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Furnace
Patent for a furnace to be used in engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 28, 1911
Creator:
Beaumont, Edmund F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Repeating Railroad-Signal.
Patent for an automatic repeating railroad-signal designed to be used with semaphore and other train-signaling apparatus. It eliminates mistakes made in notifying the central office and automatically reports "any change in the position or color of the signal to a central office over the ordinary telegraph-wire" (lines 14-16). The signal is a wheel that operates a key to send a message to the central office.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Innes, Robert Hayward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Washing Gravel, &c.
Patent for washing gravel and other material for making concrete.
Date:
February 28, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biplane
Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Casting the Hulls of Ships From Concrete and Floating Said Hulls Into a Launching-Bay.
Patent for an improved, cost-effective method of releasing ship hulls from a mold via "hydrostatic means and floating said hull into the launching bay or channel" (lines 19-21) without the need for exterior scaffolding, including illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a Demountable Rim designed for automobile wheels where a tire can be attached to the demountable rim, secured with fasteners on the rim then is can attach to the wheel itself.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Beynon, Arthur B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Casting the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for an improved concrete hull mold that allows for durable and efficient hull molding without the need for scaffolding or disassembly once complete, with a dual-wall design that allows an intermediate work chamber during the molding process, including illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch.
Patent for a railway switch to be operated by foot and without structural change to existing construction.
Date:
February 28, 1922
Creator:
Arteaga, Ignacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magnetic Separator
Patent for a magnetic separator for use in cotton and grain milling that removes all magnetic particles from the product.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Preslar, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tub Holder
Patent for improvements made to tub holders, primarily to suit tubs of various sizes for heating water. Purposes for holding tubs include boiling water for clothes and food. The improvements focus on support of the tubs, and allow for rotation of tubs with ease and efficiency.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Dullnig, Adolph Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvements in fences: "simple and cheap construction, strong, and durable" (lines 21-22).
Date:
August 28, 1866
Creator:
Seabaugh, Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trailer.
Patent for "...an improved construction and arrangement of trailers and has for an object that provision of means which will allow as easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers, whereby they are propelled properly around a curve." (lines 5-15) including illustrations.
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Watkins, Leigh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Patent for a refrigeration apparatus "in which a continuous operation is maintained by means of a current of ether or other volatile fluid which liquefies at a low temperature." (Lines 18-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 28, 1871
Creator:
Mühl, A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throttle for Gasolene Engines.
Patent for throttling the gasoline supply of a motor which is particularly adapted for connection with automobiles or vehicles.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Cardwell, Marshal C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Inflating Pump
Patent for improvements for Tire-Inflating Pumps, mainly those adapted for automobiles, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1914
Creator:
Jobes, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catching and Delivering Device
Patent for a device that will quickly exchange mail bags between a moving train and a station.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Becker, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Traffic Signal
Patent for a street traffic signal that can be operated from either the center of the intersection, or the curb.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Miller, Thomas O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drilling Tool for Wells.
Patent for a new and improved drilling tool for wells. This design "relates to tools for drilling or boring Artesian, oil, and other deep wells; and it has for its object to prevent the loss of drill or auger or any portion of the drill-rods. With this end in view the invention consists in the improved means for connecting the tool to the lower end of the drill-rod" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 28, 1889
Creator:
McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Spring-Motor
Patent for a portable fan spring motor.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Compound and Method of Making Same.
Patent for a new and useful food compound for use in cooking as condiments.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof System
Patent for a fireproof construction system for buildings. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 28, 1911
Creator:
Morey, Jay & Magruder, Paul K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Removing Device
Patent for a nut removing device. This device is designed for the removing of lug nuts from vehicle wheels. Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Easley, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bar Bending Appliance
Patent for a bar bending appliance.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Jameton, Adrian O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroying Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "relates to apparatus . . . in which a vessel having an open bottom, but closed top and sides, and containing a furnace for burning obnoxious substances, is projected into or made to form a close joint with the ground, and which has a fan or pump combined with it that causes the fumes from the furnace to enter the ant-holes in the ground. [They] have been . . . attended with so many disadvantages . . . [t]he object of [the] invention is to remove these defects . . . [it] shall be efficient, durable, and labor-saving" (lines 8-25).
Date:
August 28, 1883
Creator:
Matthews, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History