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Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor. (open access)

Safety-Razor.

Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Bradley, Richard Sherman.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Soap. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Soap.

Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for said grease tank and converter" (lines 21-32).
Date: September 20, 1887
Creator: Grant, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Gray, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for an adapted barrel/container that can be assembled from the barrel/containers collapsed form, including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: York, Edward Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device (open access)

Core-Taking Device

Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Christian, Walton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the laterally and vertically movable draw-head having the hook at its outer end, the keeper depending from the lower side of the car, and in which the draw-head is confined, the spring connected to one side of the draw-head and bearing thereon, and the arm pivoted in a slot in the draw-head, and having the head projecting in rear of the lip or shoulder of the hook, and the lever fulcrumed to the end of the car and connected to the car" (lines 87-97).
Date: July 20, 1886
Creator: Gorny, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Liquids.

Patent for dehydrating petroleum oil emulsions through liquid seperation.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways (open access)

Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways

Patent for an improved signal actuating mechanisms for railways. When the train cars reach an operating mechanism, a flag will be raised where pedestrians or cars cross, and cause a signal to be repeated until the train passes.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Bashara, Samuel Farris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Seperating Associated Liquids. (open access)

Method of Seperating Associated Liquids.

Patent for a new method of seperating liquids, specifically those "in which particles of one liquid are held, or bound in mechanical suspension in another" (lines 10-12). The inventor provides the specific example of water and crude oil.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Salad Dressing (open access)

Salad Dressing

Patent for improving salad dressing. This salad dressing has high quality ingredients to go with any salad.
Date: November 20, 1923
Creator: Scholl, William H. & Scholl, Barney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device for Rotary Drills (open access)

Lubricating Device for Rotary Drills

Patent for improving the lubricating devices for rotary drills, especially the rotatble cutting devices attached to the head of the drill.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard Robard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting and Moving Device (open access)

Lifting and Moving Device

Patent for a construction device to help move heavy machines.
Date: February 20, 1915
Creator: Kenyon, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device

Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Cruse, James Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers (open access)

Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers

Patent for improved explosion hatch for oil containers.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Scott, Clarence N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Candy Depositor (open access)

Nut and Candy Depositor

Patent for a nut and candy depositor for sending the nuts and candy into a dipping machine.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Brunka, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spear (open access)

Spear

Patent for a spear that is used to help withdraw or remove pipes that may get stuck in wellbores.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Gray, Ellsworth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for an improvement to pumps. This pump is designed to facilitate pumping of materials from deep oil and water wells.
Date: March 20, 1920
Creator: Hunt, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunger For Deep-Well Pumps (open access)

Plunger For Deep-Well Pumps

Patent for improved deep well pumps with plungers used to reduce wear and lower the amount of repairs needed
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Coulson, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire. (open access)

Pneumatic Tire.

Patent for improvements in tires for vehicles that has a cushion that takes the shocks of travel.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Drouet, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag (open access)

Smoothing-Drag

Patent for improvements to a smoothing drag, a tool that smoothes the ground between rows of crops to prevent moisture loss from the soil.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Davison, Morgan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press that automatically compresses hay into bales that is cost effective and easy to operate, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Tanner, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Form for Building Concrete Structures (open access)

Form for Building Concrete Structures

Patent for a form for building concrete structures. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Duller, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History