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Safety-Valve Mechanism for Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for useful improvements on safety valve mechanism for Pneumatic Tires. This invention constructs a mechanism to control air pressure within the tire in order to prevent bursting from over charging, heating, sudden compression is avoided.
Date:
January 31, 1917
Creator:
Gebhardt, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sectional Rim
Patent for a sectional rim, which provides a sectional demountable tire rim with interlocking means to easily actuate and separate so that the tire can be removed from or applied to the rim.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Williams, Harry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siphon.
Patent for a siphon attachment to be used on bottles of liquid.
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
Müntzer, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signaling Device for Headlights
Patent for a signaling device for headlights. This inventions is designed to allow moving lens of various colors to filter light. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Wessel, Fredrick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Burner.
Patent for a garbage incinerator, which has a rotating grate to speed up the evaporation of moisture from the garbage and produce quicker burning.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Burwell, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shipping Unit
Patent for "a shipping unit or carrier for the transportation of merchandise as freight, express, or baggage" (lines 8-10).
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
Terry, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lamp for Vehicles.
Patent for a signal lamp for a vehicle. The signal lamp is constructed in a way only so that only one light is required to illuminate rear and sign signals, and the sign or number.
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Puckett, Almor M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Setting Plants
Patent for setting plants. This invention is and improvement of a machine that sets young plants as an efficient method to promote rapid and uniform growth. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Sinclair, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Compressing Pump for Ice Machines.
Patent for a new and improved pump for refrigerators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder, having inlet at or near its lower end, a downward-closing valve at its upper end, an open-ended piston having internal ribs or projections, annular valve-seat around its upper open end, and a centrally-apertured bottom plate, of the valve having vertical movement within the piston and closing upwardly against the valve-seat, said valve being formed of the two sections . . . having hemispherical recesses and the lower section having an aperture, communicating therewith" (lines 30-42).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Farnsworth, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Single-Seed Planter.
Patent for a single-seed planter using “grasping-jaws pass through the seed box …to gather a seed and carry it to the discharge tube or place of deposit" (lines 9-12), illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, Judson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Oil-Can
Patent for a safety oil can. There are two items that are described in the figures. The first is intended to "prevent the contents of the can from becoming inflamed" and the second is to "provide a can from which oil may be poured into a blazing fire without danger from lighting and exploding the oil" (p. 6).
Date:
February 23, 1886
Creator:
Steeneken, Diedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale
Patent for a scale that is used for weighing hay prior to feeding it into a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Aue, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Secondary Batteries.
Patent for separators, made of celluloid or similar material, designed to separate secondary or storage batteries in an efficient and affordable way.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Luthy, Josesph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Secondary Batteries
Patent for an improved secondary battery separator.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, J. O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Bug Shield for Lamp Chimneys
Patent for lamp to protect the flame from wind and insects. It was meant to prevent the lamp being extinguished.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Sinclaire, Agnes S. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Storage-Battery Plants
Patent for a device that allows liquid in a storage battery to flow from one plate to another.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Distributor.
Patent for the invention of a roller distributor, or roller cam, that can "provide novel means whereby friction will be reduced" (lines 12-13) through the use of "a novel spring means being employed" (lines 13-14) in certain affordable, widely used vehicles.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Lopez, Bruno
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reinforced Belt.
Patent for a reinforced belt made with power transmission in mind. It has an improved body which is made up of steel U-shaped chain links embedded in flexible belt material. The belt is strong, flexible, durable, simple, and inexpensive.
Date:
November 30, 1920
Creator:
Shiner, Elliot E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall-Block.
Patent for an improved wall block that is designed in a T-shape so that the pieces will interlock providing stability and preventing cracks in a foundation.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Hull, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine that launders articles of clothing. The machine has a plunger that causes rotary movement allowing cleaning fluid to reach all articles, including illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for a wheel made of metal that is secured to the rim without slipping or creeping, including illustrations
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Bonelli, Liborio C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch Belt-Buckle.
Patent for a watch belt-buckle. This invention allows a novel belt buckle to retain a watch therein so that time can be observed. Additionally, this invention allows for the watch to be readily open or closed with respect to the buckle via a removable hinge.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Perry, Charles, Jr. & Currie, Neil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Extracting Axle Boxes from Wheel Hubs.
Patent for a new and improved extractor of axle-boxes from wheel hubs. This design is "compris[ed of] screw-threaded rigid portion, elastic bifurcated expansible portion having ledges, abutting frame . . . consisting of bar having central hollow boss and adjustable sliding legs, in combination with the . . . operating nut" (lines 82-91).
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Geyer, Hermann R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Illusion Car
Patent for an illusion car. This invention is related to amusement. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Winterborne, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History