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Automatic Air-Brake Appliance
Patent for an automatic air brake appliance for railroad cars that activates if the car derails.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Baxter, Joseph Sewell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clipping and Pruning Shears.
Patent for clipping and pruning shears that can have the blades taken off for sharpening.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
South, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pipe Coupling.
Patent for an improved air-pipe coupling that is airtight and watertight and has a flexible union for railroad cars.
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Header.
Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Hooper, Howard Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Heading Knife.
Patent for a corn cutting knife that straps to the hand and protects the fingers for a more efficient harvesting of corn and maize.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Buchanan, Lemuel O.; Maddox, John S.; Russell, James P. & Speers, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Violin.
Patent for an improved violin that is meant to "improve the acoustical properties of the instrument whereby it is enabled to give forth a deeper and softer tone, free from the "twang" common in instruments of this character, and second, to improve the mechanical construction of the instrument so that it will be less liable to become split" (lines 26-33).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine
Patent for Internal Combustion Engine design
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Roquemore, Abb L. & Fallwell, Oscar M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loading and Dumping Device.
Patent for a loading and dumping device for use in road building projects to load gravel or other materials onto wagons.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Byler, Tilden J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for a new and useful liquid dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Haye, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon Juice Extractor
Patent for a lemon juice extractor. Illustration included.
Date:
May 2, 1905
Creator:
Conroy, Eliza D. & Jobe, L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for a lawn mower that is easy to use and has long blades.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Maldino, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tool-Holders for Grinding
New and valuable Improvement in Tool-Holders, which are designed for holding tools in contact with the periphery of a grindstone.
Date:
May 2, 1876
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throttle-Lever.
Patent for a new and improved throttle lever, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Canady, Lorin Winfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Drawing Tool.
Patent for an improved, simple, and durable measuring and drawing tool that is easily adjusted and used to find bevels, pitches, degrees, and lengths in framing roofs. It has other purposes as well. "The invention consists of a plate in the shape of an eighth of an octagon having four sides, and a straight edge pivoted on the side plate and indicating thereon" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Allred, Lemuel O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Propulsion Means.
Patent for a new and improved pneumatic propulsion means, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow. This design "obviate[s] certain minor defects of the sulky-carriage for plows" (lines 15-17). More specifically, it "provide[s] simple and effective means for properly balancing the plow-carriage or frame and taking the weight off the horses' necks, provision being also made for using plows with or without guide-handles and of varying heights" (lines 39-44).
Date:
May 2, 1882
Creator:
Ward, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a new and durable valve design, with illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Villareal, Patricio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful thill coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Hauff, Isaac F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple hay press that "alternately feed[s] the hay into the chamber, and press the same, the two mechanisms being operated from the same source; to provide for increase of power, and for regulating the tension or mouth of the press at the point of exit of the completed bale" (lines 12-18).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Thompson, Joseph F.; Murphree, Richard L. & Harrison, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Attachment for Wagon-Beds.
Patent for a low cost, removable hoisting attachment for wagon beds, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Baugh, Edward H. & Selvidge, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum
Patent for improvements to hoisting drums for use in drilling oil, gas, and water wells, with the object being "to employ a plurality of hoisting drums upon the same shaft so that the cable may be wound partly on one drum and partly on another" (lines 73-76) such that the danger of cable cutting is decreased and the speed of operation is increased, including illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1922
Creator:
Suman, John R. & Gamble, Adrian R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Fastener
Patent for an envelop fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
May 2, 1905
Creator:
Albea, Mary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Indicator for Street-Cars.
Patent for Electrical indicator for street cars the display to the passengers the names of the streets passed by the car.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grinding-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grinding machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 2, 1899
Creator:
Post, Bernhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History