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Commode-Seat.
Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Ainsworth, Lucian M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Winding Mechanism.
Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Passenger Recorder
Patent for "automatically auditing the number of passengers and the distance traveled by said passengers while en route on a train or other public conveyance." (lines 9-13)
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Rudolf Brown, of Cuero, Texas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful window shade attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Garretson, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design "consists of a hub formed of a tube provided with an annular shoulder, and having its outer end threaded, on which threaded end a nut is screwed, between the wider inner end of which the nut and the shoulder of the tube the inner ends of the spokes are clamped, cushion bands and rings and metal bands and rings being interposed between the ends and sides of the spokes and the tube, its shoulder, and the inner end of the nut" (lines 11-20).
Date:
September 26, 1882
Creator:
Drauly, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for light weight wheels for use in wheelbarrows and trucks, which are capable of handling large, heavy loads and lubricating its own hub bearings.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Heibeck, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for a wind-wheel that "needs no guiding vane or tail, but shall turn in the same direction at all times regardless of the direction of the wind" (lines 8-11). It is a horizontal wind wheel that rotates on a vertical axis. The blades automatically opens on one side and close on the opposite side.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
Date:
September 26, 1876
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 26, 1905
Creator:
Thomson, Alexander & McLaughlin, Malacha Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that allows foreign materials to blow away from the burner, while it is running and is fuel efficient.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Purse.
Patent for a small purse attached to the hand via a strap, including illustration of purse in use on hand.
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Urmston, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lister Plow Adjuster
Patent for Lister Plow Adjuster
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Kunkel, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for a telephone system that can be used for long distance calls.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Controlling Switch.
Patent for a pump controlling electric switch that automatically turns on the pump when water covers it and turns off the switch when it is dry.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Gamer, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press.
Patent for a new and improved press for " holding down sauer-kraut, pickles, and other articles in barrels, tubs, or like receptacles" (line 9 -10).
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Cross, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for Railroad Tie
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Stroud, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Kučera, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pocket Index
Patent for Pocket Index
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Urmston, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame.
Patent for a hame that has an improved fastening device that easily secures trace chains or tugs to the harness. It is easily adjustable.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Attachment
Patent for improved attachments for cotton gins. Useful amendments include the improvement of the function of "moving and regulating the feeding of cotton to the gin and the ejection of refuse, hulls and chaff." (lines 13-15). This is accomplished with the addition of a mechanism that "at regular intervals, close the feeder, open the gin breast and discharge the hulls and waste and again close the gin and open the feeder." (lines 37-40).
Date:
September 26, 1922
Creator:
Hooton, Claude A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device.
Patent for an engine starting device that does not require the use of a battery.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Huebner, Ferdinand P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Framing-Tool
Patent for a framing tool designed to ease the laying of "rafters, stair carriages and the like" (lines 14-15). The tool assists in measuring proper "dimensions of cuts to be made in timber to accomplish desired construction" (lines 19-20).
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Whitlock, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ignition Regulator
Patent for an ignition regulator that keeps the explosions in an internal combustion engine going at a regular rate.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Carpenter John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel that is made with a rigid frame and springier spokes.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Watts, Robert L. & Onstead, Augustus G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History