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Fan-Actuating Mechanism
Patent for a fan actuating mechanism. Attempts to improve upon fans by using a spring to provide maximum speed at minimum cost.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Everitt, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements Fruit-Cutters and Juice-Extractors" (Lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Cooper, James A.
System:
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Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate and the horizontally-swinging arm arranged above the gate and provided in its free end with a longitudinal slot and a series of transverse perforations and engaging the lever, the vertical latch, also pivoted on the gate, and the horizontally-sliding connecting bar between the lower ends of the latch and the lever" (lines 90-101).
Date:
September 10, 1889
Creator:
Lively, Robert M. & Lively, Louis P.
System:
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Grain Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved grain adjuster. This design "consists in the combination, with the platform-frame, of a wire or rod, which is preferably corrugated or bent, and which is fastened to the outer end of the frame and extends inward over the carrier in the rear of the cutter . . . The object of [the] invention is to apply to the frame of binding-machines a corrugated rod or wire, upon which the heads of the grain will catch, and thus prevent the heads of the cut grain from being moved toward the elevator faster than their butts, whereby the grain is presented evenly and regularly" (lines 14-27).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
French, Horatio Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate Bar
Patent for a grate bar.Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Wilderspin, Anderson & Earnest, David C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate-Bar.
Patent for a grate bar for furnaces, which allows for proper air distribution in the furnace.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Wilderspin, Anderson
System:
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Grave Cover.
Patent for a new and improved grave covering. This design calls for a concrete slab, slightly larger than its lidless wooden box, to rest on the upper edges of the latter. A slat in the slab will receive a headstone, which will rest on the slab via flanges.
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Thomas, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun Muffler
Patent for a gun-muffler. This design if for use with fire-arms to muffle the discharge sound. Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Childress, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Head and Face Protector.
Patent for a wearable protective hood for the head and face to protect against weather.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Mincher, Jerry
System:
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Hen's Nest.
Patent for an automatic gate or door for a hen's nest enclosure that will swing shut to keep out intruders when a hen enters and open when the hen leaves.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Device
Patent for a hoisting device. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Sims, James L.
System:
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Hopper for Leaching Ashes.
Patent for improved ash-hopper that is composed of suitable frame, two side boards, two triangle end boards that can be used to improve leaching ashes.
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Alexander, Abbington B.
System:
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Improvement in Pruning Implements.
Patent for "an improved implement for trimming hedges and for cutting and laying down hedges" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Booker, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lap Ring.
Patent for a new and improved carabiner ("lap ring"). This design calls for the hinged bar to interlock more with the body of the ring. This design prevents the stretching of the ring when bearing a heavy load, representing an improvement over previous designs.
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Morris, John P.
System:
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Lap Ring.
Patent for a new and improved lap ring (or link). This design utilizes a hinge to allow for half of the ring to part from the other half, which creates a larger opening and allows for connection with a wider range of things (e.g., larger clevises).
Date:
October 25, 1881
Creator:
Matthews, James Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leveling Instrument
Patent for leveling instrument. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Akins, Henry King
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for railway mail service bag-catchers "to provide a catcher which will remove a bag from a supporting-crane and transfer it automatically into the mail-car while the train is in motion" (lines 13-16).
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Elliff, Josiah C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Making Concrete Monuments.
Patent for "an improved method of and apparatus for making concrete monuments and tombstones" (lines 9-11) and makes harder and sets faster than other methods. The end result is meant to look like polished stone.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
System:
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Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock, which stops the nut from rotating.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Brown, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ointment.
Patent for a general external application ointment made of chloride of zinc, powdered metallic cobalt, blood root, and glycerine.
Date:
April 4, 1922
Creator:
Mullins, Ervin L. & Collier, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File
Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Percolator.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive water-bath percolator meant to extract "the soluble constituents of various substances" (lines 11-12). "The lid or cover may be sealed hermetically whenever it is desirable to exclude the air or prevent the escape of vapor or volatile constituents" (lines 19-22). It has an inner vessel, the outer vessel containing water. The two vessels are easily disconnected.
Date:
December 24, 1895
Creator:
Riley, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for a permutation lock, which is harder to break into than the previous version.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Maxfield, James R.
System:
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Permutation-Lock.
Patent for a permutation or combination lock for mail boxes.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Maxfield, James Robert
System:
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