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Combined Elastic Clutch and Engine-Starter
Patent for a combined elastic clutch and engine starter for hydrocarbon engines that does not produce a jerk.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Bicycle-Rest.
Patent for a new and useful adjustable bicycle-rest, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Wise, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard to prevent animals from going on railroad tracks by installing plates which grate and rock if an animal steps on them to scare the animals away from the tracks.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses
Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telltale Switch
Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Howland, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet-Bed.
Patent for improved cabinet bed construction features, which include allow access to mirror on either side.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pipe Coupling
Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date:
September 23, 1916
Creator:
Bonelli, Liborio C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camp Bedding-Roll
Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Waugh, Julia Nott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charge-Moistening Device for Internal-Combustion Engines
Patent for an attachment for cars. This attachment reduces carbon deposit in the cylinder and on the valves of the car.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Lubricator
Patent for Car Axle Lubricator created with the specific intent of better lubricating the journals and bearings of car axles to prevent overheating with less waste of oil.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Urbieta, Jose M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Basin-Protector
Patent for a flexible basin lining that improves sanitation in areas where washrooms are often-used and rarely cleaned.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Van Dunker, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tilting Machine.
Patent for new and improved automobile jack that facilitates secured access to repair the underside of the automobile, including illustrations. Jack consists of a large frame, part of which is curved for tilting, water adjustable weight counterbalance, and wheel locking channels.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Weimar, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comb-Cleaner.
Patent for a reusable comb cleaner which is cheap to produce.
Date:
October 23, 1916
Creator:
Schimmelpfening, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a brake (as it pertains to vehicles), that is operated by hand and that employs the use of brake bands and a drum to alter the momentum of a vehicle.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
White, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waterproofing Composition and Process of Making the Same.
Patent for a new and useful improvement to a soluble composition that when applied to fabrics as a fluid, allows for making it waterproof and also fabric preservation.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Mayer, Max B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a keyless combination lock, including illustrations.
Date:
July 23, 1901
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire
Patent for a vehicle tire with improved springs.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Banks, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tape-Worm Medicines.
Patent for a compound called “Tape-Worm Medicine” that is used to “remove tape-worms from the human body speedily and effectually; and it consists in a composition formed from the fibrils of the roots of the pomegranate mixed with water” (lines 9-13).
Date:
September 23, 1879
Creator:
Nette, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvement in iron fences by using rails and bars to support the braced posts. All the parts are easily taken apart, this flexibility allows the fence to be set on uneven as well as on level ground. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 23, 1872
Creator:
Lerick, Isaac N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Molds for Sewer-Building.
Patent for a collapsible mold on wheels, allowing a sewer to "be built in sections around the mold and the mold moved along the trench as sections are completed" (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1879
Creator:
Burns, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Lamp Attachment.
Patent for an electric-lamp attachment, "the primary object of this invention being the provision of a lamp socket attachment of supporting means in combination with a switch, whereby the current energizing the filament of an incandescent lamp is so controlled as to produce different degrees of incandescence in the filament and thus produce different degrees of radiance to produce a dim or a highlight as may be desired" (lines 9-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine.
Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Propeller
Patent for a boat propeller that does not create a vacuum behind it and is more efficient than other propellers.
Date:
July 23, 1912
Creator:
Blake, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History