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Automatic Dumping Cage
Patent for a new and improved automatic dumping cage. This invention is to "use in the shafts of coal and other mines"(line 9-10).
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Gordon, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch
Patent for an automatic switch for street railways.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Godoy, Jose Ma
System:
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Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener.
Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Haase, Conrad H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Engine-Starter.
Patent for "new and useful Automatic Engine-Starter, of which the following is a specification. The present invention appertains to engine starters, and aims to provide a novel and improved automatic spring-actuated starter for internal combustion engines" (lines 5-11).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Beck, John Wesley & Gaines, Nolan T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wardrobe and Book-Case.
Patent for a combined bookcase and wardrobe cabinet, with illustrations. The purpose of the bookcase and wardrobe cabinet is to be "used as a bookcase, wardrobe, or show-case at will" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Schmidt, Julius Friedrich
System:
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Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the main wheel and shaft, a dish-shaped disk mounted on the shaft, the inner side of said disk having a series of bolt-heads rigidly secured thereto, the bolts extending inward laterally and being provided with threaded ends, the main wheel being provided with openings for the reception of said bolts ends and the adjusting-nuts on both sides of said wheel" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Tyus, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator
Patent for automobile radiator with protective members for the water-containing chambers.
Date:
November 30, 1920
Creator:
Herold, Harry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Writing-Machines, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to stenographic writing machines and particularly to a ribbon feed and reverse for such machines" (lines 6-11).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Device.
Patent for a new and improved jack. This design "relates to devices for raising fence-corners in repairing the same, and for lifting weights generally; and the object of [the] invention is to produce a simple and powerful device whereby a single operator can greatly increase his [or her] capacity for lifting heavy objects" (lines 8-14).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
McNabb, James M.
System:
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Inlet-Grate
Patent for an improved inlet grate, which has a supporting frame. This inlet grate will not be displaced by traffic or other disturbances.
Date:
November 30, 1920
Creator:
Fairtrace, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that has a fixed jaw and an adjustable slidable jaw.
Date:
November 30, 1920
Creator:
Fowles, Alfred T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine
Patent for a new and useful improvement in automatic type-writing machines.
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Templeton, Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Roller.
Patent for a land roller that has rollers that can move independently of one another.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Englund, Eric
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.
Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1875
Creator:
Stewart, John W.
System:
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Train-Order Holder.
Patent for Train-Order Holder designed to keep sheets of paper secure and in place to prevent writing on margins and displacement.
Date:
November 30, 1920
Creator:
Crady, Daniel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator.
Patent for a ventilating cowl for buildings for fire prevention by causing smoke and sparks to pass outside of a building or deflate to the surface below. The cowl is cone shaped with a deflecting surface and has several rings through which smoke and sparks can pass through to the outside.
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Ashorn, Inshrish
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for "a gang-plow, which is so arranged that the beams can be adjusted sideways and up and down at will, and can be permanently secured in any desired position in either movement." (Lines 17-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1869
Creator:
Hall, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Handling Apparatus
Patent for an improved mail handling apparatus for use in trains that has an automatic mechanism to bridge the auxiliary car and the mail car when the car reaching the end of its track, including illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Kerns, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a device that can easily expand or retract a tire onto the rim of a wheel. This allows for tires to be easily replaced as well as preventing the tire from slipping off the rim while in use.
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Leischner, Gotthilf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandolin.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Mandolins to"obtain a tone for mandolins as nearly as possible equal to that of violins and other stringed instruments played by bows"(line 8-10)
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Simpson, Roy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties. "This invention relates to that class of ties or hoops for cotton-bales, in which the band of hoop iron is provided with rigid hooks, studs, or buttons, and matching perforations as means for adjustably uniting the ends."
Date:
October 23, 1875
Creator:
Powell, Amos N.
System:
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Plow
Patent for a plow which plows two furrows simultaneously. An axle is mounted on wheels, and the two adjustable plow beams pivot from the axle so that furrow depth and the width between furrows can be adjusted. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1920
Creator:
Henderson, Warren H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eye Testing Device.
Patent for a neater and more attractive eye testing device, including illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Jones, Aaron Leroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Striking Mechanism for Stenographic Writing-Machines.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Striking Mechanism for Stenographic Writing-Machines, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to stenographic typewriting machines, and relates more particularly to a striking mechanism for such machines" (lines 6-13).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History