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Railway-Gate
Patent for a railway gate that can be operated from a distance. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Buchannan, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a more complex wire puzzle that can be manufactured more cheaply and efficiently than others.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Blalock, Justice Earl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail.
Patent for an invention relates to improvements in railway rails. The object is to provide a hollow rail having simple and cheap, but effective means for connecting the ends of the rails.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Rochel, Ken E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Drying Briquets
Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date:
July 20, 1917
Creator:
Baker, Burke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Puller.
Patent for improvements in pipe pullers that grips the pipe and cuts the same time it is pulled.
Date:
June 20, 1920
Creator:
Robichaux, Sosthene & Paggi, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for oil burner "in which the oil will be atomized by and thoroughly mixed with air or steam under pressure and if used in the presence of steam be preheated before admixture ... of use in power plants and in stoves, furnaces and the like" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Mayer, E. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench
Patent for a pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Tiner, John Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. This invention is for use with crude or refined oils in fire boxes of stoves.
Date:
October 20, 1903
Creator:
Raymond, Emmet B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Burial-Vaults.
Patent for a mold for making burial vaults, which is easily removed from the finished product and allows for easy transport of the vault.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner for stoves, which has parts which do not carbonize and block the burner, lights quickly, and wastes less fuel in smoke or soot.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Wright, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bellows for Pneumatic Leaf Turners
Patent for bellows to leaf turners
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Holcom, Jarret C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a sealed bottle that cannot be refilled once the contents have been used, intended to prevent commercial fraud, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Matthews, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for a device which effectively burns "kerosene, gasoline, naphtha or crude oil" (lines15-16) in a bunsen-burner fashion that is also easy to manufacture and cheap to maintain.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Veach, Joshua H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Odorless Dry Outhouse and Apparatus for Use Therewith
Patent for "an outhouse which will be adapted for use in localties where water is scarce, or where it is either or both impracticable or undesirable to use water for flushing or draining" (lines 32-36).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newspaper-File.
Patent for improvements in newspaper-holders by using a long metallic “piece bent at its upper end to form a spring and a means of suspension for the holder, and also bent at its lower end to form a similar spring and a hand-grasp, an upper and a lower loop connected to the bent ends of the metallic piece, and a retaining-tongue pivotally connected to the lower loop and having a hooked end for engaging the upper loop” (lines 82-89) to hold the newspaper. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Jaehnig, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oar Lock Attachment.
Patent for an oar-lock attachment that allows the oar to be removed but not easily disconnected, using a hook on the oar with a spring plate and an eye on the boat gunwale, with illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1892
Creator:
Livingston, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Percolator.
Patent for a percolator for coffee or tea that is "reliable and efficient in its operation, readily and easily adjusted to fit the various sizes of pots and also inexpensive in manufacture." (lines 44-47)
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Rose, Isabell M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Popcorn-Parcher.
Patent for a popcorn parcher that has adjustable beaters.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Baird, Willie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for planter. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 20, 1904
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Clamp For Starting Boxes.
Patent for a safety clamp for locking the handles of starting boxes with slotting to receive a padlock.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Henry, Ben B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer
Patent for the improvement of vertical reamers used in the drilling of wells. Intended to provide a multi-bladed reamer that expands holes more evenly with less parts than previous models.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe - Grab.
Patent for new and useful improvements in pipe-graps for the purpose of "raising and lowering pipe and tools used in drilling oil-wells" (line 8-10), including illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Matula, Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Frame
Patent for a plow frame "to which may be attached plow bottoms or cultivator beams" (lines 11-12).
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Brown, Bartley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment.
Patent for a planter attachment, which allows seeds to be covered with varying depths of soil, that is operated from the seat of the planter.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
O'Brian, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History