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Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard that has comprising rollers which can be independently and easily replaced. The bars that hold the rollers can also be easily removed.
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Lefléve, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Butler, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene-Measuring Device.
Patent for gasoline measuring device for improving service stations for patrons to see the amount of gasoline. Air pressure will transfer gasoline from tank into measuring device. Gasoline measuring device will be quickly delivered to patrons.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
McKallip, Jonathan C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for "improvement in machines for destroying bugs and worms that infest cotton and other plants" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 31, 1888
Creator:
Webb, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indexing Device.
Patent for an indexer of paper documents in book form. It is made to open along the center with visible subject headings.
Date:
January 18, 1921
Creator:
Moran, Stanley C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Tool.
Patent for a well-drilling tool adapted for use in a sticky shale or similar formations.
Date:
January 31, 1922
Creator:
Reed, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drifting-Valve.
Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder
Patent for loose-leaf binders. A strong and easy way to attach or remove loose leaf papers from a flat book.
Date:
January 4, 1906
Creator:
Owen, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pedestal
Patent for a locomotive pedestal. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
McCormick, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Mechanism
Patent for a well drilling mechanism. This invention addresses the time consuming labor of screwing together sections of drilling pipe. This invention "contemplates an apparatus adapted to be attached to the frame of the rotary and operated by the driving mechanism of the rotary...screwing and unscrewing accomplished by mechanical means without manual means" (lines 38-44). Illustration included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turning Tool for Bale Band Fasteners.
Patent for "novel construction of turning-tool having simple and efficient means for exerting a powerful leverage upon the turning or winding element of the fastener, whereby all of the slack in the bale-band may be readily taken up and drawn very tight, thus insuring the manipulation of the bale-band fastener in a way to provide for taking up a maximum amount of slack with a minimum movement" (lines 16-25). Includes Illustrations.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bread-Pans
Patent for a bread pan with attached lid that slices bread as it bakes. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Jefferson, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Expanding Mandrels.
Patent for improvements in expanding mandrels by way of an expanding-chuck.
Date:
January 23, 1872
Creator:
Simons, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.
Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, Eliza M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks.
Patent for new and useful improvement in locomotive smoke stacks, "in which the sparks, live cinders, and other heavy particles are arrested near the top of the stack." It consists of a petticoat-pipe, arranged so that it may be raised or lowered for the purpose of regulating the draft.
Date:
January 5, 1875
Creator:
Cleary, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in gage-fluting machines, including an illustration. "It relates to a machine for fluting or crimping articles of ladies' apparel" (lines 6-7).
Date:
January 14, 1873
Creator:
Saunders, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine.
Patent for improvements in the construction of coin-operated vending machines which automatically lock when coins are not inserted. This device is designed to dispense objects of many shapes and sizes. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Ogden, Carlton N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transverse-Cutter Rotary Drill
Patent for a rotary boring drill whose head is made of multiple parts, allowing for a larger cutter than a single piece head. The mechanism that holds the multiple parts of the head together also prevents the cross-shaft from rotating with the head.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gear Shifting Device.
Patent for a new transmission gear shifting device will "provide means for shifting the transmission parts of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle, without employing the usual hand levers and appliances, and to do so by means of electrically controlled operating mechanisms in combination with certain component parts." (Lines 12-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
De Witt, G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Casing Off Water.
Patent for a mechanism for casing off water in wells so that it does not become mixed with oil or escape into the bore and be discharged to the surface.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Fuqua, William Y. & Johnson, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Machine.
Patent for improvements in track laying machines that enable railway ties to be delivered to the exact location that they are to be places in the track; includes illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Wrench and Saw-Set.
Patent for improvements in the "combination of a wrench with a saw-setting device attached to the sliding jaw thereof" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 22, 1878
Creator:
Backer, Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel to be used with rotary well drilling machines which will carry water to the drill head through a supply line and maintain that supply line in a given position during drilling operation.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Putty-Trowel
Patent for a putty trowel which will lay a line of putty and trowel it into place to secure glass in a window sash.
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Morris, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History