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Window Ventilation.
Patent for a window ventilator for use in damp or cold weather that blocks the rain or cold, while allowing fresh air to enter the house.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Best, Julius J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sun Shade.
Patent for a new and improved (sun) umbrella. This design utilizes an adjustable metal frame that can be attached to a piece of equipment (e.g., a tractor) or worn comfortably by a person. This allows for hands-free use while being protected from the sun and/or rain.
Date:
February 8, 1881
Creator:
Gray, Hiram Balderston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improved windmill which allows for the conversion of "a rotating motion into a reciprocatory motion" (line 15-16) which allows the windmill to be "manufactured and sold at a comparatively low rate" (line 41-43).
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Cryer, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel For Bicycles.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Bowley, James Deamess
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling
Patent for new and useful improvements in locomotive-pilot couplings (lines 5-6), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 8, 1900
Creator:
Butcher, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls
Patent for a tool to improve cotton processing machines.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Reynolds, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device
Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Aycock, Nathaniel. M
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date:
February 8, 1876
Creator:
Price, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Tread.
Patent for wheel treads designed for heavy vehicles. The metal shoes on the tread are to help enable the vehicle to go over both hard and soft surfaces.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement and Lime.
Patent for improvement in“the manufacture of hydraulic cement or lime form rotten or decomposed limestone” (lines 66-68).
Date:
February 8, 1881
Creator:
Dimelow, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Water-Wheel.
Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date:
February 8, 1859
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter, which can be attached to a wagon and cut three rows of stalks at the same time.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Lemons, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Recording Instrument
Patent for a speed reader that can measure the speed of a vehicle with the functions of both indicator and clock to record any unauthorized usage during the day
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Austin, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic-Cushion Support for Automobile-Bodies.
Patent for "an improved pneumatic cushion support between the body of the automobile or other vehicle and the running gear [...] to not only produce a device for neutralizing or overcoming the recoil or rebound, but to provide a pneumatic or compressed air support for the body" " (lines 14-21), including illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Sullivan, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for a cultivator attachment - an extra component added to an earth tilling machine to adjust the harrow teeth and the path of earth disposed. Illustration included.
Date:
February 8, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Vinegar.
Patent for the specifications for manufacturing a certain vinegar using melons.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Page, James Benton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire - Bolt Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved tire-bolt wrench. This design is to "provide a new and improved wrench which is simple and durable in construction" (line 7 - 9).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Willey, Lewis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler. Illustration included.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
McNeel, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison - Distributer
Patent for a new and improved poison-distributer. This design is to "provide a machine for distributing poison or a fertilizer to the plants at each side of the furrow through which the machine may be drawn" (line 7 - 9).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Richter, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire - Protector
Patent for a new and useful improvements in tire-protectors. This design "has relation to armor for pneumatic tires" (line 8-9).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Cross, Abraham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washer.
Patent for a hinged washer, which can be removed from a bolt without removing the nut.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Vannoy, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cycle Frame.
Patent for a motorcycle frame, which has a spring frame to reduce shocks while riding the motorcycle.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Huser, Carl L. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor- Driven Tire- Pump
Patent for Motor-Driven Tire Pump. Motor tire pump that helps inflate tires.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Guthrey Gordon N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel
Patent for an improved trolley wheel that has an intermediate trolley wire groove and spiral replacing grooves arranged on opposite sides of the intermediate groove so as to automatically return the trolley wire to the intermediate groove.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Horton, Walter F. & Larson, Raymond G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History