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Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas & Stapp, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerating Churn
Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Cycle.
Patent for a pedal power "aeroplane" (line 9) with improvements to driving pedals and controlling the flight path.
Date:
August 1, 1922
Creator:
Kinnard, Laban B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date:
August 1, 1922
Creator:
Scrivner, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes.
Patent for "boxes or bins for store counters and shelves; and it has for its object to provide certain improvements in the lid devices for boxes or bins, so as to avoid the many objections to hinged lids, which interfere with free access to the interior of the box or bin when the same is used under the counter or on shelves" (lines 8-15).
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Dailey, Basil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate Latch.
Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Schultze, August J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baggage Check and Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved baggage check and clasp. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a check, a direction-plate, and a clasp for securing said parts to an article of baggage" (lines 18-21).
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
McLeary, James Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale or Bundle Wiring Tool.
Patent for a tool that tightly twists wire around a bale in a bale press. It works quickly and works better than other wiring tools. "This tool is so constructed that two or more wires can be grasped at two different times independent of each with one movement of the hand, not loosening the grip on the first wire while the second wire is grasped and cut off" (lines 35-40).
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive blind stop that adjusts and locks "the slats of window blinds in any position desired for the purpose of regulating the light, and to prevent the rattling and wear and tear on the slats, and to lock the slats so that they cannot be opened from the outside at all" (lines 8-13). It is easy to operate and does not use screws.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Hoskins, William Wharton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Adams, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.
Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Rose, Bertram A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Couch
Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Brandt, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses
Patent for a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating to receive lint cotton from a suitable source. The primary objective is to facilitate an automatic direct feed of lint cotton from the cotton separator into the baling apparatus.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved combined whip socket and rein holder. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip-socket, its serrated eccentric face and bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically" (lines 20-25).
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
Bellah, William Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Tying Device.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Postley, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton press that has a stationary plate and a steam or hydraulic powered plate and produces a continuous folded bat. This invention combines "advantages of the quick but not extremely powerful pressure of the ordinary steam press, and the powerful but slow pressure of the hydraulic press" (lines 14-17).
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
McCutcheon, Joshua L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Reed, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off for Concrete-Mixers
Patent for a cut-off valve for rotary concrete mixers. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Shero, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath.
Patent for an improved electric bath apparatus. Electrodes are immersed into the water which allows for passage of current throughout the body of water. Improvements provide shielding to the electrodes and clamps capable of attaching to bath tubs with irregular structure.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Howard, Mentor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Prod-Pole.
Patent for a simple, strong, and durable prod-pole which is also cheap and effective.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Martin, Budolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Energized Fence
Patent for an electrically energized fence. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
McNair, Albert Duy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Door.
Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Cain, Ira L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener
Patent for gate on the back of a wagon. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Clarke, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers.
Patent for a new and useful feed water regulator for boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Bowles, Hardy
System:
The Portal to Texas History