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Billiard Cue
Patent for an improved billiard cue with a tip that can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by another and that will be adapted to hold a quantity of powdered chalk for use when needed.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Farrand, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Oiling Railway-Tracks.
Patent for improvements in mechanism for “applying oil to curves and switches of street railway tracks” (lines 6-7) by using an “oil-tank [that] is arranged in the upper position of the hood or shield over the car-wheel. The valve is in the bottom of the oil-space and may be controlled by a lever arranged to turn or lift in the valve, and under the valve is arranged the oiling-wheel, which runs lightly on the track or face of the car-wheel and applied the oil." (Page 2, lines 69-76) Includes illustration.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Ennis, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Opening or Closing Elevator-Doors.
Patent for a device which is mounted upon the traveling car and automatically opens and closes elevator doors. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Slag and Furnace Therefor.
Patent for a process of treating slag and furnace therefore. It has an improved method for separates melted metals produced during smelting and extracting the precious metals from slag. The richer matte and base-bullion run off separately and into separate taps.
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
van Cleve, Charles M. & Rhodes, Robert D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Separator.
Patent for an improved, efficient, simple, and durable ore separator that quickly separates precious metals from sand. The operator puts the unfiltered material in the top of the separator, the material goes down a slide, through a stirrer, and out the other end.
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Dilworth, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cigar-Clipper and Match-Box.
Patent for a combined cigar-clipper and match-box "in which the matches will be delivered with a regular feed, so that it will be highly inconvenient for persons to carry away more than one or two matches" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Campo, Ysidro Del
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate for Shipping Bananas.
Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History