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Liquid Storage and Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for an economically efficient liquid storage and dispensing apparatuses. The device is aimed at providing an air pressurized system to discharge inflammable liquids.
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Carton, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon and Buggy Tap Extension.
Patent for a waggy and buggy tap extension that compensates for the waggon/buggy's wear and tear and mitigates instances of the wheels wobbling. The construction is simple to use and inexpensive.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Bosworth, Allie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicating and Testing Apparatus.
Patent for indicating and testing cylinders on multi-cylinder engines (such as gasoline) to show if any are misfiring, have leaking valves or rings, and show that the carburetor is properly adjusted.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Pittman, Mordaunt E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense and simultaneously measure liquid.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Reid, Elton F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Register
Patent for a new, improved registering device particularly for use in well drilling, Illustrations included.
Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Jones, Noah M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls.
Patent for a machine that makes lunch rolls. By using the machine, people (particularly street vendors) can make hamburger rolls similar to the Mexican hot tamale.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Wiseman, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for an improved well-drilling apparatus. Improvements made to bull wheel shaft and the sand reel and casing line shaft so they may be operated independently of each other while utilizing the same source of power.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Thorniley, Clarence W. & Thorniley, Charles, D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater that will heat a large quantity of water in a short amount of time. Cool water is delivered to the bottom of the tank, displacing hot water at the top so the tank is always filled with hot water.
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Faust, Louis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Threshing Grain in the Field.
Patent for a machine that collects swaths of grain for threshing using hooked teeth arranged in rows, including illustration.
Date:
April 14, 1857
Creator:
Wilson, J. C. & Wilson, T. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Mixing Mortar.
Patent for a new and improved machine for mixing mortar. This design "consists in a cylinder composed of bars set into open heads and rotating beneath a hopper . . . so that the material to be mixed rests upon the cylinder, and is rasped or grated off by the motion of the cylinder and received on the inside of the cylinder between the bars. . . . When the material is received inside the cylinder it is carried around by the rotary motion, and is turned over and forced out" (lines 7-22).
Date:
September 14, 1880
Creator:
Schellenberger, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel
Patent for wheel. Illustration included.
Date:
February 14, 1905
Creator:
Cutter, Richard Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive number Plate and Holder Therefor
Patent for a locomotive number plate and holder therefor. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Lape, John K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for "a mill equipped with an automatic governor for regulating the speed of the windmill and for preventing injury to the apparatus by throwing the blades of the wheel into or out of the wind in a manner to secure the most effective operation of the device at all times" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Stein, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Pulling Cotton Stalks
Patent for a machine for pulling cotton stalks. Illustration included.
Date:
June 14, 1904
Creator:
Swenson, Werner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor.
Patent for a weight motor for powering various machinery.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Wilson, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Individual or General Bank-Ledger
Patent for improvements to loose-leaf individual or general bank-ledgers, mainly pertaining to the ledger's structure and ease of use through adding leaves or sheets without disrupting current leaves or sheets. Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Axle
Patent for a lubricating axle.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Birdwell, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Lift.
Patent for a water lift for wells, which can be easily removed from the well for cleaning.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Gin Saws
Patent for a new and useful improvements in machines for sharpening gin-saws. This invention is to "provide an improved machine of the character described wherein the saws may be sharpened without removing them" (line 10-12).
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
Bradley, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Clamp
Patent for a wire fence clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
June 15, 1903
Creator:
Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Mechanism
Patent for a well drilling mechanism. This invention addresses the time consuming labor of screwing together sections of drilling pipe. This invention "contemplates an apparatus adapted to be attached to the frame of the rotary and operated by the driving mechanism of the rotary...screwing and unscrewing accomplished by mechanical means without manual means" (lines 38-44). Illustration included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill.
Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing Attachment for Plows
Patent for plow attachment to deflecting soil from the shovel of the plow; does not require special tools to apply attachment to plow.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Hogan, Peter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Brake.
Patent for machine brake for regulating the speed of an automatic fan.
Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Reeves, Elijah Winston
System:
The Portal to Texas History