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Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blow-Off Cock and Fire-Extinguisher
Patent for "a new and improved blow-off cock and fire-extinguisher to be used on locomotives for cleaning the boiler, and at the same time serving to sprinkle wooden structures in the track, such as bridges, railroad-ties, trestles, &c., to prevent their being set on fire by falling cinders discharged from the ash-pan of the locomotive or from other causes" (lines 8-16)
Date:
August 13, 1889
Creator:
Michell, Lucius E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship.
Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Rainey, James E. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues
Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1872
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines
Patent for an automatic change-over signal for motion picture machines that signals the approach of the end of the film reel.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Wood, Victor & Feegles, De Witt C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "[t]he improved valve comprising the casing, having a horizontal passage reduced at its central point . . . and a vertical bore intersecting said reduced portion above the point of intersection to its lower end and being screw-threaded its entire length, a stem having a tapered lower portion, the entire stem being screw-threaded to engage the threads in the bore, and a plug removably inserted in the lower end of the bore" (lines 1-11).
Date:
August 13, 1889
Creator:
Forniraseo, Domenico
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Stuffing Mattresses.
Patent for an improved and simple automatic machine for stuffing mattresses that is similar to previous patents granted to the inventor (Nos. 376,399 and 399,093). The mattresses can be of different widths.
Date:
August 13, 1895
Creator:
Stephenson, Edwin N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a strong, simple, and easily-operable lifting-jack meant for use in railroad car-axle boxes. It is a lifting bar with ratchet teeth, a lever that pivots against the lifting bar, a mechanism that holds and releases the bar, a pawl, and a double-arm spring connected to the pawl.
Date:
August 13, 1895
Creator:
Hough, William S.
System:
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Improvement in Twine-Holders
Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Turner, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flower-Baskets
Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Tennyson, Fannie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Sulky Plow
Patent for wheel sulky plow. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Renfro, William T. & Renfro, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire
Patent for a wheel tightener. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
James, Adoniram Judson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Johnson, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
Patent for an improvement of insect-destroyers in the form of spraying poisonous liquid forced over plants, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Ruhmann, Julius Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for improvement in cotton bale-ties, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Roeber, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.
Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve
Patent for a triple valve for air brakes on trains that gives the engineer more control over the brakes.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold.
Patent for a mold for viscous materials that are meant to be hardened in the mold or afterward. It is designed to be easily removed from the cast without damaging it.
Date:
August 13, 1901
Creator:
Parker, William Sink
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooler
Patent for improvements to milk coolers; to reduce the temperature inside the cooler by "evaporation of moisture from an enclosing canopy of fabric cloth" (lines 16-17)
Date:
August 13, 1902
Creator:
Daniel, W. S. & Shackelford, W, O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spout for Railroad Water Tanks
Patent for improvements to railroad water tank spouts which allow for valve shut-off. The valve shut-off function controls the flow of water by suction force into the spout which will prevent wasting water.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Metzger, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Valve Mechanism.
Patent for a pump valve mechanism for use in deep wells, which can be easily removed for cleaning and repair,
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
Sheen, Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press
Patent for "a press adapted particularly for forcing tie-plates into railway-ties" (lines 8-10).
Date:
August 13, 1901
Creator:
Peter, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ticket-Distributer
Patent for improvements of Ticket-Distributers in telephone offices and similar establishments.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Mendeck, Fred C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History