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Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase
Patent for combined compositor's stick and type chase. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder
Patent for a boiler feeder. This invention is intended to be placed above the boiler and via a regulator supplies water to the boiler.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Herrington, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chuck.
Patent for a chuck used with a jewelers lathe to hold watch crystals in place while cutting them down to size.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Bruton, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Case for Tourists' Glasses
Patent for a case for tourists' glass which allows the glass to be easily taken in and out.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Faehrmann, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive car-coupling that improves on the pin-and-link car-couplings and "will be capable of coupling automatically and which may be readily uncoupled without going between cars" (lines 13-15). After the car has been separated, this coupling automatically puts its parts in position to be re-coupled. It also enables a "flying kick" to be transmitted to the car.
Date:
November 24, 1896
Creator:
Lee, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead. This design consists of a frame with tension wires "extending diagonally across the bed-frame to the side pieces thereof at points intermediate between the corner posts, and independent tension devices to which the ends of the wire are connected, whereby a longitudinal and lateral strain is exerted upon the bed-frame when the wires are adjusted" (lines 1-7).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Clowers, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bailing-Press.
Patent for Bailing Press including illustrations. The purpose of the bailing press was to improve "the bailing-press especially adapted for bailing cotton, which press is simple in construction, strong and durable, and operates rapidly" ( lines 9-12).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Clark, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n an ant-trap, the combination, with a trough formed with a top [that is] flanged . . . of a box connected thereto by a tube terminating in a disk . . . [and] of the connecting-tubes, box, and fence" (lines 62-68).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Thompson, William Henderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power.
Patent for improvements in churn-power by using a combination of “a vertical support [piece], an operating-lever pivoted thereto, a dasher-shaft, a horizontal bar connected to the said lever, and a cord secured at its ends to the said bar and wrapped between its ends around the dasher-shaft. All these parts combined to enable the churn to operate as described.” (Lines 55-61) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 24, 1891
Creator:
Reese, Roswell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Paper Holder and Display Device
Patent for a combination paper holder and display device, that holds paper towels and toilet paper and also has a display device to view.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Dalton, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster-Wheel
Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hose-Coupling
Patent for an automatic hose coupling with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Herr, Herbert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Button Display Attachment for Boxes
Patent for a button display to provide means to secure to any enclosing display to secure buttons.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Spivy, Reid B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge-Truss.
Patent for an invention, which relates to a new and useful truss, particularly intended for bridges but applicable also for use in various other structures.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Beard, Eddie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Separator.
Patent for a slime-separator "to provide means for automatically regulating the separate water flow, and discharging the solid proportionally with the settling of the solids in the receptacle" (lines 44-47). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Stretcher.
Patent for a curtain stretcher where the parts can be disconnected and readily assembled to accommodate curtains of various types. It permits stretching without screwing curtains or disengaging them from the clamps. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Hiegel, Eugene J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for improvements to latches for swinging gates and doors and provide a method of opening the latch from either side of the gate.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Hilder, Volny R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a combination lock that is able to be changed at will due to its arrangement of parts.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type
Patent for type. This inventions is for the body of type used in printing presses. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet
Patent for a metal kitchen cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be portable and protect against vermin. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is designed to destroy insects on growing cotton plants. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Butz, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Holder
Patent for a device to hold type, so it can set and be delivered.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for a valve. This design is for use with tanks. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Fambrough, Andrew Clarence & Swearingen, Alonzo J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History