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Impact Resistant Flexible Body Device
Patent relating to an impact resistant device that can be worn as body armor to protect the wearer from high velocity projectiles.
Date:
August 13, 2008
Creator:
Biermann, Paul J.; Roberts, Jack C. & Reidy, Richard F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of two jaws coupled together and carrying pulleys, a cord to draw the jaws together passing around the pulleys, and a gripping device connected with the jaws to secure the wires. (Illustration is included.)
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Bigham, James Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet
Patent for a knock-down kitchen cabinet.
Date:
August 7, 1882
Creator:
Billington, Theophilus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a new and useful improvement in hydraulic swivels by simplifying the structure and making the device more efficient and reliable.
Date:
March 7, 1922
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.
Patent for a new, efficient machine, with a double purpose: "to clean hand-picked cotton and better prepare it for the ginning operation" (lines 11-13) and to extract cotton "from unripe and closed bolls" (lines 14-15).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawers and Pantaloons.
Patent for new and improved pants. This design consists in "[a] pair of pantaloons, each leg of which is composed of a single piece, having the two edges and extended from the crotch to the foot of the leg, said extended portions being lapped one upon the other and united by the double lines of stitching, one in front and the other in rear of the usual line of the inside seam, whereby the leg is given a double thickness on the inside, and a smooth unbroken surface, adapting them to be worn in the saddle with comfort" (lines 16-26).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Blake, Samuel Diggs
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for a milk cooler meant to keep milk cool while it sets for cream raising. "The objects in view are to utilize the currents of air, cooling the same to the proper temperature by passing them over a body of water, bringing said currents in contact with the milk and in connection with it and the surrounding water cooling the milk" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 7, 1893
Creator:
Blanton, Tillius B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom.
Patent for a broom that has replaceable straw sections.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Blasingame, Frank P.
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
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a "new and useful Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid" (lines 5-7) that will aid in the commercially successful production. Patent includes specifications for the composition of matter.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Blum, Sylvain; Eldridge, Hillary; Clark, Daniel J. & Lazarus, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Winding Machine.
Patent for a cloth winding machine, which measures cloth for cutting and then winds the rest of the bolt of cloth back up.
Date:
April 7, 1908
Creator:
Blythe, Edward Willey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus
Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1915
Creator:
Bock, Victor E.
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
Washing-Machine
Patent for a "pounder" washing machine that can be easily repaired and operated with little effort. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 7, 1900
Creator:
Bolton, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for oil burners that is designed specifically for burning crude fuel oil that also has improved construction that centers the spray head with the burner head.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Booker, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle
Patent for a vehicle. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1905
Creator:
Boothe, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandrew Attachment.
Patent for an improved, simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient mandrel attachment that can be easily attached, detached, and adjusted. It has "a bar at one end with a plate for its attachment and at the other end with a cam and eccentric for detachable connection and adjustment the support carrying the cam and eccentric being hinged so as to drop down so that cylinder work can be slipped over the mandrel and then the eccentric and cam raised up and tightened to the bar to hold the work to be performed" (lines 18-27).
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Bosley, Lee W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification.
Patent for the purification of crude petroleum by separating impurities such as sand and clay using a heat treatment.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Bostick, Joseph Wallace & Homer, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Handkerchief, &c.
Patent for "a new and original design for handkerchiefs, fans, napkins, cards, and similar articles" (lines 8-10).
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Handkerchief, &c.
Patent for a design for handkerchiefs, cards, napkins, etc., which features an Indian head,, a lion head, unicorns, scrolls, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Slide.
Patent for a new and improved plow slide. This design consists in "[a] combination tool for use with plows, consisting of a suitable bar having one end turned upward, provided with a beveled edge at the other end, a suitable cross-strap, and having openings at the sides, and bent ends adapted to the nuts used in a plow" (lines 70-75).
Date:
October 7, 1890
Creator:
Bowers, Thomas Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improved wind wheel that has "every other blade...has a right angled extension or cup to catch the wind, the blades thus formed being set in the hub and rim of the wheel so as to have said right angled portions where they will receive the full force of the wind" (lines 17-22). A ring supports the angled portions of the windmill blades.
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Bowman, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine
Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Box, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Wagon
Patent for a wagon used for selling and distributing goods. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 7, 1910
Creator:
Boyle, Dad
System:
The Portal to Texas History