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Car-Brake.
Patent for Car brake. Improvements in street car brake system which is based on the concept of physical force applied on the fender or apron which in turn forces the shoe on the rim.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Brown, Frank O. & Moore, Edward T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine.
Patent for a brick machine that is "effective, yet simple and durable, machine especially adapted to receive bricks from a stiff-mud mill and re-press them and also to provide a means whereby the machine will be automatic in its action." (Lines 7-12) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Anthony, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair-Dowel for Building Purposes.
Patent for a chair dowel for constructing chairs, which puts the whole weight of the chair on top of the columns of the chair rather than the sides.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Wilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine
Patent for improvements to the machine originally patented on August 10, 186 by Edward A. Franklin of Brenham, patent no. 347,268.
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flower Pot Trellis
Patent for a flower pot trellis which is used "to be applied to flower-pots of various sizes to support plants or vines without interfering with their roots" (p.2).
Date:
April 15, 1890
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carling-Socket for Car-Frames.
Patent for improvements to "carlings for the roofs of cars, such as used for transporting live or dead freight," (lines 11-13) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1891
Creator:
Coffin, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Protector
Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Hann, Edmund Lyne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamping Device for Shutters
Patent for a clamping device for shutter slats.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Kyler, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment
Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet Harvestor
Patent for improvements and additional features in the mechanical frame of beet harvesting equipment.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Hannum, Philip L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal.
Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Squier, William Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Hood Attachment.
Patent for a device that can be affixed to the hood of a car, preventing rainwater from leaking into the electricals under the hood and behind the dashboard.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Gerhart, Joe P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack.
Patent for an automobile jack designed to be attached to a beam embedded in a garage's concrete floor, with an added safety mechanism to prevent collapse. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator.
Patent for improvements in automobile radiators to provide the ability to remove the top and the bottom of the tanks so they can be easily reached for replacement and repair.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Costelloe, Clinton & Stoll, Sherm G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bascule-Bridge
Patent for improvements in draw bridges, such as a shiftable weight and supporting guide, particularly for bridges of the rocking bascule type, with illustrations.
Date:
February 15, 1915
Creator:
McKibben, Columbus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Cotton Separator and Cleaner
Patent for a new boll-cotton separator and cleaner used for separating and cleaning boll, catch the cotton delivered to the separating chamber, remove cotton from catching means, etc.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baby Jumper.
Patent for a new and improved baby jumper. This design consists in "the combination, with the vertically-resilient supporting-rod having a frame swiveled on its lower end, of the supporting garment adapted to be fastened around the infant and comprising the waist to be buttoned around the body, the pants depending from the waist and having the front flap and the side flaps adapted to be buttoned together in front of the infant, and the skirt attached to the waist at the top of the pants and hanging around the said pants, the upper edge of the waist being attached to the lower ends of [the] cords" (lines 1-13).
Date:
May 15, 1888
Creator:
Jones, Mary Perciller
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cameras.
Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Bretz, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner.
Patent for a boll breaker and cleaner with a casing with a pair of revolving cylinders with boll-breaking arms adapted to work with additional boll-breaking arms projected from rocking shafts in the lower portion of the casing. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Hale, John W. & Galey, John I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Mowers
Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Muller, Hermann W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal
Patent for an automobile to signal the direction the car will go. The signal tool functions as a hand on each side of the car and can withstand the weather.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Hibbert, Lammers R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cylindrical Power.
Patent for a new and improved cylindrical power-source. This design "consists in the combination of a cylindrical slotted frame with a series of blades which are connected together in pairs, and which are alternately forced through the slots in the frame to receive the force of the wind or water and then retracted, so that they will offer no resistance during a portion of the revolution of the frame. . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a motor which is adapted for use either as a wind-wheel or a water-wheel" (lines 13-27).
Date:
November 15, 1881
Creator:
Hutchinson, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum
Patent for an apparatus for refining crude petroleum. This invention seeks to process oil containing burned, scorched, or charred particles. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History