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Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a compound for use in commercial manufacturing of the product calcium sodic carbid claiming to reduce time and expense of production process.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Wambaugh, Mahlon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling-presses, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Rowe, Joseph
System:
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Process of Electrical Separation
Patent for a new Process of Electrical Separation. The process relates to "electrostatic separation, and particularly to the charging of particles electrically to affect their different capacities of receiving such charge." (Line 12-15)
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
System:
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Airship
Patent for an airship of improved construction, which allows for the operator to change their positions to propel, raise, lower and steer the ship.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
John William Oman
System:
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Lock for Sliding Doors.
Patent for a new and improved lock. This design consists "[i]n a lock, the combination of the latch, the spring pressing upon it, and the trip-lever, provided with upper and lower arms and the former serving as a seat for the spring and the latter having a projection for the key to act upon" (lines 97-102).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Hayden, Miles & Dixon, William Cason
System:
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Wire Fence Machine
Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Baumgartner, Blassie
System:
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Liquid Dispensing Apparatus
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System:
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Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for the improvement of the design of the bale-tie, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1874
Creator:
Szabo, Alexander A.
System:
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Telegraph Repeating System
Patent for an improved telegraph repeater which uses electromagnetic elements to repeat both ways.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Jester, Alfred T.
System:
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Press For Ribbons, &c
Patent for a press for ribbons. This invention is for a press that smooths the wrinkles out of ribbon, lace, and other items such as neckties. Illustration included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Fuqua, William Yancey
System:
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Printing Attachment for Letter-Boxes.
Patent for a printing attachment for letter-boxes where people can postmark the mail they want to be sent. It fist on any street letter-box. The attachment is a case with stamps for every day of the month and the location of the town, city, or post-office the letter is being collected to, and there is a pocket below where one slips the package or envelope to mark it. An inking-pad is also in the pocket for the stamps, which can be used by pulling a lever.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Hargrove, Bryon Lafayette
System:
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Supporting Device for Umbrellas.
Patent for a wearable umbrella holder, which holds the umbrella on the back and over the person's head to allow their hands to be free.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
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Stock-Guard.
Patent for a stock-guard meant for use in railway-tracks. It has many beveled caps, "each having a flange or projection on one side, and adapted to fit over the cross-ties" (lines 46-18). There are also slats, each with a flange on its upper edge, and the slats are arranged between the caps.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Lee, Jacob Martin
System:
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Hatching and Brooding Body
Patent for a hatching and brooding body. "This invention relates to an artificial heating-body for the hatching of eggs or the warming of broods" (line 7-9). Illustration included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Sossna, Adolph O.
System:
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Gate.
Patent for a gate that relates to a patent (no. 363,964) granted to the inventor, which is a gate opener that operates by pulling a chord connected to a mechanism that swings the gate open and closes upon release. The current patent simplifies the previous invention. The operator pulls a chord which makes the gate swivel on a central point. When the chord is released, the gate swivels back into place.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Philpott, Horatio V.
System:
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Electrical Connection and Signal for Railway-Cars.
Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to suitable electrically-operated devices throughout a train, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists "in a washing-machine, the combination, with the furnace, of the box, having the semicircularly-curved top, of the cylindrical cage and the flues in the box" (lines 87-90).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Richardson, William H.
System:
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Washing-Machine
Patent for an improvement to the washing machine that is included with illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Burgess, Dudley L. & Broxton, John F.
System:
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Trolly Catcher.
Patent for simple and inexpensive devices for tripping the trolley pole of an electric car by automatically releasing the tension of the maintaining springs which hold the trolley pole in operative position, so that the trolley pole will drop downwardly shortly after it is displaced from under the trolley wheel and not rise up and break the suspension devices.
Date:
November 10, 1912
Creator:
Reames, Charles H.
System:
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Flue-Cleaner.
Patent for a flue cleaner for steam boilers, which has easily replaceable parts.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Brown, James William
System:
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End Gate Fastening for Vehicles
Patent for end gate fastening for vehicles.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Clarke, William K.
System:
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Oil Burner for Heating Purposes
Patent for an oil burner for heating purposes. This is an improvement for the burning of liquid and gaseous fuel burners.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Anderson, George S. & Jevons, Benjamin F.
System:
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Railroad Spike.
Patent for a new and improved railroad spike. This design consists in "[a] spike for securing a railroad-rail, having a lower portion, having a shoulder, and a right-angular arm for resting against the base-flange of a rail, and the arm or extension" (lines 60-64).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Hicks, James D.
System:
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