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Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper
Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.
Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Welding Tubes.
Patent for a new and improved machine for welding tubes. This design "has relation to machines for welding flues; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of operative parts" (lines 22-25).
Date:
August 29, 1882
Creator:
Charlton, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing and Filling Machine
Patent for a weighing and filling machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
Dunkerly, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer
Patent for a well strainer made of sheet metal.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism.
Patent for an improved mechanism for drawing water from an artesian or a driven well and which can be assembled and adjusted from outside the well.
Date:
May 29, 1906
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater operated by heating pipes and coils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Wood, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth
Patent for improvement in instruments for filling teeth. "The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of filling teeth, by the use of which the filling may be built up, hardened, and polished at once, so that the filling will be as hard as marble when the patient leaves the operator's chair, and so that they can be immediately used for masticating."
Date:
February 29, 1876
Creator:
Ludwig, Carl D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Heating Tables.
Patent for improvement of heating tables, "by steam to keep the meat and other articles at proper temperature. It consist more particularly in an arrangement of the steam-heating apparatus that will admit of its application to dining-tables, and will allow the plates of the diners and such of the dishes as may be desired being kept at the desired degree of warmth without necessitating the heating of warmth without the necessitating the heating of all the articles on the table."
Date:
October 29, 1878
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongs.
Patent for new and improved tongs. This design "relates to certain devices for preventing the legs of tongs from twisting, overlapping, or becoming cross-legged. This is a common fault in almost all tongs when the joint wears a little loose, and is entirely overcome and prevented by [this] invention" (lines 19-24).
Date:
April 29, 1884
Creator:
Wood, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Cooking Apparatus.
Patent for a steam-cooking apparatus, "in which the heat of steam in pipes or tubular jackets is made to cook food without the direct action of fire by radiation, conduction, or convection" (lines 8-11).
Date:
October 29, 1878
Creator:
Curtin, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Manufacturing Soap.
Patent for an improved process designed "to lessen the time required for the manufacture of soaps and at the same time have all portions of a mass thereof of uniform character, also to make more soap from the same amount of fat or oils than is now done by the ordinary processes." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Grant, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer.
Patent for a device that is attached to a saddle in order to distribute insecticide to cotton and other crops while riding through the fields.
Date:
November 28, 1891
Creator:
Pickering, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Delivery Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in mail and parcel delivery apparatus: "is designed particularly for use at suburban residences, or where the distance from the house to the street is considerable" (lines 11-14).
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Gieseke, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stem for Tobacco-Pipes or Cigar-Holders.
Patent for a stem for tobacco-pipes and cigar-holders designed to prevent nicotine from being inhaled. "The object in view is to provide a stem consisting of detachable members to facilitate cleansing when foul" (lines 11-14). The pipe is a serpentine shape and contains cotton filters in its crooks.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Sjolander, Eric O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag.
Patent for useful improvements to smoothing-drags which are "designed for the purpose of smoothing roads".
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Parker, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopper-Scale
Patent for a hopper scale for weighing grain, flour, meal, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Dunkerly, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drilling Apparatus
Patent for a drilling apparatus able to simultaneously bore into objects and rearm itself.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Attachment
Patent for a saw attachment for cutting bevels or rafters for roofs. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
Newton, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strainer For Well Tubes
Patent for strainer for well tubes. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1904
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism
Patent for improvements in a power transmitting mechanism.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Smith, Robert W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Foltin, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Weight.
Patent for a desktop paper weight that not only sits atop paper, but also serves as a calendar, memorandum pad, and a container for small office articles.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Huston, Sidney H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Disk Drill
Patent for rotary disk drills with an illustration included. This drill is meant to be "efficient and strong and so arranged as to be inexpensive of manufacture and easily kept in serviceable condition." (lines 18-23)
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History