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Wire-Tightening Implement.
Patent for a wire-tightening implement meant to tightening wires in fences by making loops or twists in the wires. It has two handles forming jaws around a fulcrum, the jaws have flat faces with parallel grooves, and the jaws coming together at their ends. The grooves in the jaws form different sized loops.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
West, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for a device "whereby a trunk-strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1891
Creator:
Webb, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators
Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
Date:
July 27, 1878
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
System:
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Vehicle Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved axle box for vehicles. This design consists of a novel combination of spindle, detachable and reversible bearing-sleeve, interposed elastic sleeves, hub, axle-box, and lubricator (lines 74-90).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Applewhite, David Thomas
System:
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Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
Date:
November 15, 1881
Creator:
Blake, Llewellyn A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laundry-Iron
Patent for improvements to heating and use of irons used for laundry.
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Pedder, James Nagel
System:
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Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a brace consisting of two rings secured together, and having recesses in their meeting sides, and provided with a number of brace-rods passing to one or two rings secured upon the hub of a vehicle-wheel, the spokes fitting in the recesses in the meeting sides of the rings" (lines 19-27).
Date:
January 15, 1884
Creator:
Stein, Philip Harris
System:
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Lifting Jack.
Patent for a new and improved jack. This design consists in "the combination, with a standard provided with an elongated open slot and a moveable section adapted to slide within the slot, of an operating-lever pivoted to the standard at the side of the slot, and a link pivotally secured to the sliding section and lever, whereby the lever is thrown past the center and the sliding section thereby locked in an elevated position" (lines 67-75).
Date:
July 15, 1884
Creator:
Thorp, James L.
System:
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Knee-Protector.
Patent for knee protectors that provide padding for the wearer when kneeling, attached by springs that allow for comfortable movement and easy donning.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Hooker, Rufus B.
System:
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Valve-Lifter For Automobiles
Patent for improvement in valve-lifters for automobiles. The object of the device is to compress a spring of the intake and exhaust valves of an automobile. Also for the quick removal of the valve.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Patterson, George G.
System:
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Incubator Regulator.
Patent for an incubator with an automatic regulator for the flame of an incubator or heating lamp. The invention also provides an improved regulator arranged to raise or lower the wick of an incubator lamp in accordance with the heat in the incubator itself.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Harris, Luster. F. & Williams, Walter. L.
System:
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Locking Device.
Patent for "improvements in locking devices for motor vehicle steering wheels" (lines 10-11).
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Crawford, Jesse L. & Dunlap, Jack R.
System:
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Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine consisting of a valve and cynlinder. The engine is made to avoid dead air space commonly present in valve casings.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System:
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Machine for Sawing Marble in Obelisk Form.
Patent for "a new and Improved Machine for Sawing Marble Blocks in Polygonal Taper Form" (lines 4-6), including illustration.
Date:
April 15, 1856
Creator:
Haviland, J. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for "improvements in windmills." (lines 8-9) specifically a vertical windmill and includes five figures and an explanation of the device.
Date:
January 15, 1901
Creator:
Harris, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Motor
Patent for windmill motor. Illustration included.
Date:
June 15, 1909
Creator:
La Bauve, Valcoure J.
System:
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Well-Blower
Patent for a well blower that is able to discharge the contents of a well at different air pressure levels. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
System:
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Water-Tank.
Patent for a railroad water tank, which automatically opens the discharge valve when the spout is opened.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Miller, Charles H. & Bunnell, Walter A.
System:
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Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes.
Patent for "a new and Improved Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Cross, Ralph Waldo
System:
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Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.
Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System:
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Well Pumping System
Patent for a system used to pump oil from a non-flowing well.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Stephenson, William M.
System:
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Lubricator
Patent for "lubricators adapted to be used in journal boxes of card, in shaft bearings, and at any other point...to provide a lubricator which will adjust itself automatically to the member to be lubricated and which includes wiping means for removing surplus" (lines 7-10 & 15-18).
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Maness, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device.
Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
McKay, Guy
System:
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Wagon Attachment
Patent for a footrest attachment to a child's wagon allowing the operator to push the wagon like a scooter.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Hammond, Jay D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History