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Automatic Railway-Switch.
Patent for a railway-switch by enabling the switch operate automatically when a train is passing by. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Wilson, James Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compress and Packer
Patent for a device that provides improvements in machines for compressing, packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and the object is to provide a machine of this character operating automatically to form the bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser and folding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming a complete and symmetrical bale (lines 9-17) Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Griffin, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine Attachment
Patent for a sewing machine attachment that "aims to provide an attachment for use in connection with any sewing machine combining means for hemming, tucking, and braiding, the several parts being adjustable to admit of making hems any width and tucks any size and distance apart, the device being simple and comprising a minimum number of parts" (lines 9-16). Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Fain, Eliza Jane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Transmitter and Receiver
Patent for a telephone transmitter and receiver. The device is for lines "known as 'long-distance' telephones for the purpose of taking up the weakened vibrations and re-energizing them...transmitting them with increased volume" (line 12-15) illustration included.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Sammons, Oliver P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
June 20, 1905
Creator:
Dickey, John Splann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer
Patent for an ice-cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Milburn, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Replacer
Patent for a car replacer. This invention is designed for the replacement of derailed locomotives, cars, and stock pens to the rails. Illustration included.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Bowman, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Stay Bolt
Patent for a boiler stay bolt. This design is made of flexible stay-bolts for boiler allowing for movement bracing sheets. Illustration included.
Date:
June 16, 1908
Creator:
Borneman, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History