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Aerodrome
Patent for an aerodrome which is a heavier than air flying machine powered by motorized propellers
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
Sinclair, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a combination lock that is able to be changed at will due to its arrangement of parts.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type
Patent for type. This inventions is for the body of type used in printing presses. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Holder
Patent for a device to hold type, so it can set and be delivered.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ox-Bows.
Patent for improvements to ox-bows so that they "shall not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for bending is scarce" (lines 9-12).
Date:
May 24, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Alfred L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Apparatus.
Patent for a veterinary apparatus to help ease the administration of medicine to horses and other animals. It is a bridle attachment.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Biasiolli, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers
Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.
Date:
August 24, 1869
Creator:
Schenck, F.
System:
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Improvement in Hair-Triggers.
Patent for improvement in fire-arms by arranging a hair-trigger on to a fire-arm that have a guard and a trigger without alternation of the interior mechanism of the gun-lock; it is not necessary for the application of a fly in the hammer to prevent the catching of the trigger in the rest-notch of the hammer. (Lines 11-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 24, 1869
Creator:
Schenck, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Building Concrete Walls.
Patent for a mold to be used in the construction of concrete walls, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector
Patent for a lightweight protector for pneumatic tires, providing dust- and waterproofing, as well as providing protection from puncture.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Aue, Rudolph
System:
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Spring Wheel
Patent for a spring wheel design that will "effectually resist both the vertical and lateral stresses to which the wheel is subjected when in use" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
February 24, 1914
Creator:
Mathiesen, Marius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flash-Light
Patent for flashlights to provide certain new and useful improvements designed and adapted for use in the handles of umbrellas, canes, and the like. The invention comprises a metallic tube or sleeve adapted to be inserted into a bore of an umbrella handle or sleeve having an enlargement in which a bulb carrier is mounted and over the end of the lens. The configuration will not interfere with the free use of the handle. There is a special construction of the circuit closer to the metallic sleeve and one battery being held within and insulated from the metallic sleeve.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Matthies, Gustav & Rehberg Jr., August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rain-Water Cut-Off.
Patent for a rain water cut-off that can direct the flow of water to one of two pipes. It allows rain water carrying dust and debris from the gutter to be directed to a waste receptacle that can later be switched to direct clean running rain water to a second pipe to different receptacle to be collected.
Date:
August 24, 1915
Creator:
Crandall, Grover C. & Smith, Zay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cell Tester
Patent for a portable device that can test battery cells to determine if they are outputting the normal current, of if voltage has dropped.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scoop
Patent for a self adjusting scoop, that can be used to measure quantities of items such as grain, and contains the component of a self leveler for accuracy.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Read, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Grip
Patent for pipe grip. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Griffin, Claud Champ
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Program-Clock.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Time-Reminder Clocks" (lines 5-7) which are "designed for service in furnishing notice to the user of acts to be performed at previously-specified times or periods" (lines 12-14).
Date:
September 24, 1901
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Lamp-Burner.
Patent for a safety lamp-burner, which extinguishes itself when the lamp is tipped over.
Date:
March 24, 1914
Creator:
Witmond, Christopher B. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a sulky-plow with adjustable front and rear ground-wheels that control the depth at which the ground is plowed.
Date:
December 24, 1895
Creator:
Gupton, Kindred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner And Feeder
Patent for a cotton cleaner and feeder. It is designed with an intermediate of a chute and cotton-gin to feed the cotton to the gin. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Seward, Marion F. & Seward, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive car-coupling that improves on the pin-and-link car-couplings and "will be capable of coupling automatically and which may be readily uncoupled without going between cars" (lines 13-15). After the car has been separated, this coupling automatically puts its parts in position to be re-coupled. It also enables a "flying kick" to be transmitted to the car.
Date:
November 24, 1896
Creator:
Lee, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailer for Land Vehicles.
Patent for a trailer attachment for land vehicles, particularly automobiles.
Date:
January 24, 1922
Creator:
Brown, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History