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Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad-tie that improves on a patent granted to John C. Lee (No. 513,792). The improvement that simplifies and makes the tie stronger and uses less materials.
Date:
November 5, 1895
Creator:
Mansfield, Robert Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs
Patent for an improvement on the existing design of pipe tongs, the improvement will allow for one individual to hold the tongs, adjust the size around the pipes, and screw or unscrew the pipe alone. Previous designs required two or three individuals.
Date:
March 9, 1920
Creator:
Hill, Richard Dennie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for a pipe-wrench that can "be adjusted to fit accurately pipes and rods from the smallest to the largest of those in more common use, that will grip each with almost any desired degree of force and yet will not materially mar or injure it, and that may also be used for ends not usually possible with pipe-wrenches" (lines 12-18).
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
McCauley, John H. & Winfrey, Edgar M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner that converts petroleum fuel into gas with its own heat. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Ziegler, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device.
Patent for a device for pulling pipes from wells without damaging the pipe, with a safety feature in case the pipe breaks.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Osborne, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs.
Patent for improvement upon the use of chain tongs. The invention "permits the application of a very strong rotative force" (lines 11-12), "produce rotation of a pipe in either direction" (lines 17-18), and "provides a chain tong which will not crush the pipe..." (lines 22-23).
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
McLeod, Rueben A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamping Device
Patent for improvements of a pipe-clamping device which is durable and easy to construct.
Date:
August 25, 1915
Creator:
Lincoln, Robert A.
System:
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Pipe Tongs Support.
Patent for pipe tongs supports to provide a pipe tongs support that will permit a pipe tongs to be so balanced that it will tend to maintain itself in a horizontal position which is the position in which its use is required.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Hoffer, Temple B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pipe-tongs" (lines 5-6) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 12, 1913
Creator:
Meredith, John De Witt
System:
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Rope-Socket.
Patent for rope socket "for use in connection with oil well drilling bits" (lines 13-14) "which can be quickly, easily and conveniently adjusted to provide a swivel or nonswivel socket as desired" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1917
Creator:
McConnell, Scott Russell
System:
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Refrigerator
Patent for improvements for vacuum refrigerators such that cold air circulation and heat exclusion are improved, including illustrations.
Date:
June 27, 1922
Creator:
Knutson, William K.
System:
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Electric Battery
Patent for an electric battery. This battery is designed to be more efficient and run for a longer time, without adding water.
Date:
October 24, 1922
Creator:
Holmes, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check.
Patent for a door check that will be able to hold the door in any desired position to which it may be moved and it will prevent the slamming or sudden closing of the door.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M. & Pike, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Threshing Machine.
Patent for an improvement to cotton-threshing machines that threshes "the cotton crop by extracting and separating the cotton locks from the bolls and stalks" (lines 13-15). This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A. & Kemp, Joseph A.
System:
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Curtain-Fixture.
Patent for improvements in curtain fixtures "in which the brackets supporting the spring curtain-roller may be raised or lowered to admit light above the curtain." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M.
System:
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Cultivator
Patent for improvements to cultivators.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Skeen, Virgil G.
System:
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Cotton-Threshing Machine.
Patent for a cotton threshing machine with wheels designed to be constructed in the cotton field and easily moved to different parts of the field.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment.
Patent for Cotton-Chopper Attachment. This invention relates to cotton chopper attachments for cultivator frames and has for its object to provide an attachment of simple structure which may be easily and quickly applied to the frame of a cultivator or detached from the same" (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 3, 1911
Creator:
Mathus, Charles W.
System:
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Shade-Bracket.
Patent for window shade brackets.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M.
System:
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Sash Lock
Patent for a sash lock. This invention pertains to railway cars. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Hughes, Henry B.
System:
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Sack-Protector.
Patent for an improvement to sacks, as used in picking berries, to protect the bag from deterioration caused by dragging of the sack on the ground.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Roer, William A.
System:
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Gas-Burning Stove.
Patent for an improved gas burning stove with a new design to better unite the oxygen in the air and the gas fuel.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Ziegler, John C,
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow.
Patent for a gang plow for “the use of a greater or lesser number of plow units in the gang or series and, to provide as a rear support for the plow a rear furrow-wheel associated with adjusting means for raising or lowering the rear end of the plow to regulate the depth of cut and; with additional adjusting means arranged to shift the crank-axle of said wheel to properly resist the side draft of the plow and, to aid in directing the latter in four-side plowing in order that comparatively sharp corners may be turned.” (Lines 17-28) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Luecke, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rifle.
Patent for a rifle that uses electricity from a battery to ignite the explosive charge for the ammunition.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Brannon, Virgil C.
System:
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