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Throttle for Gasolene Engines.
Patent for throttling the gasoline supply of a motor which is particularly adapted for connection with automobiles or vehicles.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Cardwell, Marshal C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Hats
Patent for an improvement to adjustable hatband which includes directions and illustrations.
Date:
March 20, 1877
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Patent for an improvement in animal traps to catch animals without bait, including illustrations.
Date:
March 10, 1874
Creator:
De Vilbiss, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub.
Patent for a wheel hub that "provides for preventing circumferential movement of the inner ends of the spokes, for bracing the spoke-engaging spider, and for locking the spoke-tightening device for preventing the accidental loosening thereof." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Millen, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in thill-couplings by using a combination of forward extension arms, having each near its forward end, circular shoulders, adapted to engage the ends of the shaft-iron; the spring-catch for holding the lever arm in locking position and, for retracting arm when the catch is released. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bryan, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing Press
Patent for a printing press design that has a "type carrying member" which is a "circular rotary disk," and a "mechanism for elevating the ink supplying rolls and paper carrying platens to permit of the passage of the type therebelow without being affected," (lines 11-12, 23-26) including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Sadovsky, Nathan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine.
Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Inflating Pump
Patent for improvements for Tire-Inflating Pumps, mainly those adapted for automobiles, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1914
Creator:
Jobes, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooling and Aerating Apparatus
Patent for machine that aids in the cooling, and aerating process of milk, so efficiently that it does not require agigtation of the milk.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Vance, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spur.
Patent for a spur that can be attached and removed easily from boot heels, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1880
Creator:
Tytler, Alexander D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Air-Compressor.
Patent for an improved hydraulic air compressor: "The principal object of my invention is to provide the cylinder with a pressure and water regulating device" (lines 7-9).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Freeman, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
System of Irrigation
Patent for an irrigation system. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Forming Individual Foot-Forms and Fitting Shoes Thereon.
Patent for the improvement of the process of forming individual foot forms or replicas of a person's specific foot. This alleviates a person having to go through the painful process of breaking in new shoes. The foot forms can then either be kept by the individual or by the shoe dealer for making future foot wear.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Butler, James B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixer
Patent for an improved mixer for "use in connection with internal combustion engines" (lines 9-10). The invention is designed to simplify and increase the engine's efficiency while also making construction more affordable.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Warren, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Bicycle.
Patent for a motorized bicycle with pedal gears.
Date:
March 19, 1901
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moving-Picture Machine.
Patent for an improved machine to play films (moving-pictures), synchronizing both sound and picture in a single machine. Division of another patent by the same inventor (Serial No. 765,959) for a sound record film, and is intended to be used in conjunction with said patent.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Chain
Patent for improved tire chains which can withstand greater strain.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Fields, James A. & Witte, Jessie J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a tire tightener that allows anyone, not just a mechanic to expand and contract the felly depending on the weather.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Dobrowolski, William & Wise, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swab Holder
Patent for a swab holders. The invention is designed to be connected with a pump or piston rod for the purpose of lubrication. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Steinert, Bernhardt W.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Burkhardt, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Apparatus.
Patent for a hoisting apparatus for use in cranes.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Fischer, Fritz, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a swinging gate provided with a rearwardly-extending arm and a pivoted latch, of a crank-shaft journaled in said gate and connected to said latch, and an operating mechanism consisting of pivoted arms on supporting posts, rods or wires provided with loops and connecting the arms, one loop engaging with the rearward gate-arm and the other loop with the crank-shaft, and levers operating to give a longitudinal movement to the wires" (lines 65-75).
Date:
March 16, 1886
Creator:
Gillis, Cyrus W.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History