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Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. This invention is for use with railways to prevent passage of stock over the tracks. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Jungman, Leo A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grader-Blade.
Patent for a new form of grader blade for road graders and ditchers for road and ditch work, with illustration.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Wendell, Benjamin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tillage Implement.
Patent for an improved type of tillage implement of the harrow type that can be used in places other harrows can't operate, as well as being capable of being operated in close proximity to plants without damaging them. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Bonds, Walter P. Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Stalk-Cutters.
Patent for an attachment for stalk cutters to help prevent corn stalks from clogging the cutter after being cut.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Jansky, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet
Patent for a new design and construction of kitchen cabinets.
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes.
Patent for a new and improved dish-washing machine. This design "relates to machines for cleansing dishes, clothes, and other articles of that class in which the water is agitated. The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and generally efficient machine that will perform its functions speedily, and will require but very little expenditure of operating power" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 4, 1883
Creator:
Harris, Charles Alexander.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater
Patent for water heater. The invention is designed to use gas as fuel to heat the water heater. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Simpson, Ray C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch
Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Teare, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Power.
Patent for a water-power. It consists of a dam built halfway across a stream, a power-house with its upper end closed and inclined towards the upstream, gated inlet openings on the side of the power-house, gates that control the inlet openings, and a water-wheel on the stream side of the power-house.
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Vernon, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Invalid bed
Patent for an invalid bed. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Prichard, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This invention is for keeping track of a grocer's list. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Ellis, Harley Sigal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table.
Patent for improvements to ironing tables, including a narrow folding table top by which to iron sleeves and small articles, a means by which "depending articles" may be kept out of the way and off the floor (and thus clean), and an iron holder.
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
Wren, James F. & Grant, Nancy E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 4, 1877
Creator:
Hart, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treadle.
Patent for a new and improved treadle. This design "has for its object to provide an adjustable pad . . . preferably formed of rubber, to the ordinary iron treadle . . . and may be detached therefrom, as desired. . . . whereby wear of the shoes is saved and cold feet will be avoided" (lines 10-24).
Date:
December 4, 1883
Creator:
Johnson, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator
Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Farrington, Charles Oliphint & Watson, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating-Flue.
Patent for ventilating-flue made from sheet-metal tubes, and "can be placed in any building without necessitating making the same in one length, the sections being constructed so as to be readily adjusted on each other" (lines 12-15).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Lange, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination-Hoes.
Patent for "hoes in which the blade is made detachable from the handle-eye, and the latter made to receive several blades or other attachments." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 4, 1877
Creator:
Nelson, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for stalk cutters.Invention can be horse drawn to fell stalks. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Durham, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam and Water Separator.
Patent for improvements in steam and water separator to “eliminate water, entrained moisture, grease, or other impurities from steam at any pressure and automatically discharge the water of condensation and other impurities from the trap and permit the steam to pass in a thoroughly-dry condition to the point of use.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
Reynolds, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Main Slide-Valve and Throttle-Valve for Steam-Engines.
Patent for a simple main slide-valve and throttle-valve for steam-engines. The throttle valve is a flat plat and slides in a channel between the valve seat and the cylinder head. The twin engine cylinders are horizontally placed at the same height as the throttle valve. The main slide valve "affords a complete and superior valve mechanism for a quick speed steam engine" (lines 29-30).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Devoissaud, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Sand Flue And Netting Cleaner
Patent for improved Pneumatic Sand Flue and Netting Cleaners that "provide portable means for blowing sand through locomotive flues and nettings when coal-burners are employed for the purpose of cleaning said flues or nettings" (lines 13-17)
Date:
December 4, 1901
Creator:
Gibson, Robert W. & Best, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Compressing And Sheeting Loose Materials.
Patent for a mechanism used for compressing and sheeting loose materials. The machine allows for materials that have been compressed to be flattened more and sheeted prior to delivery back to the mechanism.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Stubbs, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paracentesis Needle or Trocar
Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Hill, Phillip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tape-Measure.
Patent for a tape measure with a claw on one end that the user can affix to a surface to hold one end of the measuring tape and aid in the measuring process.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Anderson, Andrew E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History