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Exhaust-Controlling Valve.
Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Inman, Wesley J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage.
Patent for an apparatus for burning garbage that is made up of a roasting chamber, a grate to hold the garbage, two furnaces, a passage for the ashes, a third furnace connected to the passage, flues, a smokestack, non-combustible absorbent material around the flues and beneath the grate, and flues beneath the grate.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Risley, Ward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap
Patent for Fly Trap
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Krueger, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Coffman, Seburn E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Construction.
Patent for window construction improvements to allow for construction of fireproof windows with fireproof sashes which are easily removable for repair or replacement. Improvements include method of securing glass in sashes without using putty, and sashes which will close automatically when subjected to "an unusually high temperature" (line 29).
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a new and useful wave motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line support
Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Lott, Truman R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders.
Patent for a new and improved valve gear for pneumatic cotton feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Ice-Machines
Patent for an improved make and design for ice-machines including instructions for construction and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1877
Creator:
Rankin, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers
Patent for keeping photographers' chemicals and bath water the same temperature throughout the liquids. The patent contains instructions and illustrations for the creation and use of the invention.
Date:
March 27, 1877
Creator:
Fellrath, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved water cooler. This design consists in "vessels, packing, cross-bars in [a] compartment, connecting tube, coiled pipe, coupling, and faucet . . . [and] the swinging bracket arranged below the faucet, and having stands for two or more glasses," as well as casing and lining (lines 1-7).
Date:
March 27, 1883
Creator:
Schultze, August J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Playing-Cards.
Patent for a card game that aims to teach players the workings of the electoral college. There are 208 cards, divided into four types: "eagle," "star," "banner," "flag," and gathering one of each type gives the player an electoral vote. The cards feature presidential candidates of the mid-1800s.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Noonan, James Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple plow that has an improved braces placement which makes the plow very rigid. The blade angle is also adjustable and the plow can be a single or double plow.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Edge, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trimmer and filer for saws.
Patent for trimmer and filer for saws. It is particularly designed for gin saws.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Norman, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can.
Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "consists in the combination, with an oil-can, of a wire passing loosely through the nozzle and into a tube secured on the bottom of the can within the said can. The outer end of the wire is curved, and part of the wire is finely grooved or roughened" (lines 13-18).
Date:
March 27, 1883
Creator:
Campbell, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock.
Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkling-Stopper.
Patent for a new and useful sprinkling stopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Cook, Frederick W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved grain adjuster. This design "consists in the combination, with the platform-frame, of a wire or rod, which is preferably corrugated or bent, and which is fastened to the outer end of the frame and extends inward over the carrier in the rear of the cutter . . . The object of [the] invention is to apply to the frame of binding-machines a corrugated rod or wire, upon which the heads of the grain will catch, and thus prevent the heads of the cut grain from being moved toward the elevator faster than their butts, whereby the grain is presented evenly and regularly" (lines 14-27).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
French, Horatio Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and improved construction for sliding gates that is easily opened and closed with minimal effort. The gate slides back and forth on a track which is set in a frame above the gate.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Stansbury J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher.
Patent for a fire extinguisher that "reliev[es] water or stream, or both, into pipes from which it discharges at different points in a building" (lines 14-17). The invention operates automatically, and is especially designed for gin houses.
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Prosser, Daniel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Sargant Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window.
Patent for the Fireproof Window that reduces the construction cost and provide means for automatically closing the lower sash based on the predetermined temperature.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History