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Axle-Box Lubricator
Patent for an axle box lubricator for applying oil to the axles of railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Manners, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Impeller-Pump.
Patent for an impeller pump with separate sections and parts that can be connected together. The line of pipe of can be withdrawn without removing the head, and there are measures to keep the liner in operative position. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaking or Crushing Machine.
Patent for improvements to machines used for breaking or crushing cotton bolls "which will initially break the cotton bolls before the cotton with its bolls passes to the cotton gin." (lines 13-15).
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
South, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles or Any Other Desired Vehicles.
Patent for an attachment to automobiles to facilitate the attachment of luggage.
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Cypert, Jesse Bundy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Elevator.
Patent for an automobile elevator for use in garages, which operates using the car's own movement.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Wright, Virgil Tilden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a knee pad to be used by berry or cotton pickers, or other workers that are often in a kneeling position. The knee pad consists of a frame made of "one piece of spring wire of rather coarse gage, a roller revolubly attached to the front end of the frame, and cloth or canvas stretched across the frame" (lines 23-27). The cloth is easy to remove and replace.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Holsey, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tubeless Tire and Rim and Lock Therefor
Patent for "an improved tubeless pneumatic tire casing, and an improved rim and locking means therefore, where by to effectively draw the edges together to render the same air tight" (lines 11-15). Also, this patent provides a improved "tubeless tire casing" where adding air pressure makes the joint air tight.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus
Patent for a well-boring apparatus that has a rotary drill pipe.
Date:
November 12, 1912
Creator:
Norris, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad
Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date:
May 3, 1915
Creator:
Holsey, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liner for Steam-Pumps.
Patent for a removable liner for steam pumps.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating System.
Patent for an irrigation system that has lockable valves and will not freeze in the winter.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
McCrimmon, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Rail-Lubricators
Patent for "a lubricating apparatus for use on street and other cars for lubricating the track when the car rounds a curve" (lines 8-11) including list of parts and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1910
Creator:
Freeman, Frank S. & Doke, Fred L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a trap, which has a tilted floor that closes the door when weight is put on it.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Newell, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Casing Spear
Patent for a well casing spear. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 28, 1911
Creator:
Norris, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Handling Apparatus
Patent for a mechanism mounted on a hand car that will remove old rail ties and install new ones. This mechanism allows for the rails to remain undisturbed and the space underneath to be cleared for the new tie installation.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Jones, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Switch
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Track-Switches" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
South, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustration included.
Date:
January 4, 1910
Creator:
Colligan, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Gable, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switching Device
Patent for a switch throwing device that can be operated from a train car. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Gordon, Holland F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hames Fastener
Patent for a hames fastener, so that the hames will fit tightly on a horse collar when a strap is adjusted.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Ingram, Lewis J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thrust Bearing
Patent for a thrust bearing. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Playing Cards
Patent for playing cards. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
Hammett, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet
Patent for improved cistern or tank faucets
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Lowe, Stiles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting-Machine
Patent for a new Hoisting-Machine. The Hoisting Machine has improved arrangement of parts that control the device's braking drum. Improving the Hoisting Machine construction is useful for reducing wear on the machine.
Date:
May 21, 1912
Creator:
Johnston, Horace
System:
The Portal to Texas History