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Acetlyene Generator
Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Michael, Mack W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Hartman, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows
Patent for an attachment for disk plows to "clean any disk in any kind of soil" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
December 31, 1907
Creator:
Fell, Julius P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.
Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Edens, Myrtle J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Torpedo.
Patent for an aerial torpedo. This device is well suited for automatic targeting without help from man.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Millican, Joel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Tight Heating-Stove
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in air tight heating stoves, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1898
Creator:
Wilson, John Wesley & Wilson, William Wharton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus
Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous inclined plane or sliding board down which the persons who were seated or standing upon the steps will be caused to slide and be thrown into a body of water over which the apparatus is erected.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Andrews, J.W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Power.
Patent for a new and improved animal power (engine). This design "consists in an animal-power constructed with a small wheel placed loosely upon a stationary upright shaft, and connected by hinges with the inner ends of arms and sweeps attached to the main wheel, which is mounted upon caster-wheels to support the weight of the wheel and its attachments. . . . The object of this invention is to economize power and promote convenience" (lines 16-25).
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
Knox, William Curtis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Crowson, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
Patent for a device that uses hot steam to clean caked-on paraffin, mud, and other substances out of oil well pumping apparatuses.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Deats, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the feeders, and an endless chain conveyer moving in said trunk, causing the cotton to travel along therein and drop out therefrom through the delivery openings into the feeders" (lines 16-27).
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A. & Clark, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Removing Cores from Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.
Patent for a "means for removing screw-threaded cores from cylindrical cotton-bales" (lines 12-14). It is made up of a wheeled-truck that is holding the bale, an apparatus that grips the end of the core, a way to revolve the grip, a driven shaft, and a universal joint that connects the shaft with the end of the core.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
White, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways.
Patent for an improved apparatus for scouring water-ways by using water-discharge pipes and air-discharge pipes arranged at each side of the vessel. When “vessel is slowly moved forward while the water and air forcing pumps are working,..... direct force of the water-jets and air-jets will agitate and scatter and lift the dislodged particles and float them much higher and longer than would be the case were the water-jet pipes alone used.” (Lines 63-75) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 31, 1891
Creator:
Holden, Elbridge G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores
Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating or concentrating ores through a flotation method.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Cole, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Hand-Grip.
Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for an improved arch-bar for cultivators that allows increasing and decreasing the space between drag bars without having to stop the team of horses.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Weempe, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Ginning-Machines.
Patent for improvements in attachment for ginning machines: "provide mechanical means for conveying the cotton and seed that is delivered from the gins through pneumatic tubes to the baling room and see house" (lines 15-19).
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Coursey, Netter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Horse Powers
Patent for attachment for horse powers. This invention is an attachment for the power transmission for hay presses. Illustration included.
Date:
May 31, 1904
Creator:
Gentry, Arthur Q. & Burk, Jasper A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pianos or Organs.
Patent for an attachment for pianos or organs that allows for the convenient movement of the instruments that does not damage the instrument or the building.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Carter, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pipes
Patent for an attachment for pipes. Illustration included.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Charles, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Damper
Patent for "an attachment for stove-dampers whereby said dampers will be automatically moved, in order that the fire may be maintained at a predetermined heat" (lines 9-13).
Date:
January 31, 1888
Creator:
Beauchamp, William A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Door-Closer
Patent for improvements in automatic door closers with the object to simplify and improve the construction and utility of devices of this character. May be applied to doors of various sizes whereby the door may be caused to close without slamming or jarring.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Grogan Edward W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMOBILE
Patent for improvements for power distribution in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
De Witt, George, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History