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Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for checking runaway horses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Singleton, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound For Destroying Boll Weevils
Patent for a compound that destroys boll weevils.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Kitchen, George C. & Brockman, J. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a bale-fastening device that "may be applied with facility to a cotton-bale or to an equivalent package." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations. The tie comprises "a band, a key engaged with the band and rotatable to coil the same therearound, and a lock fitted upon the band and engaged with the key to prevent reverse rotation thereof" (lines 105-109).
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Record, Diary, and Ledger
Patent for improvements to books by combining "a general record, a diary, a ledger, and index leaves, including the months and days of the week and alphabetical and numerical indices" (lines 10-12).
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Meyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition To Be Used As A Non-Conductor Of Heat And For Other Purposes.
Patent for a non-conducting material designed to prevent heat loss from radiation, prevent damage from frost, for fire-proofing, and for "the deafening of floors and partitions" (lines 21-22). Ingredients and proportions are listed.
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas Joseph.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock that which "provide a lock for doors, safes, drawers, and the like, the bolt of which is adapted to be unlocked from he outsides by means of a combination, and while being release will instantly ring the door-bell by means of connecting wires, and which, when operated from the inside, can be opened without giving the signal on the bell, and in either operation the parts of the lock will automatically return to their position and lock the bot in the striker-plate unless otherwise adjusted" (lines 14-25)
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Rau, Louis Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel
Patent for a wheel. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
White, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck Brake Appliance
Patent for a truck brake appliance. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Saxon, Andrew L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner.
Patent for a leaf turner for turning the pages of a book, which is connected to a treadle operated with the feet to change the pages.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Berliner, Selma Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock Car
Patent for vestibule stock rail car. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Buckner, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers
Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
Date:
August 30, 1878
Creator:
Blain, John Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine
Patent for an "new and improved steam-engine in which a dead center position is obviated and the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized" (line 7-11)
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Rush, Peter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Store-Awning.
Patent for a new awning design for shops that is easily raised and lowered, including illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Persohn, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for improvements in medical compounds: "provide a new and useful preparation for the treatment and cure of kidney and bladder affections" (lines 9-11).
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Page, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Insect Destroyer
Patent for a mechanical insect destroyer. This invention is for use in the destruction of house flies. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Truelove, Jesse R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throttle-Lever.
Patent for a new and improved throttle lever, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Canday, Lorin Winfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Space Block
Patent for a block used to block spacing members upon a shaft, Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Plows
Patent for planting attachment for plows. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Gordon, Duncan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a "new and useful plow"(line 5). The plow is of "durable construction and adapt the same for a convenient adjustment of the standard, whereby the plow may be adapted to run deep or shallow"(Lines 10-14). Illustration Included.
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Jensen, Ole T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Price-Tag Holder.
Patent for "an improvement in price tag holders" (lines 9-10) such that the price tag holder is connected to a garment hanger, including one illustration.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Newton, Andre Hutt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension bridge, which prevents vertical motion of the floor of the bridge and is cheaper to build than other models.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Greer, William H. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate Fender
Patent for grate fender. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Dickerson, Ernest C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Operating Device
Patent for gate operating device. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Lyle, John Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History