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Fuse Block
Patent for improvements to Patent No. 1113528. Invention provides a fuse block where the fuses can be replaced by a lineman without being in close proximity to the primary circuit wires. Invention also allows various types of fuses to be used.
Date:
May 3, 1921
Creator:
Anderson, Lou Belle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Binder For Books
Patent describing an invention for a binder to securely hold pages, but allow leaves to be removed, and also lay flat. It includes oppositely-disposed hinged plates with a locking-rod.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Crowder, Joseph Wade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge.
Patent for a bridge of "simple and strong construction in metal of very low cost and light weight, using only such materials as are easily available, being also of easy construction and well adapted to resist washouts" (lines 9-13).
Date:
July 5, 1892
Creator:
Kosure, Thomas H.
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the rack-bars seated in ways recessed in the sides of the draw-head, toothed segments engaging therewith, a shaft carrying said toothed segments, and also bearing within the cavity of the draw-head a vibratory arm and a setting-lever, from which the coupling-pin is suspended, connected to said vibratory arm" (lines 24-32).
Date:
August 16, 1881
Creator:
Stephens, Lawrence Earnest & Pool, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Engine.
Patent for a chemical fire engine that does not require refilling after the first charge is emptied.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "the combination of the swinging arms arranged in front of the wheels, the curved brake-shoes pivoted at their front ends to the lower ends of the arms, and the swinging slotted links connecting intermediate points of the brake-shoes to a stationary part of the car, whereby the free end of the shoe is capable of a swinging movement independent of the links" (lines 76-84).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Otenhouse, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke Stack Protector
Patent for adjustable smoke stack protector that stays open when in use and covers the opening when not in order to protect from rain, wind, dirt to protect the stack from deteriorating.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
French, Elmer C. & Craig, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved plaiting machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, of a plaiting apparatus, of a fixed transverse bar, a second transverse bar adapted to be adjusted relative thereto, and means for securing the said adjustment, each of said bars being provided with a transverse metallic strip bent to form inclined ribs" (lines 98-103).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Raney, Ollie T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Device.
Patent for a cost-effective device that can remove and exterminate parasites from cotton as it's being harvested without damaging the cotton itself, including illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Reeder, Leonard F. & Jackson, Walter B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.
Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake.
Patent for an improved combined stalk cutter and rake that has a main frame, a rake frame, a hanger attached to the axle-bar under the frame, arms at the back of the frame, a transverse rod in the hanger and slots in the arms, a rock-lever, connections for operating the frame, a rake at the end of the frame, and an operating lever.
Date:
April 3, 1894
Creator:
Priestley, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Webb, Richard Haywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fish-Hook
Patent for a fish hook designed to catch the fish by its head when it takes the bait. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1909
Creator:
Timmons, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History