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Valve-Gear for Engines.
Patent for a valve gear for steam engines that can reverse or stop the rotation of the engine shaft, with illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Hanser, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck For Wood Preserving Retorts
Patent for a truck for wood preserving retorts. This "invention relates to a truck specially adapted for carrying articles which are to be moved on the truck into retorts, especially those constructed in cylindrical form" (lines 9-12). The truck is designed to permit large amounts of wood to loaded. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Rollins, Henry M. & Neff, Asa J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator.
Patent for an incubator, which automatically turns all the eggs to allow them to get the same amount of warmth and light.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Gerard, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saws.
Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Soldering-Irons.
Patent for "an apparatus to be used with the common soldering-iron, whereby the same can be heated and kept heated continually while the iron is used." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Williams, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Burners
Patent for improvements for burners. It is related explicitly to hydrocarbon burners. Its purpose is to keep the oil and steam separate as they leave the burner by keeping them in two separate streams.
Date:
June 19, 1918
Creator:
Trahan, Clair A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
Patent for a foot operated wagon braking mechanism, including illustrations. Patent for a better alternative to lever brakes on buggies and wagons as the braking mechanism is "out of the way, and not noticeable or prominently visible from the sides of the vehicle".
Date:
June 19, 1877
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Suspender-Buttons
Patent for an improved suspender button with a description and illustrations attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Racer, Martin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
Patent for an improved stalk-puller for use in pulling cotton-stalks in preparing the land for another crop.
Date:
September 19, 1876
Creator:
Brown, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher.
Patent for an implement to crush clogs of dirt. Designed to be an improvement on the clod-crusher and drag for which Letters Patent No. 177,476 was granted.
Date:
September 19, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved wheeled vehicle. This design consists in "[a] one-wheeled sulky in which are combined the single wheel, the frame, the thills, the seat, the standards, and the rods or braces" (lines 54-57).
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Boyd, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scissors.
Patent for "scissors for the use of dealers in dry goods; and it consists in providing an ordinary pair of scissors with an extension at or near the end of one of the blades, having an entering point and an eye to carry a thread, and designed to serve a convenient purpose in tagging and retagging goods." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Waldie, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Motors.
Patent for power-operated motors used "for operating churns" (lines 13-14), with the option of using spring-power, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.
Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Basom, Ransford W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Locks
Patent for an improvement for slide door fasteners and locks. Description and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.
Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug
Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Irwin, Herbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling And Stopping Device.
Patent for Train Signaling And Stopping Device improvements intended to be of low cost, simple, durable, and run on electricity.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McGregor, Charles Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well -Bucket
Patent for an improvement in well -buckets adapted for cleaning and drawing water from drilled wells.
Date:
March 19, 1916
Creator:
McKinnon, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a star shaped fish or animal trap, which has spring triggered entry points that allow animals in but not out.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Hendrix, Julius M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel "which embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding action of the parts of said tread" (lines 9-13).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Straightening Machine
Patent for wheel straightening machine. This invention is designed for straightening light or heavy wagon wheels when the spokes become loosened and the wheel is excessively dished" (9-11). Illustration included.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Mayse, Jordan Stewart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Case Bow
Patent for improvements in fastenings for bows of watch-cases.
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Cooper, Jonathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for "a trap of the character mentioned simple and efficient means for closing the entrance thereof, whereby an animal or fowl passing therethrough shall be prevented returning, and thus be held in the trap, and, further, to so construct such means as to permit the door of the trap remaining in an open position except when the animal or fowl attempts to pass out through the same, thereby affording a free passage to the interior of the trap and presenting and inducement for other animals or fowls to enter." (Lines 13-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Williams, Lloyd Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History