]n a sectional hub, each spoke-socket having a separate side opening closed by a plate [that] fit[s] into an annular groove . . . of the cylinder . . . and [is] held by bolts passing between the tenons of spokes, to allow each spoke to be separately reached and tightened by a wedge under the end of its tenon" (lines 59-65). This "obviate[s] the necessity of removing the wheel-tire for replacing a broken spoke with a new one" (lines 7-9).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Oualline, Edward Napoleon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in gage-fluting machines, including an illustration. "It relates to a machine for fluting or crimping articles of ladies' apparel" (lines 6-7).
Date:
January 14, 1873
Creator:
Saunders, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Picket-Fences.
Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.
Date:
October 14, 1873
Creator:
McGinty, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat "various diseases, more especially those which affect the bowels and digestive organs" (lines 34-36) which lists the ingredients.
Date:
April 14, 1874
Creator:
Roberts, Robert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Dixon, Shadrach
System:
The Portal to Texas History