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Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is rigid and locks in place.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is long lasting and rigid.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements to the joints for railway rails to prevent "bumping of the wheels against the ends of rails and the cross ties adjacent to the joints" (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastener
Patent for "a novel and improved rail-tie and fastener which will support and hold the rails in a substantial manner and prevent displacement and spreading thereof, so as to avoid wrecks or accidents and consequent loss of lives and property" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing
Patent for crossings for railway tracks and particularly to means for closing the cut in the rails made for the flanges of the wheels, and the object is to provide sliding members which can be easily operated to close the slot or cut in the crossing rails for the flanges of the wheels so that a continuous tread will be formed for every wheel that passes over the crossing and to provide a mechanism for the tracks.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing.
Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rake.
Patent for a rake for raking machine for cleaning fields of stalks or trash.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
Jones, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle
Patent for a riding saddle.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Beckerman, Fred John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scoop.
Patent for a ridable shovel with wheels that allows the user to control digging and dumping of scooped loads by footrest operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Mitcham, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber
Patent for "Improvements in Shock Absorbers" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Regenbrecht, Bernhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for improvements in shovel-plows “by enabling the stock and shoe securely mounted and yet adjusted from one position to another, according to the work to be performed.” (Lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph & Michalka, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Rake
Patent for stalk rake. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Gamble, Neill B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starting Device
Patent for a starting device for internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Looney, John Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine.
Patent for a new and improved steam engine. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement, in connection with a cylinder having bearings for the piston-shaft at each end and steam and exhaust ports at opposite ends, of an axially-elongated piston having opposite spiral threads or ribs of gradually-decreasing pitch from the end at which the steam enters to the end at which it escapes" (lines 19-26).
Date:
July 3, 1883
Creator:
Wilson, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for improvement to stock cars, "so constructed that the hay-racks swing up automatically and the troughs can be lowered to be out of the way when not in use and can easily be swung up when the animals are to be watered" (lines 8-13).
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Lines, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Guard
Patent for a stock guard. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Mallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Stock.
Patent for a sweep stock, which can have multiple types of plows attached to it.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Stone, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syringe.
Patent for a new and improved syringe. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with inlet and outlet tubes provided with end fittings . . . of the two concavo-convex disks arranged on the tubes with their concavities opposite to each other, [one] disk being made of soft rubber and adapted to be inserted within the vagina and the [other] disk adapted to be pressed against the vulva during the operation of syringing" (lines 73-81).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tatting-Shuttle
Patent for an improved tatting shuttle. This new shuttle will hold multiple bobbins and shuttles to carry multiple colors of threads.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Wolle, Leonora
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional contact . . . prevent[ing] the necessity of . . . forming tongues upon the buckles" (lines 14-30).
Date:
March 12, 1889
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design "is to provide the trace-carrier with a locking-brace, which is held in a closed position by the chain, which prevents all possibility of the chain from becoming detached from the carrier while in use" (lines 16-20). To this end, it consists, "with the body having a strap-fastener and an outwardly and upwardly extending hook, of a locking-plate, which is hinged at its upper end to the upper portion of the body, and its lower end provided with an inner perforated projection through which the said hook passes, and a shorter projection" (lines 78-85).
Date:
September 23, 1890
Creator:
Clark, Alexander E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Leveling Device.
Patent for a railroad track leveling device, which attaches to the rails without the use of screws and can be used to detect low places and misalignment's of the track.
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
Warren, Edwin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vermin Poison.
Patent for "insecticide compositions for exterminating prairie-dogs, ants, &c." (lines 6-7), including dosages and instructions for use.
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Womack, John David
System:
The Portal to Texas History