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Hame Tug.
Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design "relates to a hame and trace attachment, having for its object to provide a simple, strong, and durable device to connect the front end of the trace chain or strap to the hame, whereby the movement of the said chain or strap is prevented from wearing the parts, and thus necessitating frequent repair or replacement" (lines 9-16).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Anderson, Charley N. & McPhaill, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a a nursing bottle employing a jacket designed to hold the parts of the bottle together. Illustration included.
Date:
September 18, 1906
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Hydrocarbons
Patent for a new or improved process which distills heavy hydrocarbon oils into large volumes of gasoline or other lighter volatile liquids.
Date:
September 18, 1918
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence
Patent for fence improvements, "especially to a wire fence made, preferably, of plain strands of wire horizontally disposed and drawn toward one another by means of short pieces of wire which are twisted about the horizontal wires line" (lines 15 – 20) illustrations included.
Date:
September 18, 1900
Creator:
Bateman, Eugene E.
System:
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Improvement in stilts.
Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1875
Creator:
Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
System:
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Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard for railroads that improves on preventing cattle from passing from their enclosure onto a railway track. The invention does not trap animals or people or cause injury, and lies below the upper treads of the rails.
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Brady, Peter L.
System:
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Inspirator Valve For Intake Manifolds
Patent for inspirator valve for to accelerate the air intake to the intake manifold as suction is increased.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Brasier, William H.
System:
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Car Step
Patent for a car step. This invention is designed to be swung down into position from a fixed under the bottom of the rail car. Illustration included.
Date:
September 18, 1906
Creator:
Davis, George W. & Hicks, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching and Excavating Machines.
Patent for "an improved machine for making ditches and other excavations, which shall be so constructed as to separate the slice from the soil, raise it, and deposit it at the side of the cut, which will feed itself forward automatically." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1877
Creator:
De Force, Samuel A.
System:
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Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that has a "simple construction which can be operated without going between the cars both in coupling and in uncoupling, and also to provide for adjusting the height of the coupler or draw head so that cars of different heights can be readily coupled" (lines 17-22).
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Duggan, Nicholas S.
System:
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Gravity Oil-Distributer for Ships.
Patent for a gravity oil-distributors for ships at sea that calms the water during storms. "the objects of [the] invention are to produce a very simple, cheap and buoyant boat or float, that may be compactly stored upon deck, conveniently launched over the side of the vessel, and so manipulated therefrom as to keep a proper and desired relative position in connection therewith, and which will automatically feed oil to the water" (lines 11-18).
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Ericson, John
System:
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Refrigerator.
Patent for a refrigerator that cools dairy and other food products by evaporating water. The cooler is a chest with water in it and containers with absorbent material around the bottom of the containers that sits in the water. The outer chest is metal, and a container sits underneath to catch drips.
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Greene, George A.
System:
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Lawn Mower.
Patent for a new and improved lawn-mower. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a bifurcated frame, a driving-wheel supported therein, gears secured to opposite sides of said wheel, inclined pitmen-driving shafts carrying at their inner ends pinions to engage said gears, guide-plates supported by the lower and forward end of the frame, cutters provided with slots and supported between said guide-plates, pitmen connecting the cutters and shafts, and adjusting-screws applied to said plates and cutters" (lines 23-33).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Grothaus, Frederick E.
System:
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Nut-Lock.
Patent for improvement in nuts-locks whereby a nut is coupled to a bolt by a washer with a pivoted tooth.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Harris, Joseph A. & Howard, Arthur W.
System:
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Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps
Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
Date:
September 18, 1872
Creator:
Hartcourt, John T.
System:
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Improvement in Bale-Band Tighteners.
Patent for improving the operation of tightening baling-bands and saving the length of metal bands.
Date:
September 18, 1877
Creator:
Hodges, John C., Jr.
System:
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Plow Gage.
Patent for a new and improved plow gauge. This design "may be adjusted as desired without loosening the connection of the share with the plow-stock, and that when it is desired to shift or change the stock, it may be readily done by running off [a] nut and swinging the bar and shoe forward on the hinge and entirely free from the bolt connections of the plowshare" (lines 73-80).
Date:
September 18, 1883
Creator:
Holt, Theodore
System:
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Crossing-Gate.
Patent for improvements to crossing gates through a device that helps facilitate the gates' automatic closing and opening position.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Hood, Lemuel L.
System:
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Vehicle-Tire
Patent for a bolt-free spring connection between a vehicle tires inner and outer rims, allowing for an air cushion between rims and improving overall performance of vehicle tires.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Horne, Henry M. & Buford, John C.
System:
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Improvement in Combined Awning and Shutter.
Patent for a "combined fire and burglar proof shutter and awning" (line 5-6).
Date:
September 18, 1877
Creator:
Hoyt, William A.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for "an improvement in plows, and it has for its object to provide a plow in which the share is removable therefrom in a convenient and expeditious manner, and is connected with the shank of the beam and with the wing or other support, by a locking connection not involving the use of bolts." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Kelley, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Block Machine
Patent for a building block machine. This invention is used to mold concrete and other artificial stone blocks. Illustration included.
Date:
September 18, 1906
Creator:
Latimer, Samuel A. & Krischke, Joseph, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Faucets.
Patent for "an improved faucet, which shall be so constructed that it will not be liable to be injured by being screwed into and out of the cask, which will not be liable to leak, which will have the button of the valve-stem protected from accidental injury, and shall be simple in construction and easily operated." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1877
Creator:
Lempert, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Valve for Steam-Engines.
Patent for a rotary valve for steam-engines that has a simplified valve and less pressure on the valve. It has a rocking valve that is "operating within a steam chest independent of the cylinder and connected therewith by pipes entering through the cylinder ends, a cam movement being provided for rocking the valve" (lines 21-25).
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Lester, Frank
System:
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