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Copy-Holder.
Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Flynn, Melvina L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein.
Patent for an improved version of a certain type of axel skein or spindle holder (the kind in which a spindle with a box or housing rigidly holds a tapered axle.) This patent claims to be an improvement by “simple and inexpensive construction and in which the connections are such that the parts can be conveniently joined or separated and when joined produce a strong and durable combination” (lines 14-21).
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Cryer, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same
Patent for an adjustable brace for doors or gates. It is designed to prevent sagging.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Shields, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus for handling seed-cotton. This apparatus is designed to move seed-cotton to gin-feeders, then from the condenser to the press, and also for conveying seeds and motes to an area of deposit.
Date:
June 19, 1890
Creator:
Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Washer.
Patent for a machine that cleans barrels. It has "barrel-supporting rollers to rotate the barrel in contact with brushes" (lines 13-15), which are more durable than rollers made from rubber tires. The rollers also each have an inner portion, a detachable annular exterior, and an elastic ring around the outside. Brushes are attached on opposite sides of the barrel, held up by a frame.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Herold, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improvement on car-couplers, "especially to the class of hook-and-catch couplers in which the sides of the jaws of the coupler securely hold a link between the same by means of a downwardly-extending hook, the sides of the upper jaw carrying the said hook extending down over the sides of the under jaw, thus protecting the jaws from a lateral jar or pressure, the lower jaw being provided with a series of recesses at different angles, which are designed to receive the end of the link when held in different positions" (lines 16-27). The car-coupler also has a gravity member.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Krusinski, Ferdinand
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Autographic Register.
Patent for an autographic register meant "to provide improved means for guiding, printing, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills" (lines 9-12). The printing and feeding mechanisms operate independently, bills may be any desired length, and checks may be numbered successively and dated.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate
Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
McCombs, Oliver A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an airplane with improved steering capabilities and adjustments for atmospheric conditions.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spike-Extractors.
Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 29, 1874
Creator:
Devine, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills.
Patent for the improvement of windmills, including illustrations.
Date:
September 29, 1874
Creator:
Symthe, Peyton.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink Fountain for Printing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved ink fountain for printing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the shell-shaped frame having an inclined bottom, a hole in the lower part of the front end wall, and a socket provided with a thumb-screw, a vertical arm passing through the said socket and provided with a clamp at its lower end, a roller for distributing ink, journaled at the front of the shell and vertically adjustable therewith, and the removable reservoir having a gate, an inclined bottom, and an opening corresponding with the hole in the shell" (lines 17-27).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Gearing.
Patent for a gearing for windmills, which provides "a more even and steady... stroke of the pump rod" (lines10-11).
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Keys, Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine
Patent for an internal-combustion engine with a novel form of rotary valve and other meaningful improvements to a combustion engine.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Clough, George Golden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Pumping Apparatus
Patent for well pumping apparatus. This invention is designed for the improvement of pumping liquid from deep wells. Illustration included.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Stephenson, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a valve, which attaches easily to all sorts of liquid-filled reservoirs and is durable.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Craddock, Lee Larrence & McCleary, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wash Boiler.
Patent for a new and improved wash-boiler. This design "consists in, first, the combination of the boiler and revolving drum placed therein, with the steam-generator secured to the bottom of the boiler, and a steam motor or engine for revolving the drum; second, the combination of the boiler, a revolving-drum placed therein, and the steam-generator with a tank for clear water, and a suitable chamber and valves for connecting the tank and generator together" (lines 13-22).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Homer T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new cultivator in the form of a wheel, which includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 29, 1868
Creator:
Stroud, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism
Patent for a transmission mechanism that converts motion into power to increase the efficiency of the device.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Martinez, Norberto & Wahrenberger, Theophilus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot Box Cooler and Oiler
Patent for a hot box cooler and oiler. This device is for cooling and lubricating journal boxes of railway cars. Illustration included.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Barnes, Ned Eastman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a burner that can use kerosene for fuel and avoid clogging with carbon and to provide heat better in every way (including being hotter) while being easier to clean.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Stone, Melvin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Attachment for Portable Cans
Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Blackmon, Paul Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Preparing and Tempering Slurry for Portland Cement.
Patent for improvements in the process of preparing and tempering slurry for Portland cement by expedite the process of production and to produce a uniform quality of cement. Detailed instructions included. No illustration.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Kalteyer, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush
Patent that provides a toothbrush the ability to penetrate the interstices between the teeth and remove the debris by the vertical movement of the bristles, and being able to do so without discomfort. The brush is sanitary and convenient for being carried in a pocket in the clothing or in a traveling bag as well.
Date:
September 29, 1919
Creator:
Martz, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History