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Exhaust-Controlling Valve.
Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Inman, Wesley J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Coffman, Seburn E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Construction.
Patent for window construction improvements to allow for construction of fireproof windows with fireproof sashes which are easily removable for repair or replacement. Improvements include method of securing glass in sashes without using putty, and sashes which will close automatically when subjected to "an unusually high temperature" (line 29).
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave-Motor.
Patent for a new and useful wave motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders.
Patent for a new and improved valve gear for pneumatic cotton feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Playing-Cards.
Patent for a card game that aims to teach players the workings of the electoral college. There are 208 cards, divided into four types: "eagle," "star," "banner," "flag," and gathering one of each type gives the player an electoral vote. The cards feature presidential candidates of the mid-1800s.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Noonan, James Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock.
Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkling-Stopper.
Patent for a new and useful sprinkling stopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Cook, Frederick W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Sargant Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window.
Patent for the Fireproof Window that reduces the construction cost and provide means for automatically closing the lower sash based on the predetermined temperature.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash - Balance.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash balancing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Cayce, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Bates, Edmond Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor
Patent for improvements in wind-motors. A simple construction that will effectively serve its intended purpose as a pumping-motor, but also constructed so that substitutions of certain parts can change it into a power-motor if desired. In connection with the motor there is an improved braking mechanism for the wind-wheel.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Ziegler, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Cotton-Compress.
Patent for a new and useful roller cotton compress, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Raborn, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Filling Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined extensible and multiple machine for making mattresses and the like, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
White, Charles Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picking And Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a new and improved picking and cleaning machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
White, Charles Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting-Nippers.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cutting nippers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Love, Robert Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Brooks, John Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in copy holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Scarborough, George Moore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support
Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Morgan, Rovena G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap.
Patent for a combined minnow bucket and trap that overcomes past disadvantages, is simple in constructions, inexpensive to manufacture and reliable.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Petmecky, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Parker, Joseph Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Robe For Invalids.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bed robes for invalids, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Sims, Mary E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History