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Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil
Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 24, 1912
Creator:
Kunkel, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE.
Patent for an improvement in air-brake release-valve in trains to signal train crews and release the breaks if they become set for any reason, or stuck, while the train is moving, including descriptions of the release valve and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Dukesmith, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil
Patent for an apparatus for burning crude oil in stoves.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Kunkel, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard, which is made up of a wedge shaped piece of metal that allows a cows leg to be caught rather than the foot to allow easier removal of the leg by the cow.
Date:
August 31, 1909
Creator:
Mosher, Benjamin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Distilling Wood.
Patent for improvements in wood distillers "wherein the liquids of the woods are extracted by subjection in a closed heated chamber or retort and carried by vaporization through the process of distillation to condensation" (lines 18-22).
Date:
December 24, 1889
Creator:
Spangler, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Barrel.
Patent for a winding mechanism for watches, related to the barrel and rachet of the winding mechanism, with illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
November 5, 1880
Creator:
Martin, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a hay press "that simultaneously compressing material to form two bales within a single hopper." (lines 12-14)
Date:
October 8, 1915
Creator:
Fields, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed Planter and Fertilizer Distributer
Patent for device for planting, fertilizing, and cultivating seed and grain.
Date:
April 1, 1884
Creator:
Pickle, William Chesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher, which can stretch and hold a wire for a fence until it is securely fastened to the fence post and is easy to operate.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Dobbs, John & Welborn, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire stretcher
This patent is to help provide an improved wire stretcher.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe-wrench that has a shank with a fixed jaw, a handle for the shank, a movable jaw with two loops for the shank to pass through and a movable upper loop, a ferrule attached to the handle with a long opening, an adjustable screw with a milled collar in the movable jaw, and a pin attached to the shank.
Date:
July 16, 1895
Creator:
McElroy, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Joint Rail.
Patent for a lockable joint for connecting segments of a railway track. The joint is resistant to breakages due to the passage of trains but allows for the replacement of worn track.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Swindler, Edgar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This goal of this design "is to provide an automatic brake for wagons and other wheeled vehicles running on dirt roads" (lines 11-13).
Date:
May 23, 1882
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome & Henson, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Spring-Wheel
Patent for improvement in vehicle spring-wheels.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Harris, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench
Patent for a wrench for drill pipes used in drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Osborne, William Rush & Lebus, George Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Grinding Valve Seats
Patent for a simpler machine for Grinding Valve-Seats. This machine relates to the machinery involved in the grinding and finishing of valve seats.
Date:
July 28, 1905
Creator:
Meyners, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow.
Patent for a wheeled cultivator that "may be attached to a wheeled supporting-frame in such a manner that the front end of the plow-beam may be raised and lowered, the construction also providing means for readily detaching the plow-beam from the frame" (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Vance, Sidney F. & Harrison, Hubbert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid - Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for invention of liquid dispensing especially kerosene and gasoline. For this the air for feeding pressure is manually supplied.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Hamilton, Coy. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling.
Patent for a locomotive-pilot coupling that can lift or elevate locomotive pilot or draw-bars, a cylinder that can turn in all directions depending on how the bars moves and is collecting to the motor fluid supply, a piston in the cylinder that connects the bar to the cylinder, a swinging jaw, and various other parts.
Date:
January 21, 1896
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking Cultivator
Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Roper, Andrew Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device For Car-Couplings.
Patent for a new and improved locking device for car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Stewart, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for invention has relation to mechanical movement and object is to provide a mechanical means for operating trip lever or other devices, and to this end the novelty consists in the system of lever cranks.
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Pickle, Obadiah A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Bearing.
Patent for vehicle wheel bearing that provide an economical, safe, durable, reliable and light running spindle, for use in connection with automobiles and other fast running or weight carrying vehicles, including illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Douthit, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History