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Accelerating Foot Throttle for use on Automobile Engines (open access)

Accelerating Foot Throttle for use on Automobile Engines

Patent for an "improved form of foot pedal or foot throttle" (line 10) which "provides means for effectively controlling the speed of an engine by the action of the driver's foot against the foot throttle located in a convenient position on the floor of the car" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Vineyard, Pleas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer. (open access)

Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 6, 1898
Creator: Wheeler, Houston J
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Seal-Holder. (open access)

Automobile Seal-Holder.

Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Blair, Stuart Baggs
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate. (open access)

Collapsible Crate.

Patent for a collapsible crate, which is easier to ship while collapsed and cheaper to make.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Ivey, Henry Curtis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a "cotton chopper attachments for cultivators and seeks to simplify the construction, reduce the cost of manufacture, and increase the efficiency os such attachments" (lines 9-13) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Distributer. (open access)

Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Distributer.

Patent for a cotton elevator, cleaner, and distributor that takes cotton from a wagon or storage area and blasts it with air before depositing it into a gin. It is a cage inside a case.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Ginn, Moses M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator or Plow Standard. (open access)

Cultivator or Plow Standard.

Patent for a cultivator or plow standard that improves "the standard which connects the shoe or landslide of a sweep-shovel or bull-tongue plow with the beam, so as to render ti fixed and secure at any point of adjustment" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: McLain, Jackson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs. (open access)

Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs.

Patent for improvements in cleaning the electrodes of make and break spark plugs, with an illustration and explanation.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Irwin, H. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Replacing Derailed Railway-Cars. (open access)

Device for Replacing Derailed Railway-Cars.

Patent for a device used to replaced derailed railway-cars that can be applied on either side of the rail. It can be easily moved to different tracks.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Durack, Patrick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drilling-Machine (open access)

Drilling-Machine

Patent for a rotary drilling machine for drilling oil wells that has a stronger grip than previous drills.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car. (open access)

Dumping-Car.

Patent for a dumping-car that "can be operated by two men to discharge its contents with a comparatively small amount of exertion on the part of the operators" (lines 14-17). The car is developed to hold gravel, &c., and can be easily dumped.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Dunman, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras (open access)

Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras

Patent for a film feeding mechanism for cameras. Illustrations included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Caldwell, Elmer A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for "improved construction and arrangement of parts of two cycle motors" (lines 15-17) of gas engines involving the compression and introduction of additional explosive material into the explosion chamber at the end of each cycle of movement. This invention intends to improve the efficiency of gas use, cool the motor's cylinder walls more easily, and delay the wearing of piston rings.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Brevard, Procter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad. (open access)

Knee-Pad.

Patent for a simple and expensive knee-pad used while picking cotton, berries, &c. The invention affords "the most perfect protection to the user by protecting his knee against contact with objects which would tend to bruise and injure it, and by preventing the dampness of the ground from being transmitted to the knee, which, as is well known, results in various diseases, such as rheumatism" (lines 13-20).
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Hamilton, James William & Siebenthall, John Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever. (open access)

Lever.

Patent for a lever that attaches to moveable cultivator gangs.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Gillentine, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Buttonhole-Eyelet. (open access)

Metallic Buttonhole-Eyelet.

Patent for a metallic buttonhole-eyelet that produces a finished appearance that can easily be attached to the fabric. The eyelet can be made bigger or smaller depending on the size of the button.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Wheat, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Leaf Holder and Turner (open access)

Music Leaf Holder and Turner

Patent for music leaf holder and turner. Illustration included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Kimbler, Henry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Roasting Device. (open access)

Peanut-Roasting Device.

Patent for a peanut roasting device that uniformly roasts peanuts. The peanut roaster is an automatic device that rotates through batches of raw peanuts in pre-determined intervals.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

Pipe-Clamp.

Patent for improved pipe grips, to be used for vises and similar gripping devices, with illustrations and explanations.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Ponton, B. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow carriage, having a sprocket-wheel attached to the driving-wheel, and a rotary mold-board provided with a sprocket-hub having bearings in the plow-beam, of a shaft journaled upon the carriage-frame provided with toggle or universal joints, and suitable chain or belt connections for the sprocket-wheels" (lines 69-76).
Date: August 6, 1889
Creator: Kirk, Johnathan P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prescription-Filing Machine. (open access)

Prescription-Filing Machine.

Patent for a prescription-filing machine that allows for more accurate sorting of medical prescriptions.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Gate (open access)

Railroad Gate

Patent for
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Fleming, Wyatt A. & Anderson, Byron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie (open access)

Railway-Tie

Patent for an improved railway tie made of metal and wood blocks.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Kelly, Orson N.
System: The Portal to Texas History