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Compound Rail.
Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads
Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Beechie, Simon Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf or Insert for Books
Patent for leaves and inserts in books and other paper documents. It is meant to "provide a printed sheet embodying certain novel features arranged so that it may be found in a book or catalogue as a leaf or page thereof or placed therein as an insert." (Lines 12-16)
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Seligson, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shelf Bracket
Patent for a new shelf bracket "which is angularly adjustable, and has for its object the provision of a novel shelf bracket which is adapted to be secured upon a ladder, table, post, or other place, and which may be angularly adjusted so as to form means for supporting articles in a horizontal position." (Lines 14-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Selstad, Ingvald E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Point and Bolt for Belts.
Patent for an invention provides means for securing bolts to elevator belts.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Guffee, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Lifter
Patent for an appliance which is for jacking up the valve spring of an internal combustion engine when it is needed to remove the valve for any purpose.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Glasscock, Oscar T. & Phillips, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe.
Patent for an invention relates to an improved irrigation pipe which is to be used in connection with a sub-irrigation system.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Cooke, Joe R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for bale ties that are designed "to have a series of holes in each end portion of the hoop, so that two keys can be used; also so that the hoop can be taken up short and again used on the compressed or repressed bale." (Lines 20-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1874
Creator:
Jones, Henry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Stitching-Horse.
Patent for improvements in the construction of stitching-horses by re-configuring the original constructions, in order to make them better for users. The patent includes instructions and a single illustration.
Date:
October 27, 1868
Creator:
Depp, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel. This design produced a mechanism for supporting a supply hose in a given position.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.; Sturm, William P. & Sturm, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Breaker
Patent for breaking cotton stalks. This device is designed to break down cotton stalks while sparing stalks of growing young wheat. Illustration included.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Shaw, Drury P. & Tackaberry, W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor.
Patent for improvements in “water-motor in which the float-boards, paddles, or buckets move through the water in such a manner as to get as nearly as possible all the force it is capable of yielding, avoiding the great waste of power that results from the use of water-wheels.” (Lines 16-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B. & McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lard Substitute
Patent for process of making lard substitute. "This invention relates to processes of producing culinary fats and has particular reference to a new and useful process of producing a lard substitute from cotton seed oil." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Step-By-Step Elevator.
Patent for an invention relates to a new and useful step-by-step elevator. Its object is broadly stated to provide means for ascending or descending from one of a building to another.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Barrett, Eli B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump for Oil Cans, &c.
Patent for a new and improved pump for oil cans. This design "especially relates to means for holding a pump cylinder or barrel within the cask or can, and preventing oil from escaping through the aperture or opening through which the cylinder passes; and to these ends it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts" (lines 20-26).
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
Nelson, John Bryon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using the “combination of the frame comprising the base, the standard rising from one end of the base, the up-rights rising from the other end of the base, the horizontal bars connecting the standard ………….and reversely coiled around the shaft adjacent the operating-lever at points near the ends of shaft and having its ends secured to the ends of the cross-bar of the operating-lever.” (Lines 6-23, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Skaggs, Newton J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Changing Gear.
Patent for an automatic speed changing gear for trains.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Holder.
Patent for an improved music-holder. The music-holder is comprised of a base adapted to be secured to a music rest with a standard pivoted on the base. The standard is fixed with a spring-pressed shaft in order to press the book to the music stand.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
French, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape.
Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "is to provide means whereby lowering the car may be made more safe and easy to the operators, whereby the occupants of the car may be shielded from smoke and flames bursting from lower windows while the car descends, whereby the shield may be housed when not in use, and in means whereby the use of this fire-escape by burglars may be prevented" (lines 12-20).
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
McKinzie, Thomas Duncan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siding Gage
Patent for siding gage. This design is meant to be a cheap, durable, and convenient gage for use in siding.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Blohm, Ernest J. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing-machines by using a combination of body, the shaft journaled in suitable bearings and extending beyond the body, the cog-wheel arranged on the extended end... and the rotary rubber.” (Lines 91-98, p.1 to lines1-6, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Walter, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor.
Patent for a new desk intended to support calculating tables. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Garner, William R.; Tengelsen, James T. & Castberg, John.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gin.
Patent for improvements in cotton-gins by having two compartments, one above the other. “The upper roll-box being especially adapted to raw cotton and the lower one to half-ginned cotton as the lint and seeds are only partially separated in one roll-box and are then delivered into another, where the operation is completed.” (Lines 24-29) This operation used less time to separate the seed and lint. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straight-Edge
Patent for straight edge especially adapted for paper hangers' use, including illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1914
Creator:
Penn, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History