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Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper.
Patent for a combined railroad tie and rail anti-creeping device, which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Tire Mold
Patent for a tire mold that improves the viability of a tire mold due to the adjustable levers used during the tire curing process.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Hibbs, Cassell D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener
Patent for a new and useful improvements in wire tighteners. This design "consists in features of construction and novel combinations of parts in a wire tightening device for repairing wire fences and attaching wires to fence-posts" (line 13-16).
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Short, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Bracket.
Patent for a window shade bracket, which holds the shade straight.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Colbert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Standard.
Patent for a new and improved wagon standard. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a hollow standard and an extension having vertical movement in said standard, of a gravity-catch adapted to bite against teeth or serrations on said extension in order to maintain the same in an extended position" (lines 60-65).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Welsh, Lee L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors.
Patent for a water heating attachment for internal combustion motors that will allow the cooling fluid in said motors to remain heated even when the motor is at rest, especially during freezing temperatures, including illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Clayton, Oscar B. & Oberwetter, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight Motor.
Patent for a new and improved weight-motor. This design consists in "the drum having the ratchet-wheel, the gear-wheel having the pawl engaging the ratchet-wheel, the lever extending from the track and adapted to be operated by the wheels of a passing train, the push-rod attached to the said lever and adapted to engage the ratchet-wheel to rotate the latter, the rope attached to the drum and having the weights, the trip-lever to move the push-rod out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, and the rod attached to the said trip-lever and having an arm extending in the path of the weight" (lines 48-59).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Spencer, Hiram A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock for Firearms
Patent for a new and useful improvements in locks for firearms. This invention is to "provide a simple and effective lock mechanism for a firearm" (line 15-17).
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Oritciiett, James Clyde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Spade-Cultivators
Patent for a rotary spade-cultivator that is secured to a frame, which is attached to the rear of a vehicle.
Date:
December 7, 1875
Creator:
Brodnax, David W., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps.
Patent for a new and improved water pump operating system. The patent includes an illustration and instructions.
Date:
December 7, 1869
Creator:
Moore, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus
Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Bock, Victor E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table.
Patent for improvements on table supports that enable the table to be adjusted to a raised position.
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Carrell, Fitchhulee & Moreau, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for a new and useful improvement in stirrup. This design is " an improvement in stirrups, and has for an object to so construct the stirrup as to prevent the strap-bar" (line 7-9).
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Wilson, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine Torpedo Service.
Patent for a new and improved torpedo system. This design is "to so place and connect the torpedoes that they may be drawn out of the way of friendly vessels, so that they will automatically resume positions that will interfere with the passage of [unfriendly] vessels . . . [and] the invention consists of a series or system of torpedoes that are connected to guide-lines that pass under anchored sheaves and lead to a point where the lines are all connected to a single manipulating-line . . . which common manipulating-line leads to the shore or to a position from which it can be operated from the shore" (lines 11-25).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Aylesworth, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adding-Machines.
Patent for an improved adding-machine design.
Date:
December 7, 1875
Creator:
Butt, Dennis, L. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Pouch-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a mail pouch transferring apparatus for use on trains, which consists of a crane that can be used in the same position no matter which direction the train is going past it.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sealing The Walls of Oil-Wells
Patent for a method of sealing oil wells to avoid applying casing to the wells to prevent leakage, seepage, or cave-ins.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Nolan, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks" (lines 5-6). "This invention relates to improvements in nut locks. The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for locking a nut on the end of an axle shaft or the like" (lines 12-17).
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Best, Eben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Carriage Tops
Patent for a new and useful improvements in supports for carriage tops. This invention "consists in the features of construction hereinafter more particularly set forth and specifically claimed" (line 19-21).
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Gallaway, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails
Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Caudle, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sun-Shade Holder.
Patent for a sun shade holder that can be clamped or attached to vehicles or other items.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Door or Gate Latch.
Patent for a simple and efficient latch that secures doors and gates in place.
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Ford, John O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for a new and useful improvements in gate latches.
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Turley, John Breckinridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Hinge.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists of "the post or base section, having a perforated plate, the edges of which are bent up and formed with flanges and notches, and provided with the plate connected with the body of plate and separated . . . from the portions thereof, the gate-section having a depending arm, fitted to enter the perforation in the base, and having a second arm fitted for connection with the gate, and the roller, journaled on second said arm" (lines 90-99).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Olinger, David J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History