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Composition for Tanning
Patent for new and useful improvements in compounds for tanning, using water, four gallons, fluid extract of phytolacca or common poke root, quarter of an ounce, gum gambier, four pounds, and alum, one pound.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Burrows, Ira I
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Crawford, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle Cock Device
Patent for "stop cocks for controlling the flow of fluids and more particularly to what are known as angle cocks for use in train pipes of air brake and other fluid pressure systems upon railway cars" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Ellwood, Thomas 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
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
Locomotive Ash-Pan.
Patent for "locomotive ash-pans which are cleared of ashes and cinders without necessitating the stopping of the engine or requiring the fireman or other person going beneath the engine to relieve the ash-pan of its contents, thereby saving expense in labor and obviating loss of time in long runs." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Cummings, Summer Field
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drive-Wheel.
Patent for "driving-wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Wheel.
Patent for a perfectly balanced wheel for locomotives. It is meant to "materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel" (lines 15-18).
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for "driving wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving-wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotion due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Philip Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Gasolene.
Patent for the manufacture of gasoline. The product is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Bacon, Raymond F.; Brooks, Benjamin T. & Clark, Clinton W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for improvements to plows with laterally extending adjustable wings, as well as other different styles of plow and cultivator standards, with illustration.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Armentraut, Richard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot-Air Mixer
Patent for a device that will create hot air to be delivered to the manifold of gas-powered engines in motor vehicles when the operator pushes a plunger that will open an intake valve.
Date:
March 9, 1920
Creator:
Ingraham, Jerome H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Extinguisher.
Patent for a spark extinguisher "to prevent the burning of buildings and other combustible matter by steam engines" (lines 15-17).
Date:
March 9, 1880
Creator:
Blewett, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for a seed feeder using a tube connected to a revolving cylinder at the bottom of the hopper to deposit the seeds into the earth, including illustration.
Date:
March 9, 1858
Creator:
Doss, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for improved tire-tighteners "capable of ready adjustment to contract and expand a tire, to permit the tire to be tightened when a wheel becomes loose in dry weather, and to expand in wet weather to prevent the same from becoming dished." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape
Patent for a flexible chute that attaches to the window frame. The chute uses hinges or a pivot so it can be moved out of the way when not is use.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Woods, Murray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop-Seal.
Patent for an envelop seal composed of a metal piece with two arms, which are threaded through a hole in the envelop and pressed down into the sticky gum surface on the inside of the envelop flap.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Bennick, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for an earth-boring drill with an improved means for keeping the drill centered at all times in order to drill in a straight path.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved shutter fastener. This design consists "[i]n a blind-fastening, the case, constructed . . . and provided with [a] projection in combination with the bolt having recess, the spring, the swinging catch, and the keeper secured in the window sill" (lines 45-49).
Date:
March 9, 1886
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen Attachment
Patent for window and door screens to prevent the entrance of insects inside and prevents the escape of those already inside, which inevitably collect on the inside of the screen.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Simons, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Meat-Clamp.
Patent for a clamp to secure large quantities of meat while being cut, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Rice, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel
Patent for the improvement of resilient wheels meant to be applied to any vehicle running gear. Resilient wheel will allow tire to move freely and absorb shocks.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Burgess, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool
Patent for a wire fence tool that is a combination of a hammer, wire splicer, and a wire cutter (in a metal base construction). This tool performs the ability to cut and adjust wires without any additional components.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Murphy, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gage.
Patent for saw gage "adapted for use in connection with hand saws where the same is to be employed in cutting kerfs." (Lines 10-13)
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Faires, Elisha J. & Stockburger, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History