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Country
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Month
Day
Railroad-Rail
Patent for railroad rail that does not need to joined with a bolt and can be locked in place to prevent spreading.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Huffman, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor.
Patent for a safety razor, with the objects of a creating a novel frame for holding a razor blade of any desired sort, and so that the vibrations will not be transferred to the carrying frame.
Date:
June 22, 1920
Creator:
Brasier, William Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Joint
Patent for improvements onto railway joints to "omit the declining surfaces of the fish-plate and to employ in conjunction with my other devices or wedges an ordinary fish-plate, whereby the invention may be applied to the joints of rails now in use any change whatever either to the fish-plates or the bolts" (lines 22-28).
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Greenwell, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Radial Tube Boiler.
Patent for a new and improved boiler. This design "consist[s] of a horizontal steam reservoir, a vertical cylinder provided with radial tubes suspended therefrom and forming a steam-generating chamber, all supported by standards placed underneath said horizontal steam-reservoir and outside of the casing surrounding said steam-generating chamber, and the fire-box placed under said steam-generating chamber" (lines 67-75).
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Clarke, John & Savage, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rack and Pinion Mechanism.
Patent for a new and improved rack-and-pinion mechanism. This design "relates to improvements on rack-and-pinion mechanism to dispense with the connecting-rod on steam-engines, whereby a more equal, constant motive power at any point of the piston-stroke, and no dead or weak points of the same, will be obtained" (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 22, 1889
Creator:
MacDonald, Peter M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Provision-Safe.
Patent for "a pantry and kitchen safe combined and designed to be built apart from the house and constituting a distinct and removable piece of furniture," (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1891
Creator:
Jones, Walter Adolphus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Park, Henry Jackson & Darrough, Rufus Clark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato Digger.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in potato-diggers, designed to cut away the vines and to throw them out of the way of the plow-points." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Winfrey, Zachary T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal
Patent for a railway crossing signal that provides a visible signal, an alarm, and a whistle.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Weisenborn, George P. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a new and useful railway cattle guard, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 22, 1898
Creator:
Sivley, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a new and useful quilting frame, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Pipe Insertor and Remover
Patent for pump-pipe insertor and remover. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Rhodes, Waddill L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie
Patent for a railroad-tie. This is a "railroad track supporting device a practically indestructible clamp for the securing of rails" (lines 12-14). Illustration included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Stephens, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Ticket
Patent for railroad ticket. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Lyon, Leonidas N. & Donaldson, Westbrook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing
Patent for a railway crossing which will not sink in mud and will not be as loud as previously.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Cooper, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Josheph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger
Patent for post hole digger with a simple construction which can be manufactured at a comparatively smaller cost.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Day, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a modification of a conventional rail joint, adding a solid abutment that allows for the use of conventional splice bars that "does not involve any appreciable increase in cost over the conventional rail joint" (lines 29-30). Includes Illustration.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Baker, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maternity and Invalid Chair.
Patent for a folding chair designed specifically for the use and comfort of the sick and disabled.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Read, Edwin T. & Bartz, Adolph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Plastic Material
Patent for a mold of the character described in the illustrations, designed for use in cement and concrete constructions. It is specifically well-suited for building boats and ships.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Reynolds, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for a new way to spray atomized "oil, or a combination of oil with air or steam, or both air and steam, for the purpose of burning in a furnace" (lines 13-15) allowing for all of the oil to be burned. Enhancements were also made to the mixing chamber, discharge regulator, and ability to disassemble for cleaning and repair.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Railway-Tie
Patent for a metal tie for railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 22, 1911
Creator:
McAnarney, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Box and Fastener.
Patent for a pin box fastener, which holds the tape inside the box while allowing the pins to be withdrawn.
Date:
September 22, 1908
Creator:
Kimbler, Henry Randolphus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in motors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Garvey, Edgar Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History