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Vehicle
Patent for a vehicle used as a truck or bolster. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Martin, W. Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape
Patent for a flexible chute that attaches to the window frame. The chute uses hinges or a pivot so it can be moved out of the way when not is use.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Woods, Murray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Valve
Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Rigsby, Lewis J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash Pan
Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressure-Regulator
Patent for a Pressure-Regulator, which is a device for "automatically regulating the pressure of steam, compressed air, or other gases while passing through a conduit" (lines 8-10).
Date:
October 24, 1905
Creator:
Moffett, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Log Turner]
Patent for a log turner. This "invention relates to an improvement in nigger-bars used in connection with steam-cylinders to turn the logs on sawmill-carriages" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Edwards, Daniel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for checking runaway horses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Singleton, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for "adjustable means by which the handles of the cultivator may be readily adjusted lengthwise relatively to the position of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam," and "to remove the operator from possible contact with the dirt thrown by the rearmost teeth of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam." (Lines 30-39) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Benfield, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Cultivator.
Patent for cultivators "which can be readily expanded or contracted to adapt the device to the distance apart of the rows to be cultivated or to cover a tract or greater or less breadth." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Moore, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus.
Patent for a fire-extinguishing apparatus designed for use in gin-mills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings. The operator can quickly turn on a stream of water and extinguish the flames. The apparatus is a valved supply-pipe connected to a boiler, branch pipes extend from the supply-pipe, and discharge nozzles are connected and are flexible.
Date:
March 24, 1896
Creator:
Driver, Elias K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Stock-Cutter.
Patent for an improved rotary stock cutters "adapted for use as matcher heads, ship lap heads, and ogee bats" (lines 11-12). It has two disks with several curved blades sticking out from each disk.
Date:
February 28, 1893
Creator:
Hardee, Isaiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History