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Check-Punch.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and compact check-punch that can be operated by one hand and doesn't take much power to operate. The machine consists of two movable members, "one of which carries all of the male and the other all of the female dies, said members being so related that when moved relatively to each other in one direction all the male dies move as a single member...and enter the female dies, and when moved in the opposite direction all of said male dies are withdrawn" (lines 12-20).
Date:
March 17, 1896
Creator:
Woodworth, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple, durable, and safe car-coupling that will not accidentally uncouple, and can uncouple without the operator stepping between the cars. It "consists principally of a knuckle pivoted in the drawhead and provided with cam surfaces, and an arm mounted to swing and adapted to engage the said cam surfaces to open and close the knuckle" (lines 14-18). The coupling can also couple cars of different heights.
Date:
September 18, 1894
Creator:
Schairer, John Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle.
Patent for a bicycle that is safer than other bicycles. It has compensating gearing so that "the variations in leverage in the various positions assumed by the pedal crank are equalized" (lines 12-13).
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Lillibridge, Freeman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Belt.
Patent for a new and improved cartridge belt. This design "is to provide a new and improved cartridge-belt for holding cartridges securely, the said belt being simple in construction, strong, and durable. The invention consists in the combination of a belt, with a strap held on the same by up-right metal fasteners and forming pockets on the belt. The invention also consists in the combination, with the above belt and strap, of a cord passed transversely through the several pockets, and in other combinations of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
April 14, 1885
Creator:
Beach, Willie P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Oiling Railway-Tracks.
Patent for improvements in mechanism for “applying oil to curves and switches of street railway tracks” (lines 6-7) by using an “oil-tank [that] is arranged in the upper position of the hood or shield over the car-wheel. The valve is in the bottom of the oil-space and may be controlled by a lever arranged to turn or lift in the valve, and under the valve is arranged the oiling-wheel, which runs lightly on the track or face of the car-wheel and applied the oil." (Page 2, lines 69-76) Includes illustration.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Ennis, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.
Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1889
Creator:
Hizon, Hiram W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolster-Standard.
Patent for a durable, simple, and easily applied bolster-standard meant to be secured to the bolster and does not allow the bolster to split or crack.
Date:
July 30, 1895
Creator:
Bennett, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate for Shipping Bananas.
Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cigar-Clipper and Match-Box.
Patent for a combined cigar-clipper and match-box "in which the matches will be delivered with a regular feed, so that it will be highly inconvenient for persons to carry away more than one or two matches" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Campo, Ysidro Del
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a combined ruler and blotter (used for writing with ink). Proposed improvement of basic design by being more compact, cheaper to make, and includes a way to tear paper along the ruler's edge.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Schmidt, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for mechanism to automatically sound alarm and shut off steam when a train passes a danger point.
Date:
December 21, 1915
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arch and Instep Support for Boots and Shoes
Patent for a removable arch and instep support as part of a shoe or boot.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Rokahr, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.
Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Bell, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment
Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Elevator and Conveyer.
Patent for bucket conveyers to maximize the frictional engagement between the transverse curvature of the inner surface of the belt and the periphery of the pulley.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Marston, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sight for Firearms
Patent for sight for firearm that provides a transparent lens with sight marks and a scale to determine what sight mark to use when firing at an object.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Critchett, James Clyde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cab-Signal and Automatic Stop
Patent for a cab-signal and automatic stop that "relates to railway safety appliances and has particular reference to signals carried preferably within the locomotive cab." (lines 9-12) includes instruction and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caustic-Soda Process.
Patent for mixing anhydrous sodium-sulfate with saw dust, heating the mixture in a furnace to 880 degrees Celsius and letting it partially cool. This process will convert the sodium-sulfate to sodium sulfide which when combined with the saw dust creates a liquid which will not oxidize because of the saw dust. The saw dust prevents the mixture from becoming volatile. When lime is added to the mixture then caustic soda is created.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Hirt, Jules Hector
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic air-brake for railway-cars.
Patent for an improved design of automatic air brakes for use in railway cars.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.
Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Crawford, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device.
Patent for an advertising machine that is motor-operated and will display a succession of slides that can be shown during the day or at night. It includes a light to help show slides to the public, a shutter that automatically and intermittently displays slides, a lens for projecting slides on a distant screen, and a master slide to be shown with each slide. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Bernard, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Dump
Patent for automatic dumpers that can be readily and inexpensively fitted and adapted to most forms of dump car.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Putnam, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History