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Attachment for Carbureters
This patent is for improvements in attachments for carbureters for automobiles. The purpose of this invention is to provide a means whereby only hot air or vapor is sucked into the carbureter,
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Milligan, Albert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for "an automatic weighing-machine possessing simplicity, accuracy, and capable of continuous and automatic operation" (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for new weighing machine and hopper dispensing cotton-seed meal, including illustrations
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Perry, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for an improved bailing press "especially designed for forming hay, straw, cotton, &c., &c.... into compressed, compact bales" (lines 10-13) that requires less effort and power for stronger compression results.
Date:
March 12, 1910
Creator:
North, Clarence L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Cowl
Patent for low cost chimney cowl improvements to insure proper draft and prevent fires.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Burch, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for "a dasher that the force required to operate it may be varied and the time necessary to churn the butter be shortened as the force operating the dasher is increased." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1895
Creator:
Hudson, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a machine that uses revolving brush cylinders, stationary brushes, and stripping boards to prepare cotton for ginning, including illustration.
Date:
March 12, 1861
Creator:
Eastham, A. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for improvements to cotton pickers providing a wheeled machine that will "remove cotton lint from the plants by mechanical means" (lines 15-16) with added new features to construction and operation, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stiles & Ascue, Elbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator that is easily constructed and adjusted. It has a beam, parallel bars extending its length, a block between the front ends of the bars, an adjustable bar that carries the teeth, and clamping plates above and below the bar.
Date:
March 12, 1895
Creator:
Ford, John O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cushioned Tire
Patent for a cushioned tire. This invention is for tires for vehicle-wheels " to obiate the collapsing of the tire by puncturing thereof, as in pneumatic tires" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Curtis, Zenas Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Device.
Patent for a display rack adapted for exhibiting various fabrics.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Lanford, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for a draft attachment for automobiles to aid in their movement from muddy or slippery conditions including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Pietzsch, Cornelius O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Cap, Tie, and Seal for Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.
Patent for an end cap, tie, and seal for cylindrical cotton-bales. The cap has a flat end with cylindrical edges and a draw wire in its hem. It extends nearly to the ends of the bale, and the edges go over the ends of the bale.
Date:
March 12, 1895
Creator:
Campbell, Louis Wilbur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Hanger.
Patent for a ceiling fan hanger that allows the fan to be moved higher or lower in the room as needed and stays firmly in place at each height setting.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
McBee, Marshall E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window Construction
Patent for construction of a fireproof window from sheet metal. This invention is to "provide means for removing or replacing the lower sash in the window frame" (line 18-20). Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve.
Patent for a float valve that is easy and inexpensive to manufactured. It may be used in all tanks.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Lakios, George John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Catcher
Patent for the fly catcher. This invention comprehends the provision of a fly trap embodying a chute through which livestock may pass and have flies that circulate around them being scared or brushed off of them and causing them to enter a trap. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Girvin, Fitzhugh B. & Brady, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly trap.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Jordan, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp.
Patent for guard rail clamps to securely clasp guard rails with the main rail with features such as spikes and braces.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Akers, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for an improved, multi-piece harness-buckle that is attachable without the need of sewing, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 12, 1878
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for a new arrangement of posts, rails, and false posts in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1872
Creator:
Stone, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Target-Controlled Roundabouts
Patent for a target-controlled roundabout comprised of a "revoluble member arranged to be operated by a plunger" (lines 11-12).
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Lero, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board
Patent for an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Riedel, Edward C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter Copying Press.
Patent for a new and improved copier. This design consists in "the combination of the dampening-roller . . . with the smoothing-roller at one side of and in close proximity to it and situated between said dampening-roller and the roll of paper, and the roller journaled in the standard, and the smoothing-rollers placed at one side and beyond the rollers . . . and journaled in brackets . . . whereby the paper is evenly and smoothly moistened before the copy-paper is applied and both are kept smooth during the process of copying" (lines 90-104).
Date:
March 12, 1889
Creator:
Thompson, Charles Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History