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Lock-Joint Rail.
Patent for a lockable joint for connecting segments of a railway track. The joint is resistant to breakages due to the passage of trains but allows for the replacement of worn track.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Swindler, Edgar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake.
Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This goal of this design "is to provide an automatic brake for wagons and other wheeled vehicles running on dirt roads" (lines 11-13).
Date:
May 23, 1882
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome & Henson, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Spring-Wheel
Patent for improvement in vehicle spring-wheels.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Harris, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench
Patent for a wrench for drill pipes used in drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Osborne, William Rush & Lebus, George Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Grinding Valve Seats
Patent for a simpler machine for Grinding Valve-Seats. This machine relates to the machinery involved in the grinding and finishing of valve seats.
Date:
July 28, 1905
Creator:
Meyners, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow.
Patent for a wheeled cultivator that "may be attached to a wheeled supporting-frame in such a manner that the front end of the plow-beam may be raised and lowered, the construction also providing means for readily detaching the plow-beam from the frame" (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date:
September 12, 1905
Creator:
Vance, Sidney F. & Harrison, Hubbert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid - Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for invention of liquid dispensing especially kerosene and gasoline. For this the air for feeding pressure is manually supplied.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Hamilton, Coy. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling.
Patent for a locomotive-pilot coupling that can lift or elevate locomotive pilot or draw-bars, a cylinder that can turn in all directions depending on how the bars moves and is collecting to the motor fluid supply, a piston in the cylinder that connects the bar to the cylinder, a swinging jaw, and various other parts.
Date:
January 21, 1896
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking Cultivator
Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Roper, Andrew Washington
System:
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Locking Device For Car-Couplings.
Patent for a new and improved locking device for car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Stewart, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement
Patent for invention has relation to mechanical movement and object is to provide a mechanical means for operating trip lever or other devices, and to this end the novelty consists in the system of lever cranks.
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Pickle, Obadiah A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Bearing.
Patent for vehicle wheel bearing that provide an economical, safe, durable, reliable and light running spindle, for use in connection with automobiles and other fast running or weight carrying vehicles, including illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Douthit, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator
Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date:
August 2, 1904
Creator:
Farrington, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences
Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date:
October 3, 1876
Creator:
Martin, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for the, "improvement in the auxiliary blades attatched to plows...[and] in the improved method of constructing and attaching the blade to a plow, so that it can be shifted and adjusted in different positions" (lines 14-21). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 27, 1877
Creator:
Kersh, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Subsoil Irrigating Implement
Patent for a farming irrigation cart which places the water beneath the soil using a plow.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
La Rue, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener or Expander
Patent for a device aimed to provide a pair of plates, one disposed adjacent each severed end of a felly of a wheel, and provided with a right and left threaded member having threaded connections with said plates, so that they may be separated, for expanding the felly tight against the tire.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Lawrenson, Judge Peck & Hastings, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a combined nut lock and washer for use on railroad track joints.
Date:
August 3, 1909
Creator:
Garner, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Label and Twine Cabinet.
Patent for a label and twine cabinet which allows for quick removal of various kinds and quantities of labels, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas M. & Gunning, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier.
Patent for improvements to rein buckles allowing them to be attached to a trace-chain, which will adapt them for use with plows and harnesses. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1891
Creator:
Jackson, Samuel G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Wagon
Patent for "invented a new and useful Toy Wagon" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1892
Creator:
Douthit, Albert Gilbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Drawing Tool.
Patent for an improved, simple, and durable measuring and drawing tool that is easily adjusted and used to find bevels, pitches, degrees, and lengths in framing roofs. It has other purposes as well. "The invention consists of a plate in the shape of an eighth of an octagon having four sides, and a straight edge pivoted on the side plate and indicating thereon" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Allred, Lemuel O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protected Bail-Joint.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protected rail-joints.
Date:
April 19, 1898
Creator:
Teamer, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History