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Airship
Patent for an airship of improved construction, which allows for the operator to change their positions to propel, raise, lower and steer the ship.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
John William Oman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling-presses, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Rowe, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher
Patent for churn-dashers of the rotary type for a churning machine. This will allow the cream upon contact with blades of the dasher to turn over and head town the bottom of the churn.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb.
Patent for an electronic heating comb providing an electric heating element.
Date:
November 10, 1920
Creator:
Caneavri, Joseph Ping.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hat and Coat Rack.
Patent for a simple hat and coat rack "wherein a hat holder is supported by two garment hooks" and mounted on a wall (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Trice, Bacon S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a compound for use in commercial manufacturing of the product calcium sodic carbid claiming to reduce time and expense of production process.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Wambaugh, Mahlon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a device by which cotton can be easily, quickly and accurately chopped, "leaving cotton stands the distance apart for future cultivation and to insure the most rapid and satisfactory growth," (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Henderson, Neely Trimmier & Smith, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for machine for picking cotton that is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Hyde, Thomas Burke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Spacer.
Patent for a device that efficiently and quickly travels over cotton-drills, spacing the stands uniformly apart and covers up any grass or weeds around the stands, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Totty, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuff Holder.
Patent for a new and improved cuff holder. This design "is chiefly to render cuffs hitherto buttoned to shirt-sleeves as readily attached or buttoned to coat-sleeves, in order that they may be removed from the wearer's person together with the coat to prevent the cuffs being soiled; and its object is also to avoid unbuttoning and buttoning cuffs to the shirt by means of the usual cuff-attaching buttons" (lines 24-32).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Atkin, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack for Wall-Paper and Other Merchandise.
Patent for display rack for wall paper and other merchandise. The rack displays wallpaper and other merchandise similar.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Ralph, Sidney L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "consists in the combination, with a jaw provided with a pocket having an opening in its bottom, of a pivoted bar having a bead or nipple, which bar is passed through the pocket, and of a spring held in the pocket jaw and resting on the bar" (lines 12-17).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Maurer, Adam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Railway Cars
Patent for a draft attachment for railway cars.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Agnell, Peter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Car-Brake.
Patent for improvements in electrically controlled car-brakes with the various purposes of coupling and uncoupling, putting on and taking off brakes, signaling from car to car or train to car, lighting trains, and other purposes to which it may be adapted, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Car-Coupling.
Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to various purposes of coupling and uncoupling, putting on and taking off brakes; signaling from car to car, train to car, or vice versa; lighting trains; and other purposes to which it can be adapted, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Connection and Signal for Railway-Cars.
Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to suitable electrically-operated devices throughout a train, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastening for Vehicles
Patent for end gate fastening for vehicles.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Clarke, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner.
Patent for a flue cleaner for steam boilers, which has easily replaceable parts.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Brown, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Friction Transmission-Gearing for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for an invention relates to a power transmitting gearing for motor vehicles, and more particularly to friction transmission gearing for verifying the speed and for reversing purpose.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Burning Stove.
Patent for an improved gas burning stove with a new design to better unite the oxygen in the air and the gas fuel.
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Ziegler, John C,
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate that relates to a patent (no. 363,964) granted to the inventor, which is a gate opener that operates by pulling a chord connected to a mechanism that swings the gate open and closes upon release. The current patent simplifies the previous invention. The operator pulls a chord which makes the gate swivel on a central point. When the chord is released, the gate swivels back into place.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Philpott, Horatio V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hatching and Brooding Body
Patent for a hatching and brooding body. "This invention relates to an artificial heating-body for the hatching of eggs or the warming of broods" (line 7-9). Illustration included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Sossna, Adolph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for the improvement of the design of the bale-tie, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1874
Creator:
Szabo, Alexander A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History