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Car Coupling
Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick Forming Machine
Patent for an inexpensive and efficient brick forming machine.
Date:
191X
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate.
Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Donnelly, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Deats, Oliver George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "brake-shoes [which] are jointed by pivots to brake-blocks of the usual form, which are suspended from the truck-timbers by suitable suspending links or clevises, so that they may have a free longitudinal movement when acted upon by the actuating mechanism, and said blocks and brake-shoes are separated by transverse brake-bars, in order that they may be kept truly in-line with the car-wheels at all times" (lines 16-25).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Greer, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Patent for a new and improved ice maker. This design calls for "two or more sheets of galvanized iron or other metal set in a tank of fresh water, one on either side of the evaporation-pipes, and held in a position parallel to each other by anchors or yokes that connect them" (lines 15-20). This eliminates the need for strong (ammoniacal) brine and is a faster, more reliable, and less leaky ice-making process than previous ones that used said brine.
Date:
March 2, 1880
Creator:
Zilker, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bullet.
Patent for a new and improved bullet. This design calls for a cavity at the base of the bullet and a tube of flexible material to be inserted snugly into the cavity. This results in less wobbling after the bullet has been fired.
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell Cord Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved bell cord coupling. This design consists in "[a] cord connecting and tension device comprising essentially a shell or tube, a spiral spring, and a pair of slotted balls arranged therein, and a flat strip having round ends adapted to slide through said balls . . . [and] a sliding spring-encircled plate provided with screw-threaded and split end portions, and nuts fitted on the latter, in combination with a tube or shell, and balls arranged in said tube" (lines 89-100).
Date:
January 16, 1883
Creator:
Tumey, Charles Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick Truck
Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date:
September 22, 1905
Creator:
Sacks, Martin Kuno
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Base Ball Game.
Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
Date:
June 3, 1890
Creator:
Maxcy, John Wharton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling which is an improvement on a patent (No. 520,380) previously granted to the inventor. It has two jaws that are used with a combination of other parts to couple cars.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Roosevelt, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Truck Bolster.
Patent for a car-truck bolster "made of cast steel or malleable iron, cast in one piece, and provided with a plurality of corrugations running longitudinally or in an approximately longitudinal direction along the girders which form the sides of the said bolster" (lines 15-20).
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Maher, John N. & Wheless, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Match Box
Patent for automatic match box. This device is designed to eject matches to a suitable distance. Illustration included.
Date:
November 9, 1909
Creator:
Hanna, John Griffin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Base-Ball Score-Card
Patent for a baseball score card that has spaces for putting the players name on the card from both teams on the same side.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Dealey, Walter A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Commode-Seat.
Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Ainsworth, Lucian M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue-Cleaning Device.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in boiler flue cleaning devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Kitchen, George C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Corner Protector.
Patent for a metal corner protector for boxes. The protector covers both the inner and outer corners of boxes to enhance grip and prevent protruding edges from damaging goods.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Black, Katherine Mary
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Water Motor.
Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert Early
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Spindle
Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Messer, Jeremiah Clark
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Fastener.
Patent for improvements in blind-slat fasteners, in which it holds the blinds so that air can pass through. Illustration is included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Riley, John Brizendine
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fay, Peter J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Operating and Locking Device
Patent for a car door operating and locking device that provides improved means for automatically closing and locking the doors before starting the car.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Pitts, Hood
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History