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Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for a window sash with metal guides, which hold the window sash in place without the use of other holding devices.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Holbrook, Milo Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Voting Machine.
Patent for a new and improved voting-machine. This design consists in "the combination, with the transverse bridge, through the opening of which are fulcrumed by means of a pin two parallel keys, said keys having pivotally connected to their fulcrumed ends to parallel pawls, the free ends of which mesh with teeth in two ratchet-wheels carrying hands indicating on a dial and having eccentrics upon their faces, two parallel narrow plates moved by such eccentrics to indicate the complete revolution of the hands, and a shield upon the top" (lines 124-134).
Date:
January 24, 1888
Creator:
Ford, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved liquid cooler. This design "provide[s] an apparatus by means of which a variety of liquids may be simultaneously cooled as required for use as beverages, and by which the glasses or drinking vessels may be at the same time cooled and protected from dust and insects" (lines 14-20).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Capps, Matterson F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Gear.
Patent for a new and improved valve-gear. This design "relates to improvements in mechanical movements adapted especially to the valve-gear of steam-engines, and is designed to produce a device having a reciprocatory movement having intermediate impulses" (lines 9-14).
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Pinkham, Delmar D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant
Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
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:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater
Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Allen, William Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Truck.
Patent for a simple and durable lumber truck that is "arranged to conveniently load and carry lumber to and from kilns and other places" (lines 9-11). It has double flanged wheels in independent frames that are connected by crossbars.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Dodge, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for an improved machine that cleans and transfers seed cotton to a gin. It combines exhaust fans and a cleaning mechanism, and is less expensive than similar machines.
Date:
April 11, 1893
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.
Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date:
April 25, 1876
Creator:
Allison, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics
Patent for an improved device to measure textiles and other similar fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1877
Creator:
Bond, Virgil A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
Patent for a new improvement in the construction of road-scrapers to make them more facilitating, faster, and with less animal power required.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Tate, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.
Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Basom, Ransford W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Pocket.
Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Greenwald, Louis.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses
Patent for new cotton and hay presses with new bailing designs, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1877
Creator:
Methvin, Boling J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine
Patent for improvements in steam engine, particularly the cylinder.
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Pinkham, Delmar D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler Feeder
Patent for improvments in automatic steam-boiler feeders
Date:
April 7, 1887
Creator:
Kelly, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo
Patent for a air-and-liquid tight silo structure that "may be built up readily out of a plurality of relatively small stock units which may be handled easily" (line 11-13).
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Shoupe, Joseph Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device and Antikicker.
Patent for a folding milking device that prevents a cow from kicking over the milk bucket, from kicking the milker, and from switching the milker's face with its tail, including illustrations.
Date:
October 23, 1917
Creator:
Clark, Laura A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "means which will rigidly hold the point against independent movement toward the landslide of the plow" (lines 45-47).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Kelly, George Addison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for invention new and useful improvement in Plows, relates the shape of the mold-board and the manner of securing the point and land side to the standard [5-15].
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Kelly, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that improves on turning plows. The improvement turns soil completely during operation, through a newly designed moldboard.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
Kelly, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that improves the type of plow employing "a moldboard and plowpoint or share bolted to a standard" (lines 9-11), with illustrations. This patent improves upon previous patents numbered 974,675 and 974,676 issued to the same inventor on November 1, 1910.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Kelly, Robert Marvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History