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Angle-Bending Machine
Patent for angle-bending machine.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Dillon, Ivy Hancock
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Touch-Regulating and Mute Attachment for Pianos
Patent for combined touch regulating and mute attachment for pianos.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Applier.
Patent for automatic air brake applier to release the air in the train pipe with a resultant application of the brakes upon a car wheel leaving the tracks, including illustration.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Hall, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an aeroplane which is a device that is able to travel through the air due its shape and the reaction from atmosphere and gravity.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Hanna, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for improvements on a cattle-guard used on railways. Improvements include a novel method of attaching the guard to rails.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Solomon, George N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade-Operating Device
Patent for a window-shade-operating device that "revolv[es] the shade roller and [retains] the roller in position whereby the shade is held at the desired point" (lines 14-17).
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liniment
Patent for "improvements in that class of topical remedies which are compounded for the purpose of relieving rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, toothache, sprains, swellings, bruises, sores, and similar afflictions. . .To these I add cotton-seed oil in sufficient quantity to make one quart of the medicine, the root and bark of the trumpet flower and the root of the pokeberry being boiled in the latter and the ammonia and turpentine being added on the cooling of the mixture" (lines 11-16, 31-37).
Date:
December 16, 1890
Creator:
Meinen, Diedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design is "to improve the felly-expanding devices, to provide a strong, durable, and efficient metallic connection between the spoke and felly, to provide novel means whereby the expanding movement of the felly is amplified by a partial rotation of a screw, and to otherwise improve vehicle-wheels" (lines 13-20).
Date:
December 16, 1890
Creator:
Ashford James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a wheel-vehicle structure used on farm, road, country or the city, including illustrations. Vehicle with pivot axles that eliminate the jerking and shaking caused by common vehicles.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Drew, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for improvements on the piston sleeve valves of internal combustion engines which will supply power to the crank shaft. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Morris, Otho A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Working Machine.
Patent for improvements in Wire-Working Machines that forms hangers for "coats, trousers, and other clothing" (lines 11-12). Provides a more inexpensive, faster, and more accurate machine that uses less power, includes illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Elevated Cable-Railways.
Patent for an "elevated propelling cable-track for the rapid transit of cars in cities" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1879
Creator:
Reager, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler
Patent for an improved wash boiler that contains a false bottom and ejectors to more efficiently clean the wash boiler, and to better control the passage of water.
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
McFarland, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improved manner of rotary movement on various machines. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Gibson, Levi D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved planter and cultivator with illustrations. The invention furnishes a combined planter and cultivator constructed in such a way that "the seed dropping appliances can be readily detached and the machine adjusted for use as a cultivator." (lines 18-20)
Date:
December 16, 1879
Creator:
Tanner, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows
Patent for Stalk-Cutting attachment for Plows. Device is connected to machine to cut or chop stalks ahead of plow
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Sumrall, Navada W. & Bigham, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Delivery Apparatus
Patent for improvements to mail delivery through sorting and distribution to different destinations with illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Cobb, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for new and improved suspenders. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive article of this character which will avoid the objections to the present form of suspenders" (lines 10-13). More specifically, it "consists in providing a suspender which will be attached on each side by a button or stud to the shirt near the apex of the shoulder, close to the collar-band, then bringing the ends together under the arms, and then about half-way between the arms and the top of the pantaloons, uniting the ends in a buckle of any suitable design" (lines 36-41).
Date:
December 16, 1884
Creator:
Stuart, John Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design has for its object, "first, to provide a gate that the rider or driver can open or shut without dismounting; second, one that cannot be left accidentally open, so as to admit stock to pass through an inclosure; and third, one that the vehicle or horse[-rider] passes over, and one that the wind does not affect" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 16, 1884
Creator:
Cowan, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor.
Patent for wind motors that has new and useful improvements," is simple and durable in its constructions, very effective and powerful in operation, transmits the force of a series of wind-wheels to a common shaft for driving pumps or other machines" (lines 11-16).
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Cochran, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch
Patent for a railroad switch that is easier to use and more effective than the "common stub switch" (lines 10-11), thereby reducing damage.
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Cuellar, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heel-Sweep.
Patent for a "heel sweep for a plow. The invention aims to provide a sweep which will possess great strength..."
Date:
December 16, 1919
Creator:
Kelly, George Dudley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Jenkins, Wellington S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for pneumatic tire that is not susceptible to puncture, rim cut or blow out, including illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Luck, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History