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Mine-Cart-Check Lock
Patent for improvements on mine-car-check lock technology. It provides a secure place for miners to put checks on the front of their cars and cannot be opened until the cart is empty.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Williams, Ned
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring-Dispenser.
Patent for a fluid measuring dispenser with a dispensing receptacle, measuring scale, and cooperating gauge. The gauge displays the exact quantity of fluid dispensed as well as the amount remaining in the receptacle.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Mauldin, Collumbus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Treating Oil
Patent for a process of and an apparatus for treating oil in a more efficient manner.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Seibert, Frank M. & Brady, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor Starter
Patent for a new motor starter design.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Maha, Irwin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor.
Patent is for a new and improved tractor design. Improvements to gear and axle design that enable the tractor to make narrower turns and to make power run from the engine to the gears without interfering with the steering mechanism.
Date:
January 7, 1917
Creator:
Hudgens, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay press. This design consists, "with the frame, of the pivot-pin mounted in the end of the frame and having a crank disk on its lower end, the pitman pivoted to said disk, the spring secured to the pitman and the frame, the double-cam secured on the pivot-pin, the sweep loosely mounted on the pivot-pin above the said double cam, and the dogs pivoted within the sweep and bearing on the cam" (lines 59-67).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mayes, Thomas T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook.
Patent for a snap-hook that holds together the miscellaneous parts of a harness and dispenses "with a spring for holding the parts together and which cannot in use accidentally open" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Nalley, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grade-Indicator.
Patent for a grade indicator designed for land, air, and sea vehicles. It provides both lateral and longitudinal inclination with a simple construction.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Shemeley, Jesse B. & Shemeley, Marion E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating car-axles
Patent for an improvement in axle lubrication involving an oil-elevator, axle-box and journal-box. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Piling.
Patent for sheet piling, which has closely fitting joints to make it watertight and can be varied in width.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Pyle, Jesse Theodor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sight-Feed for Planters.
Patent for a sight-feed for planters with a rotable feed-disk brings the seed to the spout. "The operator who is following the planter may be enabled to accurately observe the workings of the same and the delivery of the seed, and thus see at all times that a proper planting is taking place" (lines 17-21).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Letter and Paper File Case.
Patent for a new and improved file case. This design consists in "the combination, with a pedestal, of a staff rising therefrom, a series of revolving racks having a marginal flange and radial compartments, and a cap having a socket in its under side and bearing on the upper end of the staff, whereby the pans and racks may be freely rotated" (lines 90-96).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mundy, Eusebius Bainbridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Feed-Box.
Patent for a folding feed box that may be "readily carried or packed in a small space" (lines 18-19) when not being used.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Young, Benjamin Joshua
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Tongs
Patent for food tongs. The invention employs scoops. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Wheeler, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Trestle.
Patent for an improvement to extensible trestles for masonry and carpentryscaffolding and other uses, including both instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Bogusch, Robert J.; Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tackle.
Patent for a new and improved fishing tackle. This design is "to provide a snaring device which will, so far as possible, insure a capture; to so arrange the hooks as to prevent a loss of bait, and to provide a device capable of ensnaring as many fish as may at the time of lifting the snare by nibbling at the bait. . . . the invention consists in a spacing-ring, preferably formed of lead or other heavy metal and having a central hub and having a series of hooks radiating from the tub and secured to the ring, and in locating above the hub and at the center of a series of hooks a bait-support" (lines 11-24).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Mayer, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Medical Compound.
Patent for improvements in medical compound.
Date:
January 7, 1868
Creator:
Taylor, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Packing for Pistons
Patent for metallic packing for pistons. Such invention is intended to provide a metallic packing for small high speed pistons for internal combustion engines, such as used on automobiles and airplanes.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Williams, Nolan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dam.
Patent for a new and improved portable dam. This design "consists in the combination of the timbers which form the dam, the vertical uprights between which the timbers are place, the braces which support the dam in an upright position, the rider placed upon the braces, the wires, and the hooks to which the wires are fastened" (lines 13-19).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Williams, Stephen P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Duffy, Clarence O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railroad-tie. This design "has for its object the provision of means for broadening the gage of a road at curves thereof and the production of a metallic tie that is extremely simple in construction and by means of which a rail can be readily removed or secured in place and a firm elastic bearing obtained thereof" (lines 19-25).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Bagby, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Meter.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive electric meter that measures and records "the time during which an electric translating device, such as a motor or light, is connected with the source of supply, such as a dynamo-electric machine, located at a central station" (lines 11-15). Anyone can understand how it works, and it is more accurate than other meters.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
McGrath, William H. & Oram, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History