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Speed-Operated Circuit-Closer.
Patent for an alarm trigger or stopping device on belt driven grain elevators.
Date:
July 3, 1919
Creator:
Touchy, Frank Earl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Car-Carried Mechanism of Train-Stopping Apparatus.
Patent for an invention which provides an improved train stopping apparatus, whereby the propelling power of the motor car will be cut off when conditions warrant.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Labit, Girard E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Engine-Cut-Out Valve.
Patent for valves on locomotives that allow the locomotive to continue to operate under specified conditions until it can be repaired or the locomotive has reached its destination, including illustrations.
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Dugan, Samuel Austin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus.
Patent for "to provide a track instrument for automatic train stopping apparatus which will be useful in conjunction with block signaling system." (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Labit, Girard E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Oiling Handsaw.
Patent for invention of a handsaw which is an improvement of current version. This is simple, low cost and convenient handsaw and is operated easily without removing the grip.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Pearson, Robert Bartley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph Apparatus.
Patent for a telegraph apparatus for which a "permanent record may be made" (lines 25-26) with a typewriter. The telegraph apparatus also allows for "positive and minus impulses" (line 40) to be sent over the telegraph line. Illustrations included. Best Available Copy -- some fading of the text on first, third, and fifth pages; third page illegible in some places.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Edwards, Claude M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miner's Lamp.
Patent for a miner's lamp with a combustion chamber that allows for the regulation and extinguishing of the flame. It is designed to be lightweight and cheap to manufacture.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Sallander, Carl G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selective Telegraph System.
Patent for a selective telegraph switch which allows current to be directed to a specific place and will minimize resistance.
Date:
July 22, 1913
Creator:
Edwards, Claude, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gear.
Patent for a Bicycle-Gear meant to rotate the sprocket or other gear wheel on a bicycle, Including Illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Brady, Alford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a ruler that can also be used as a blotter. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Muller, Frederick William, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Destroying Compostion
Patent for a weed-destroying composition consisting of sulfur, caustic soda, and water.
Date:
July 8, 1910
Creator:
Orton, Ingomar F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in the construction of wheels for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Labatt, Joseph Augustus & Lewis, George Harris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a fishing trap box that holds the bait securely and can be used for catching fish or crustaceans.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle
Patent for a puzzle. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Strickland, M. Nichols
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nailless Horseshoe.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in nailless horseshoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Broers, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Flooring
Patent for sanitary flooring to be used in toilet rooms to protect from unsanitary floors and odors. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1909
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot or Bedstead.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in folding cots or bedsteads, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 19, 1898
Creator:
Rimmelin, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Joint.
Patent for a flexible joint for rigid pipes that allows the pipes to be taken around a bend or moved around easily in the operation of a sand pump or hydraulic dredging machine.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Martin William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for a railroad tie. This invention is made of concrete and allows rails to be attached without the need of spikes. Illustration included.
Date:
July 25, 1905
Creator:
Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Laying Dredging-Pipes.
Patent for a method of laying dredging pipes, which allows ships to pass through without removing them, allows air to release from the pipes to prevent movement of the pipes during pumping, a method of removing the contents before taking them out of the water, and an easy method removing the pipes completely.
Date:
July 21, 1908
Creator:
Smith, Phillip S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawing Table
Patent for a drawing table. This invention provides "support of a roll of paper or drawings beneath the top of the table in such a manner as to facilitate the unwinding of the roll" (line 9-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
King, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and useful acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 18, 1899
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary & Blum, Sylvain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for Insect Guard for Furniture
Design patent for an insect-guard for furniture that is both useful and ornamental.
Date:
July 6, 1897
Creator:
Collier, John Charlis
System:
The Portal to Texas History