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Rotary Engine
Patent for "a new and improved rotary engine which is simple and durable in construction and very effective in operation, using the steam expansively and to the fullest advantage, at the same time being adapted to compound engines" (lines 8-12).
Date:
November 5, 1889
Creator:
Akers, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brooder
Patent for a brooder which prevents chicks from entering after a certain number have gone through the door.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Becker, August B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials.
Patent for a mode of and means for baling fibrous materials, especially materials that can be made into a lap or web. The invention doesn't have the issues that other balers have and uses a core, supported by the base, to wind the material around. The bale it forms is square so it can be easily shipped and the risk of fire is decreased. Caps for the bale are secured before the bale leaves the compress.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Bruner, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Sprinkling Appratus.
Patent for an inexpensive street-sprinkling apparatus. It can be steam, electric, cable, or horse powered, and can sprinkle a wide or narrow street. "The invention consists in a vehicle preferably running upon a railway-track and provided with a water-tank and with independent sprinklers or final-distributors or sets of distributors, the one located at an end or the ends of the vehicle and discharging by gravity, and the other at the sides thereof, toward an end or the ends, and discharging under pressure or by force" (lines 24-33). Water is pressurized in the tank, and uses the force of gravity to distribute it.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Campbell, Louis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Gum
Patent for a bee hive which has multiple compartments which the bees can travel through and, when keeper wants to remove honey all the bees can be sent into one compartment to avoid the danger of being stung. It also has ventilation and rain protection.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Caperton, William Elson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention consists of chopping blades attached to the rotary shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Carlson, Peet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lunch Box
Patent for a lunch box.This invention is designed with a secured latching lid. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Christian, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shearing or Cutting Metal
Patent for an improved machine that will shear and cut metals.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Machine
Patent for soldering machine "for uniting by soldering these connections or joints of the printing strips, although the machine is not limited to this purpose, for, as will be obvious, it is adapted for application in the soldering of various kinds of work" (lines 32-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Attachment for Movable Object
Patent for "a means to prevent the retarding of a movable element, such as shovel or disk plows, road rollers and rotatable and reciprocatory devices, when the said element is traveling through or upon an adhering earthy electrical conducting substance" (lines 7-12).
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Dawkins, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Easterling, Robert William; King, T. J. & Wood, S. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Tightener.
Patent for a wire stretcher and tightener meant for wire fence rails. It is easy and convenient to use, and consists of a lever with a fixed pulley on one end, a rope or chain passes through the pulley, and the rope or chain has hooks attached to its ends.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Farmer, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Pump Rods and Well Tubes
Patent for a clamp for pump rods and well tubes. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Fisher, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge Seat Cutter
Patent for as hinge seat cutter. This device is designed to cut apertures so that mounted windows and door will be flush. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Franklin, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane. This invention does not use any mechanism to maintain the planes equilibrium. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Goebel, Alois
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket.
Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen for Eaves Troughs
Patent for a screen for eaves troughs. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Hagler, Jefferson D. & Pickens, Mell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap Shed
Patent for a collapsible shed, which is equipped with a trap to catch flies when flies are being removed from cows in the shed through a water spray.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Harbuck, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs.
Patent for improvement in chairs consisting of self-adjusting chair-backs.
Date:
November 5, 1872
Creator:
Haupt, William W.
System:
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Baling-Press.
Patent for an improvement in baling-presses that uses a plunger operated press for maximum compression and minimum power.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Hayes, Daniel George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blasting Plug.
Patent for a new and improved blasting plug. This design is "to improve the usefulness and efficiency of the device, to render it capable of more general application, to provide a construction whereby a given charge is rendered more powerful and effective, and to provide a divided blasting-plug . . . The invention consists more particularly in a cylindrical blasting-plug divided longitudinally into two separate or independent sections, one of which is formed with a disk-head having a vent orifice and made coextensive with the external caliber of the plug when the two sections are placed together" (lines 12-29).
Date:
November 5, 1889
Creator:
Holsey, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine.
Patent for a a wire coiling machine, which can make wire coils out of different types of wires for use in making doormats.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine.
Patent for a coil wiring machine, which is affordable to make and efficient in operation.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Crossing
Patent for a railway crossing. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Hosmer, Arthur & Collett, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History