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Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Thompson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Keeping Contents of Vessels Beneath The Surface of Liquid Therein Contained.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for keeping the contents of vessels beneath the surface of the liquid therein contained,
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Schenck, August & Schenck, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar-Shaping Machine.
Patent for a collar shaping machine that produces fold-over collars for shirts.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Hamilton, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Switch Socket and Plug
Patent for a combined switch socket and plug for lamps and light bulbs. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Banana-Case
Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Aiken, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive automatically car-coupling that holds the link in a horizontal position that the operator does not need to guide the couplings by hand. It can also be uncoupled without going between the cars.
Date:
November 13, 1894
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Lock.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Needham, Edmund T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve
Patent for a flush valve designed for efficiency.
Date:
September 13, 1921
Creator:
Winckler, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.
Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
Date:
December 13, 1921
Creator:
Green, Herbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for improvement in seed-planters by using a combination of lock-lever, bars, set-screw and a tongue to “construct accurate planters in which the planting may be readily done in exact check row, and which will allow the dropping device to be instantly thrown into or out of gear when desired.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 13, 1869
Creator:
Herrin, I. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooling and Aerating Apparatus
Patent for machine that aids in the cooling, and aerating process of milk, so efficiently that it does not require agigtation of the milk.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Vance, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls
Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Waiter
Patent for a portable waiter comprised of wheels and a removable tray that is used to carry dishes to and from a dining room to a kitchen. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Hill, Georgie Fly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Mills, Thomas M. & McKinnon, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Vacuum Pump.
Patent for a new and improved steam vacuum-pump. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pump-cylinder, the water inlet and outlet pipes, a condenser-pipe, a steam-pipe, and valves located in the several pipes, of a vertically-movable rod having stops thereon, levers connecting the rod with the valves in the condenser-pipe and steam-inlet pipe, and a float loosely mounted on the rod and adapted to actuate the same" (lines 62-70).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Hensley, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a new and improved padlock. This design "relates . . . more particularly to those padlocks which are used for locking railway-switches . . . [T]he invention consists in a padlock comprising a bow, or hasp, or shackle, a spring-bolt for engaging the same, tumblers, and a lever connecting the tumblers and bolt, a locking device for the tumblers, and an audible alarm, such as a bell" (lines 9-25).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Lucas, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone.
Patent for a simple and effective magneto telephone with a newly designed apparatus that allows the telephone to better receive and transmit calls and "will receive its magnetism from the magnets of the magneto call" (lines 21-22).
Date:
November 13, 1894
Creator:
Serdinko, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for an adjustable tire tightener. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, William Buford.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compositor's Stick
Patent for a compositor's stick. This invention is for the improvement of the mechanism for setting type and printing.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter
Patent for a cheese cutter.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Niggli, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyeglasses
Patent for "an improvement in eyeglasses; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts" (lines 7-9), illustration and instructions included.
Date:
March 13, 1900
Creator:
Critzer, A. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Closet
Patent for "improvements on sanitary closets for destroying the human excrement-s on the premises with little labor and expense" (lines 8-11).
Date:
May 13, 1890
Creator:
McCamant, Theodore F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History