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Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for an improvement to car couplings which would "obviate the necessity and its attendant danger of going between the cars" (lines 17-18) including an illustration.
Date: July 22, 1879
Creator: Ahrenbeck, C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof. (open access)

Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof.

Patent for a new and improved rain-proof cap for chimneys. This design "is to provide a . . . rain-proof or chimney tube for receiving that part of a stove-pipe that projects above the roof, which rain-proof is so constructed that pipes can be held in the same at different inclinations. The invention consists in a rain-proof formed of a conical tube held on the roof, in the upper end of which conical tube the upper end of the stove-pipe is held. A hood is held on the upper end of the stove-pipe" (lines 8-18).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool. (open access)

Combination Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists in a combination-tool embodying in a single implement a nail and staple-puller, pinchers, nail-straightener, and wire-cutters, the device being more particularly designed for use in constructing, taking down, and resetting wire fencing" (lines 7-12).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Beazley, James Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension for Bedsteads (open access)

Extension for Bedsteads

Patent for "an adjustable, folding, and removable attachment that can be adjusted to various heights, one that can be easily attached to and detached from the bedstead, and one that when so detached can be neatly folded into a compact mass,which will occupy very little space" with an adjustable guard (lines 11-19).
Date: July 22, 1890
Creator: Belsher, Julia A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Shade. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Shade.

Patent for a cotton-picking shade that will furnish a portable shade or shield for the use of cotton-pickers to protect them from the direct rays of the sun while at work.
Date: July 22, 1879
Creator: Benthall, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propelling or Power-Generating Mechanism. (open access)

Propelling or Power-Generating Mechanism.

Patent for the constructions of a propelling machine of a vessel, which is provided an electric motor in an engine as a power source for propelling the vessel.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Caldwell, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ultrasonic Sensor and Method of use (open access)

Ultrasonic Sensor and Method of use

An ultrasonic sensor system and method of use for measuring transit time through a liquid sample, comprising at least one ultrasonic transducer coupled to a precision time interval counter. The timing circuit captures changes in transit time, representing small changes in the velocity of sound transmitted, over necessarily small time intervals (nanoseconds) and uses the transit time changes to identify the presence of non-conforming constituents in the sample.
Date: July 22, 1999
Creator: Condreva, Kenneth J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boot and Shoe Box. (open access)

Boot and Shoe Box.

Patent for a new and improved shoe box. This design "has relation to store-boxes for boots and shoes, designed to open automatically when drawn forward, and to close automatically when pushed back into place on the shelf or on the floor; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a swinging hanger pivoted to a bearing above the box, and a slideway secured to the cover, which is hinged to the back of the box" (lines 18-27).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Bench Hook. (open access)

Adjustable Bench Hook.

Patent for a new and improved bench hook. This design "consists in a bench-hook constructed with a plate carrying a sliding bar, to which is adjustably secured a hook. The sliding bar and hook are locked in place by a clamp and cam attached to the plate, and the plate and its attachments are locked to the bench-front by a stationary lug attached to the plate, and a moveable lug attached to a lever pivoted to the said plate and locked in place by a cam, so that the said hook can be readily adjusted upward, downward, forward, and backward" (lines 20-30).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cooper, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Obtaining Oil and Stock Food from Cotton-Seed. (open access)

Process of Obtaining Oil and Stock Food from Cotton-Seed.

Patent for a process for preparing stock food and extracting oil from cotton seed. The objectives include obtaining more oil from seed and a very nutritious stock food. The other objectives are eliminating waste of the residue after the oil has been extracted, regulating protein, and killing germs from the food. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Covey, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Guide. (open access)

Paper-Guide.

Patent for a Paper-Guide that can be folded, when it is not in service position, to allow it to be covered by the typewriting machine it is attached to. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Davis, Alice Urilla
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing Plate. (open access)

Printing Plate.

Patent for a new and improved printing-plate. This design "relates to an improvement in printing-plates designed particularly for printing mailing-lists for newspapers and other periodicals" (lines 8-11). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the bar or holder having the downwardly and inwardly turned ends, and the printing-plates secured on the former . . . of the loop loosely mounted on the plate, and the interposed wedge-shaped locking-key" (lines 5-16).
Date: July 22, 1890
Creator: Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Selective Telegraph System. (open access)

Selective Telegraph System.

Patent for a selective telegraph switch which allows current to be directed to a specific place and will minimize resistance.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Edwards, Claude, M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor (open access)

Tractor

Patent for a tractor "of the caterpillar type, having a caterpillar on each side, said caterpillars being independently driven either forwardly or reversely" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Fisher, Guy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Stool (open access)

Foldable Stool

Patent for a foldable stool "primarily designed for the purpose of attachment to a sewing machine, and which may be collapsed into a compact form and swung into position underneath the top of the machine and out of the way, when not in use" (lines 12-17). It is intended to be used with a desk, table, or other similar furniture.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Hagner, Frederick Hayes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Hanger. (open access)

Cotton-Sack Hanger.

Patent for a hanger designed to easily attach and detach from a cotton sack without damaging the sack or the hands of a cotton picker. It is designed to be made of a single piece of material and may be used to hang the sack on a scale for weighing the contents.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Hamrick, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Cooler. (open access)

Liquid-Cooler.

Patent for a liquid cooler consisting of "few parts of simple form" (line 13) and constructed of wood and metal, including illustrations. The liquid cooler can be thoroughly cleaned, making it possible to maintain a "sanitary condition" (line 17).
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Hanna, Oscar V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Steam-Engine. (open access)

Rotary Steam-Engine.

Patent for an invention that "relates to rotary engines in general, and more particularly to that class wherein a piston is disposed eccentric to the cylinder and is provided with radially-movable heads disposed to travel against the inner periphery of the cylinder and receive the steam-pressure, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and efficient construction which will develop a high speed with a minimum consumption of steam" (lines 12-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: March 12, 1901
Creator: Hays, James T. & Wilson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Die-Stock (open access)

Ratchet Die-Stock

Patent for improvement on the usage of die-stocks which are used to cut and thread metal objects such as pipes.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Hestand, Rue S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for the Feed Mechanism of Planters (open access)

Gearing for the Feed Mechanism of Planters

Patent for gearing mechanisms in feed planters that are more efficient, faster, and less costly.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Heylman, Edward M. & William, Roberts R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for Hydrocarbon burner for heating oil along with the steam. This burner will also improve the process of atomizing discharge.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Higgins, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recording Device (open access)

Recording Device

Patent for an improved device that records flow of grain in a mill.
Date: July 22, 1911
Creator: Hoover, Guy F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Pin. (open access)

Hair-Pin.

Patent for a hairpin which consists of multiple parts made to grip the hair while secured in place with illustrations included.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Jacobsen, Herbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in cane-strippers. (open access)

Improvement in cane-strippers.

Patent for an improvement in sugar-cane stripping machines, using an arrangement of rollers and a movable spring blade. Includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1879
Creator: James, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History