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Automobile-Indicator
Patent for an automobile indicator which shows the license number of the car and the state in which the license was issued. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Hoaker, John & Banks, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine
Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Ricketts, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle.
Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for a single row planter for corn or cotton. The planter is to be used in virgin soil with out any soil preparation.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling
Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Banister, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement.
Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Jones, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Key and Automatic Stop Cock
Patent for "new and improved Combination Key and Automatic Stop-Cock" (lines 6-7) for the purpose of providing "an automatic arrangement for cutting off the water-supply in hydrants and like appliances when the weather becomes so cold as to endanger the freezing of the water" (lines 11-14).
Date:
May 7, 1900
Creator:
Randall, C. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister Plow and Planter.
Patent for a combined Lister plow and planter that both breaks the ground and plants seed. Appears to be a type of early tractor.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Setting Machine
Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Roberts, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus
Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Spear, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Processing method for superconducting ceramics
A process for preparing a superconducting ceramic and particularly YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7-{delta}}, where {delta} is in the order of about 0.1--0.4, is carried out using a polymeric binder which decomposes below its ignition point to reduce carbon residue between the grains of the sintered ceramic and a nonhydroxylic organic solvent to limit the problems with water or certain alcohols on the ceramic composition.
Date:
May 7, 1990
Creator:
Bloom, I. D.; Poeppel, R. B. & Flandermeyer, B. K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cistern-Cleaner
Patent for a device to be used for cleaning mud and sediment from cisterns while preventing contamination of the water within the cistern.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Davis, Lewis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Valve and Cap Tool
Patent for a combination valve cap and stem used to ease the process of deflating pneumatic tires by eliminating the need to keep track of a separate cap piece when removing the valve core, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
McComb, William Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane Stripping Machine.
Patent for a new cane stripping machine, specifically for use in harvesting sugar cane grown particularly in Lousiana and Texas.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Piatt, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Machine.
Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Miller, Emma T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caterpillar-Tractor.
Patent for 1) a mechanism preventing the Caterpillar tractor's driving element from becoming clogged with mud; 2) a mechanism to regulate the force put on the wheels in relation to the weight of the tractor's load; 3) a mechanism to allow this regulation of force in relation the weight of the tractor's load to be manually adjustable; 4) a construction improvement to allow the tractor to be turned in a relatively short radius, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Rountree, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper.
Patent for a bottle stopper made to be an alternative to cork plugs, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1919
Creator:
Patronel, John.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a pipe and nut wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Wood, Hezekiah M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This design consists "of a suitable support which is attached to the rear axle-tree, the brake which is pivoted to this support, the connecting-rod pivoted to the brake, and the operating lever pivoted upon a supporting bar which extends from one standard to the other . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a wagon-brake which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and by means of which the driver can instantly apply the brake with great power" (lines 14-25).
Date:
May 7, 1889
Creator:
Griffin, William Sidney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Stretcher.
Patent for a trousers stretcher that removes wrinkles and creases from trousers by stretching them. The stretching tension may be increased or decreased as desired.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Johnston, Renord C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Mosby, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a wheel attachment of "combined purposes of tire, felly and safety guard" (lines 15-16), with slight wing-like widening between spokes to prevent sinking into ruts, with optional cutouts to reduce weight, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Brake.
Patent for improved vehicle brakes, and the "object is to arrange the brake shoes so that when applied they will bear on the wheels slightly below a point on a line drawn horizontally through the center of the wheel, whereby a greater brake power is obtained with less force exerted, and further, to so construct and arrange the brake shoes that during the backing of a team for any purpose the brakes will automatically release themselves and not bear upon the wheels to interfere with said backing." (Lines 21-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1895
Creator:
Christian, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History