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Apparatus for Utilizing Sulfur-Containing Petroleum
Patent for an apparatus for using the sulfur content of petroleum found in the oil fields of Texas. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Eggleston, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence Posts.
Patent for improvements in fence posts and has "for its primary object to provide a post which may be of extremely simple construction and operation and especially adapted for use in constructing wire fences" (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Conner, Elmer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses.
Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World-Chronometer
Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Agnew, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "removable-jaw wrenches which can be converted into a pipe or monkey wrench at will." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Ezzell, Fletcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Miles, Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon
Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Robertson, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater operated by heating pipes and coils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Wood, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Clutch
Patent for improvements in clutches used in traction vehicles that will allow the vehicle to go forward or in reverse. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Holt, Levi J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Raft.
Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Comer, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for knee pads that are "simple, inexpensive, and durable, and which is so constructed as to hold the knee of the user in an elevated position above the ground or other surface upon which the pad may be placed, thereby preventing the knee contacting with the ground or other surface and causing injury to the knee (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 29, 1897
Creator:
Rice, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Operating Mechanism for Presses
Patent for a valve operating mechanism for presses. This invention is meant to be an improvement of baling mechanism effecting the automatic regulation and control the motor fluids. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stuart, John Marcus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destoyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. "This invention relates particularly to that class of insect destroyers which contain pans of liquid into which the insects are shaken or enticed" (line 15-18). Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Sewell, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator
Patent for an insulator to be used to attach electric conductors and wires to walls or posts. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Marshall, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a "blow-off valve" (line 16). Illustrations included
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Koch, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.
Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Destroying Insects.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in insect destroyers and more particularly to that class especially adapted to the extermination of boll-weevils" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Nail, Louis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for a mechanical movement. This invention is intended to producing more power. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stevens, Samuel David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pipe and Rod Clamps.
Patent for "improvements in devices for supporting pipes and rods in position" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collapsible Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for improvements in collapsible wagon-bodies that will require less labor to use.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Brown, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale - Ties.
Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Cain, Washington G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Eldridge, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Dispensing Device.
Patent for improvements to measuring and dispensing devices for powdered malted milk and other powdered substances.
Date:
December 29, 1919
Creator:
Shaw, Wilber S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History