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Ore Concentrator
Patent for an ore concentrator. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Journeay, William Orsborne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices
Patent for an operating mechanism for flushing toilets automatically.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Kreter, Otto & Kreter, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp
Patent for a pipe clamp for lifting and placing pipes and drill rods into and out of wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Rountree, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock
Patent for an improvement in the science of combination locks. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
June 23, 1883
Creator:
Schuetze, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pen or Pencil Holder.
Patent for a new and improved pen or pencil holder. This design obviates "many of the serious objections to the ordinary pen-holder . . . among which may be mentioned cramp and that which is known as 'writer's paralysis.' In addition to this the use of this device will save many tedious hours to the child who is learning to write, as by its use no time will be wasted in teaching the child how to hold his [or her] pen or pencil" (lines 69-77).
Date:
April 19, 1887
Creator:
Merrick, Sarah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage or Indicator for Liquid-Tanks.
Patent for a gage or indicator for liquid tanks of inflammable and explosive liquids. Its main purpose is to prevent leakage to minimize danger from fire, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Surber, Steven P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture
Patent for easy assembly and disassembly of cabinet furniture.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Joint-Fastener.
Patent for a joint fastener for screens.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Wright, David Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incinerator.
Patent for "an improved form of incinerator for burning garbage and other refuse, both solid and liquid, as well as the gases liberated therefrom, without the emission of smoke or noxious odors, or gases, and especially suitable for disposing of the refuse of military encampments, farms, hotels, houses, communities, etc., not provided with sewers" (lines 9-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Charles, Oscar J.
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
Planing-Machine
Patent for a machine for planing lumber with "a very smooth surface, avoiding the undulating marks upon the lumber and holes caused by the occasional lifting or breaking out of incurved portions of the lumber, as caused on surfaces planed by rotary cutters" (lines 22-27).
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Davis, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant for Generating Electricity.
Patent for a "simple, durable, compact, and reliable plant, house, or means operated by the force and energy of the wind without supervision or attention, and generating electricity and storing the same for use" (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bowen, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers
Patent for a safety device designed to cut off steam in the even of an accident.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Foskett, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod Coupling
Patent for rod coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
June 7, 1904
Creator:
McGehee, Lucius M.; Clements, John L. & Brown, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Cigar-Lighter.
Patent for a cigar lighter in which the cigar is lit on a glowing surface, improves on the ease of operating a cigar lighter, and provides space for an advertisement.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Current Controller.
Patent for a new and improved electric current controller for "use in connection with incandescent electric lamps" (line 10 - 11).
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
Breeding, James Bouldin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Program-Clock.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Time-Reminder Clocks" (lines 5-7) which are "designed for service in furnishing notice to the user of acts to be performed at previously-specified times or periods" (lines 12-14).
Date:
September 24, 1901
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Cleaning Apparatus
Patent for a dry cleaning apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a dry cleaning machine that cleans using gasoline. The invention reduces the amount of gasoline used; keeps the gasoline clean while in use; provides easy placement and access of garments in the drum while in motion; improves the construction of the drum and its rubbing action on the garments; and supplies moisture to the machine to prevent the gasoline from igniting.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Edge Heel And Shank Setter.
Patent for device setting heels and shanks for shoe manufacturing. It is an edged electric device with a rotary wheel.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Lutes, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Apparatus for Baling-Presses
Patent for improvements to the devices that feed cotton into baling presses. The main intentions of the improvements are to ensure that cotton is fed to the press at regular intervals, and to provide a "feed paddle" which is operational when the press ram is raised.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "consists in providing the door with a sliding rod, which is adapted to be actuated so as to engage with a retaining-block attached to the floor by the knob-shank, which is provided with a dog for raising and lowering the rod" (lines 17-22).
Date:
January 13, 1885
Creator:
Niggli, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "consists in the combination, with a jaw provided with a pocket having an opening in its bottom, of a pivoted bar having a bead or nipple, which bar is passed through the pocket, and of a spring held in the pocket jaw and resting on the bar" (lines 12-17).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Maurer, Adam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawer.
Patent to "provide the drawers of a bureau, a desk, or other piece of furniture with anti-friction devices to prevent their binding." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1891
Creator:
Baldwin, John. H, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History