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Automobile Wheel Rim.
Patent for an automobile rim to make the mounting or demounting of a tire easier without any tools.
Date:
July 18, 1922
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Banjo.
Patent for facilitating the safe packing, storage, and shipment of banjos and other similar musical instruments, including one illustration.
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Brown, Norman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Tie.
Patent to describe and illustrate the construction of metallic rail ties. The improvements include a metallic tie that fits so that it will "firmly engage the bases of two rails" (line 15), keep them from spreading, and add support as well as contain two sections of lugs that extend "in opposite directions" (line 21) and prevent the two rails from "spreading or slipping, while the bodies of the sections bear upon [each other], and are provided with bases at their lower edges, thus causing the two sections to reinforce each other" (lines 23-27). This describes and includes illustrations of the practical form of construction and assembly of said rail tie.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Cole, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device
Patent for an improved mowing device for the removal of weeds and grass, specifically from railways.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
McAllister, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack
Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Jacob S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.
Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Horn, Mary C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Plug.
Patent for "an expansion plug wherein a traveling nut cooperates with a screw to expand or contract a sectional plug" (lines 8-11) with illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Barlow, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an improvement wire-stretcher using a sliding, adjustable plate (non-rotating) that provides unique means for attaching, stretching, and adjusting the wire.
Date:
April 2, 1918
Creator:
Moore, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch
Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Teare, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Gallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck
Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Dickson, Braxton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Tongue Support
Patent for improvements to wagon tongue supports. "Spring supporting device which can be quickly and easily moved into position to support the tongue or move out of position to permit the tongue to be lowered to the ground." (15-19)
Date:
January 11, 1916
Creator:
Cole, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener
Patent for a new End-Gate Fastener, accompanied by several illustrations of form and function. Specific claims to the End-Gate Fastener include: transverse rods designed to mount device for easy removable and replacement of device on wagons, transverse rods designed for sliding to connect rods inside a wagon or door, associated rods which can be used to restrict outward movement of rods in the fastener when placed under tensions, and the combination of the wagon body with the end gate once the fastener as been installed.
Date:
July 29, 1915
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case.
Patent for "a case for displaying vegetables, fruits, nuts and other commodities, and which shall be sanitary and ventilated" (lines 12-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Huston, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener.
Patent for an end gate for a wagon or other vehicle that will be easier to open and won't easily come loose, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balling-Compress.
Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Mikeal, Isham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a vertically adjustable machine that "reduces liability to clog" (line 18) and reduce clogging.
Date:
June 1, 1914
Creator:
Scott, Oscar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper.
Patent for stalk-choppers related to the type employed by "superimposed horizontal cutters" (lines 13-14) including an illustration and description.
Date:
January 6, 1914
Creator:
Scott, Oscar Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener
Patent for improvements to end gate fasteners to improve removal, and provide a simple, well constructed end gate fastener, including illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1913
Creator:
Nichols, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Spout.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Herblin, William Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Joint
Patent for a railway joint. This invention consists "of a rail joint which is provided with a novel locking means whereby the fish plates will be held in engagement with the meeting ends of a pair of rails preventing any undesired disconnection of the latter" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Cole, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Valve
Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Ballard, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 24, 1912
Creator:
Scott, Oscar Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History