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Electric Conductor
Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Weir, Welby D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle guard for use at railroad tracks incorporating a depressible platform connected to a closing mechanism which will impede movement of cattle across the track, but allow for unobstructed movement at other times.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Richter, Fred Otto & Richter, Gustav Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Plant.
Patent for new mixing plants materials and procedures, "comprising novel means for handling, conveying, and mixing the several materials which constitute the feed and for accurately determining the proportion of each such materials" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1906
Creator:
Binnings, Charles Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bandage.
Patent for bandage that prevents and/or reduces the occurrence of "double chin."
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Hardee, Virginia E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal trap.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Myers, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Boring Machine.
Patent for a wood boring machine "which is especially adapted to bore holes of extreme length in columns or like structural members by cutting away only a portion of the wood forming hole in same" (lines 11-15).
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Bible, Hunley & Robinson, Lee A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "a wrench having a sliding jaw and a handle pivoted to the shank in such a manner that a movement of the handle about the work" prevents the jaw to move (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Garrard, William D.
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
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench where the movement of the jaws is partially automated.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Tiner, John F.
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
Machine For Baling Vines, Hay, And The Like In Cylindrical Form
Patent for a machine that bales vines, hay, and the like into a cylindrical form. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Scott, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Apparatus.
Patent for a ventilating apparatus for railway cars for the purpose of supplying air to railway car interiors without needing to open a window (which tends to also let in smoke and dust), including illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Parrish, Ezekiel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump. This patent claims improvements in the design of pumps used for oil or water.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Nevins, Ennis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy.
Patent for a whirligig toy, containing a rotatable platform carrying horse and sleigh figurines that spin in the same direction.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Curtis, Zenas Albert
System:
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Spinning Top
Patent for a spinning top. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Whitefield, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spirit-Level.
Patent for a spirit level that is simple in construction and can easily determine vertical and horizontal planes accurately.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Martin, Johann
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
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
Hame and Trace Connector.
Patent for a hame and trace connector. "The object of the invention is to provide a hame and trace connection having means to prevent the parts of the same from becoming disconnected." (lines 14-17)
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Lindsay, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Signal System.
Patent for an improved electrical signal system which can help ascertain "the position of a train or other obstruction on a railway-track ... at either terminal" (lines 14-16), including an illustration.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Lacroix, Fred
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
Electrical Signal System.
Patent for an electrical system "whereby the position of a train anywhere between the ends of a track can be ascertained at either terminal" (lines 14-16).
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Lacroix, Fred
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