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Back-Band Buckle.
Patent for an improved back-band buckle and an improved hook that connects the buckle with the trace-chain. The lever-hook snaps "into position and is held secure in a pane substantially flush with the lower portion of the buckle-frame when the buckle is closed by the forcing down of the lever" (lines 15-19).
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Brown, John Staddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple back-band buckle that doubles as a trace-carrier and locks the trace into place. It secures to the carriage and locks the trace into place with a snap-hook.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Ware, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Pump.
Patent for a new and improved balanced pump. This design "relates to improvements in balanced pumps having two vertical receiving-cylinders provided with vertically-reciprocating plungers, and two vertical delivery-cylinders provided with plunging-barrels, all being provided with suitable valves operating automatically in conjunction therewith; and the objects of [the] invention are, first, to provide a pump by means of which water or other fluids may be conducted or raised with but little propelling power, and . . . to afford facilities for readily attaching it to be driven by any steam-engine" (lines 15-27).
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
Ramsey, Haley S.
System:
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Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
System:
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Baling-Press
Patent for an improved baling press.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Washington, George M.
System:
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Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in the specifics of the design and construction of a baling press.
Date:
August 20, 1901
Creator:
Chapman, Robert E.
System:
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Bandage.
Patent for bandage that prevents and/or reduces the occurrence of "double chin."
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Hardee, Virginia E.
System:
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Base for Columns
Patent for a base for columns which drains water away from the base.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
System:
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Bed Attachment.
Patent for new bed design for invalids, containing a bedpan attached in the center of the bed. The bedpan is connected to a pipe, allowing the waste to be flushed away, just like any other toilet.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Smith, Nan Elma
System:
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Bedstead.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead. This design "consists in the provision of adjustable hangers for mattress-supports" (lines 12-13). To this end, it consists, "with the side and end rails having vertical mortises or grooves, the cap-plates covering the upper ends of the grooves or mortises and having threaded apertures, and a mattress-support, of the hangers respectively comprising the vertical shank or body seated in the grooves or mortises of the rails, and the horizontal branch extending inwardly from said shank or body and having a slot to seat the side and end bars" (lines 83-93).
Date:
September 20, 1892
Creator:
Currey, George Henry
System:
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Bee Hive.
Patent for a new and improved bee hive. This design consists of "the combination, with the removable section, having the right-angled slots and the comb-frames of the securing-bar" (lines 95-98).
Date:
September 20, 1881
Creator:
Norwood, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bell Collar.
Patent for a new and improved collar. This design "consists in the combination of a flat metallic band, which passes over the top of the neck, two metallic blocks, which extend down opposite sides of the neck and are provided with locks, two perforated slides, which are connected together at their lower ends by a metallic loop . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a bell-collar for animals, and which is not only adjustable in size, so as to be adapted to necks of different sizes, but which, when placed upon an animal's neck, can only be removed by some one who has a key to one or both of the locks" (lines 13-29).
Date:
September 20, 1887
Creator:
Marshburn, Joseph J.
System:
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Bellows for Pneumatic Leaf Turners
Patent for bellows to leaf turners
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Holcom, Jarret C.
System:
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Bicycle.
Patent for a bicycle that is safer than other bicycles. It has compensating gearing so that "the variations in leverage in the various positions assumed by the pedal crank are equalized" (lines 12-13).
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Lillibridge, Freeman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Support.
Patent for an improvement in bicycle supports that can be attached to any bicycle and supports it at an upright or near-upright position.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Norelius, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
System:
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Bin-Measuring Apparatus
Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Duke, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Feed Regulator.
Patent for a new and useful boiler feed regulator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 20, 1898
Creator:
Mitchell, Charles Bradley
System:
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Boiler Feeder Regulator.
Patent for a new and improved regulator for boiler feeders. This design "consists in certain novel details of construction, arrangement, and operation whereby a superior machine is produced for the purpose of regulating and supplying boilers with water, keeping the water at a uniform height, preventing explosions from low water, and automatically removing sediment, impurities, and foam as fast as it accumulates" (lines 14-22).
Date:
March 20, 1888
Creator:
Riedel, Gustav Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer
Patent for a boiler-skimmer that assist in preventing external pressures from collapsing the float values. These type of boilers are used in steam locomotives.
Date:
May 20, 1919
Creator:
Schreiber, Norbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Stay Bolt
Patent for a boiler stay bolt. Illustration included.
Date:
September 20, 1904
Creator:
Peters, Joseph & Coleman, John
System:
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Boltless Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in connecting rails without the use of bolts and nuts but instead using two fish-plates.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, Charles I. & Hall, William D.
System:
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Book-Holding Device
Patent for a book-holding device that will keep books open by holding back turned pages, with illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Barry, David Redmond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot and Shoe Box.
Patent for a new and improved box for boots and shoes. This design is "to be arranged beneath the counter, between the guide-strips upon the floor, and mounted on wheels, and provided with mechanism connected to the hinged lids of the boxes to raise the lid as the box is pulled out, and to close it when the box is pushed back to place again. This may be accomplished in several ways" (lines 26-33).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
System:
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