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Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Witt, Silas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel for automobiles that is constructed to prevent the rim from moving out of line with the hub without being bulky. It is simple in construction and resilient enough to be a substitute for a wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire that has springs shaped so that they will not snap off when subjected to sudden jolts.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel with spring spokes to absorb shocks.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Hodges, Ludia H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for "an ironing-table of this class which may be used independently of household furniture and like means of support and at the same time provide a construction whereby the board may be used independently of its supporting-stand" (lines 16-21).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Perry, Charles Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Injector-Burner. (open access)

Injector-Burner.

Patent for injector burner that provides rapid vaporization by maximum heating the walls of oil chamber and also has improved nozzle with oil outlet pipe. It has a detachable burner nozzle and maximum spread of flame is given by the burner-tip.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal Combustion Engine.

Patent for improved internal combustion engine design that replaces puppet valves with slide valves to increase port area and speed, while reducing noise. Includes illustrations.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Garfield, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Threshing-Machine. (open access)

Improvement in Threshing-Machine.

Patent for improvements in threshing-machine for threshing grain, with the improved machine, “grain may be threshed and separated from the straw in a very rapid and perfect manner, and without bruising or injuring the straw in any way.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.
Date: February 9, 1869
Creator: Fuos, Matthias
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Sulky-Plows. (open access)

Improvement In Sulky-Plows.

This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Apparatus for Drying Hides. (open access)

Improvment in Apparatus for Drying Hides.

Patent for "an improvement in apparatus for drying hides"
Date: May 9, 1876
Creator: Finnigan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Folding Store-Shelves. (open access)

Improvement in Folding Store-Shelves.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Folding and Portable Store-Shelving" (lines 3-5), including illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1875
Creator: Key, Minter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Mills (open access)

Improvement in Saw-Mills

Patent for an improvement in saw mills, with illustration.
Date: February 9, 1875
Creator: Linder, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Screw-Propulsion. (open access)

Improvement in Screw-Propulsion.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Screw-Propellers and their adaptation to the hulls of vessels" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1875
Creator: Wilson, Joseph Erwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons (open access)

Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons

Patent for an improvement on running-gears for wagons.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Gibson, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders. (open access)

Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders.

Patent for improvements in recording instruments to "document of all the movements of a locomotive while in charge of the engineer, to record any stoppages that may be made; the duration of such stoppages, and any backward motion of the locomotive at any point during the trip." (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence-Post Sockets. (open access)

Improvement in Fence-Post Sockets.

Patent for improvement in fencing where posts are held more securely with galvanized plates, sockets, and wires.
Date: September 9, 1873
Creator: Durant, George W. & Durant, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Percussion-Shells. (open access)

Improvement In Percussion-Shells.

This patent was created for individuals to be able to hit an object with the instrument and the oject immediately explodes on impact. It then produces an excessive amount of explosions. The invention is made out of shells with sections assembled together infused with different substances, and connected by a fuse.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Urquhart, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms. (open access)

Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms.

This patent is a receiver that is portable and provides a unique way of catching the lint that is ejected from a cotton-gin when in use. The portable receiver helps to prevent fires.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Morrell, Zachariah N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Eyeglasses. (open access)

Improvement in Eyeglasses.

Patent for improvements to eyeglasses to accommodate facial differences.
Date: July 9, 1878
Creator: Hawkes, Albert K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines.

Patent for "a new practical application of electro-magnetism to machinery for the purpose of moving the same and keeping it in motion, and developing a degree of force which is only limited by the reduced proportion of power applied. The invention consists principally in the transmission of electro-magnetic power through compressed air for motor purposes, and the mechanism and combination of machinery necessary for that purpose." (Lines 12-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1872
Creator: Thornton, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Sectional Harrow. (open access)

Wheeled Sectional Harrow.

Patent for an improved wheeled section harrow with a simple construction that provides a way to raise and lower the harrow sections as needed, and improves construction of the truck carrying the harrow.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Mize, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Wheel-Tire.

Patent for improvement in automobile tires, resulting in more resilient tires that utilize internal spring coils that are encased in an elastic casing to protect against direct contact with the rubber tire.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal. (open access)

Traffic Signal.

Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Jones, Theodoric
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic-Signal. (open access)

Traffic-Signal.

Patent for a traffic signal designed especially for use while attached to an automobile, illustrations included. The device is intended to indicate the direction of proposed turning and travel of the vehicle via controls that are convenient to the vehicle operator.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Wilke, Edward V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism. (open access)

Transmission Mechanism.

Patent for an improved transmission mechanism for changing speed of tractors and other machines, with illustrations. The improvement is in the arrangement and assembly of the component parts to improve efficiency and to provide several different forward speeds as well as a reverse speed.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History