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Conveyer.
Patent for a new conveyer design “which is particularly adapted to load or unload railroad-car wheels or other heavy material on and of cars” (Lines 13-15) including illustrations.
Date:
July 22, 1902
Creator:
St. James, Henry Livingston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps
Patent for an air valve cage for air brake pumps which reduces the wear on the air brake pump and substantially reduces the maintenance costs of the system.
Date:
February 16, 1909
Creator:
Mattingly, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beamless Brake Mechanism
Patent for a beamless brake mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beamless Brake
Patent for a beamless brake for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date:
September 27, 1904
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake for trains that reduces jerking when the brakes are applied.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Mead, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable wheel-axle box that is "adapted to contain a supply of lubricating material and constructed to feed the same continuously to the axle-spindle to prevent overheating, and furthermore, to provide means for preventing ingress of dust" (lines 9-14).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Casto, Tony Lo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box.
Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Casto, Tony Lo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Fan.
Patent for "an attractive sign, which by reason of its revolutions will receive notice from the general public and illustrate business cards or signs, and furthermore to operate the same by and in conjunction with a fan, such as is commonly used in public places." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Lo Casto, Tony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle Cock Device
Patent for "stop cocks for controlling the flow of fluids and more particularly to what are known as angle cocks for use in train pipes of air brake and other fluid pressure systems upon railway cars" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Ellwood, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrecking-Frog.
Patent for "an improved frog for use in placing derailed cars or locomotives upon the rails, exceedingly simple and durable in construction, and formed substantially in one piece - that is, not in sections - and having improved means to lock the frog to the rail." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1891
Creator:
Wilmore, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines
Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Wright, Ed W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design "consists in providing a steam-launch with a float on each side, secured by suitable strong braces thereto, and to provide said floats with a hand-rail, so that persons can hold onto said rails, and are prevented from being washed off" (lines 17-22).
Date:
March 13, 1883
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat.
Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design consists "[i]n a life-boat, the combination of a hull having the portion of its sides above the water-line overhanging and concave and having the portion of its sides below the water-line convex, with air-chambers having their inner walls curved corresponding to the curves of the upper portion of the sides and converging into the sides at their lower edges, the said chambers increasing in capacity toward the upper edges of the sides of the hull" (lines 22-31).
Date:
June 16, 1885
Creator:
Dwyer, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Filing Gin Saws.
Patent for a new and improved machine to sharpen the teeth of cotton gin saws. This design utilizes two bevel-faced wheels connected to a block between two arms that clamp the saw blade. The bevel-faced wheels sharpen the teeth of the blade, and the nuts and bolts of the frame allow for movement as well as tightening and loosening.
Date:
August 17, 1880
Creator:
McAllister, Alexander F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box
Patent for a locomotive driving box which provides shoes, wedges, and other train parts for repair. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Walsh, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Key-Seats in Shafting
Patent for "cutting key-seats in shafting machine. It provides a portable key-seat-cutting especially adapted to operate upon the driving shafts of locomotives in key-seating eccentrics thereon." (lines 7-13)
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Matheus, Karl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that shifts the carriage by foot rather than by hand.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Ward, Mizell Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen.
Patent for improvements in screen constructions in connection with doors or windows. The goal is to provide a means for encouraging insects that are on the inner surfaces of the screen.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
McGeorge, Jefferson F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design is "especially adapted for manipulating pipe-joints, though applicable, also, for use in manipulating nuts, &c.; and it consists in the [novel] detailed construction and combination of operating parts" (lines 24-28).
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Weir, Duncan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for an independent reservoir lamp for locomotive head lights. "?The conduit by which the reservoir and burner communicate is liable to be obstructed with sediment which not only interferes with the suitable flow of oil but corrodes the metal and necessitates repairs" (lines 13-17). The invention is convenient to use and inexpensive.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Owens, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for a type-writing machine that has an improved variable line spacer. The simple and durable line spacer has the minimum number of parts and is easily adjustable to any distance.
Date:
June 19, 1894
Creator:
Hudson, John Horace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for a strong but light steel framed truck with a beamless braking system that is affordable and easy to repair.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in liquid-measuring tanks.
Patent for an airtight and fireproof measuring tank for lamp oils, usable in both daytime and nighttime. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards
Patent for improvements and new design for a Revolving Conical Mold-Board Plow.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Dryer, Charles Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History