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Syrup-Pan
Patent for a syrup pan for boiling down sap into syrup that keeps the solid matter in the pan and only lets the liquid syrup flow out.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Baker, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaner.
Patent for improvements for cleaning oil, water, and gas wells that goes into the well and flushes out a clogged screen.
Date:
August 6, 1920
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drilling-Machine
Patent for a rotary drilling machine for drilling oil wells that has a stronger grip than previous drills.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Seal-Holder.
Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Blair, Stuart Baggs
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack.
Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine. This invention consists of a "stationary jacket and a rotor revoluble therein with a maximum degree of power and a minimum of friction" (lines 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Bosley, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a washing machine that runs the clothes through hot suds and both rubs and squeezes the clothes.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Braly, Hugh L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for "improved construction and arrangement of parts of two cycle motors" (lines 15-17) of gas engines involving the compression and introduction of additional explosive material into the explosion chamber at the end of each cycle of movement. This invention intends to improve the efficiency of gas use, cool the motor's cylinder walls more easily, and delay the wearing of piston rings.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Brevard, Procter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth.
Patent for a sleeping car berth, which has pneumatic elevators for raising and lowering the top bunk, and folds the bunks and sheets between the car seats during the day.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Butz, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras
Patent for a film feeding mechanism for cameras. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Caldwell, Elmer A.
System:
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Sash-Balance.
Patent for a sash-balance made up of a window-frame with a weight-box and window-sashes on either side of the frame. It is operated by one chord, pulleys, a single weight-box, and a locking device.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Cayce, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt-Rack
Patent for a skirt rack for holding skirts for display in stores and protecting them from wear and dust.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car.
Patent for a dumping-car that "can be operated by two men to discharge its contents with a comparatively small amount of exertion on the part of the operators" (lines 14-17). The car is developed to hold gravel, &c., and can be easily dumped.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Dunman, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Replacing Derailed Railway-Cars.
Patent for a device used to replaced derailed railway-cars that can be applied on either side of the rail. It can be easily moved to different tracks.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Durack, Patrick H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prescription-Filing Machine.
Patent for a prescription-filing machine that allows for more accurate sorting of medical prescriptions.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sliding Door Lock
Patent for a sliding door lock. Illustration included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Ewing, Harry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Gate
Patent for
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Fleming, Wyatt A. & Anderson, Byron
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lever.
Patent for a lever that attaches to moveable cultivator gangs.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Gillentine, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Distributer.
Patent for a cotton elevator, cleaner, and distributor that takes cotton from a wagon or storage area and blasts it with air before depositing it into a gin. It is a cage inside a case.
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Ginn, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a simple and expensive knee-pad used while picking cotton, berries, &c. The invention affords "the most perfect protection to the user by protecting his knee against contact with objects which would tend to bruise and injure it, and by preventing the dampness of the ground from being transmitted to the knee, which, as is well known, results in various diseases, such as rheumatism" (lines 13-20).
Date:
August 6, 1895
Creator:
Hamilton, James William & Siebenthall, John Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter, which can cut two rows of plants simultaneously and keeps the cut stalks from jamming the machine.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Harper, George Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shape-Retaining Device for Felt Hats.
Patent for a device that retains the shape of felt hats and restores felt hats that have lost their original form, illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Hausinger, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon.
Patent for a wagon with an end gate, which is specialized for the unloading of scoop-able grains into bins without spillage.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Housworth, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs.
Patent for improvements in cleaning the electrodes of make and break spark plugs, with an illustration and explanation.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Irwin, H. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History