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Coal-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a machine to load and unload the transfer of coal from one vessel to another, at sea, or from a yard to a vessel, at dock.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Rochel, Ken E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.
Patent for a compound for use in commercial manufacturing of the product calcium sodic carbid claiming to reduce time and expense of production process.
Date:
November 10, 1896
Creator:
Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Wambaugh, Mahlon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for a method of compressing and baling cotton in which cotton is condensed into sheets and is then compressed and delivered to a lapping mechanism which builds up a bale from the compressed sheets, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a cooking utensil that is used to cook cereal and similar food articles "that are boiled, steamed, or heated by the agency of boiling water, the objects being to provide a sauce-pan or other suitable vessel, with novel interior parts, that will facilitate the cooking of oatmeal, mush, grits, rice, or other cereals, without danger of their burning, dispensing with need of constant attention, and effecting the operation in a speedy, thorough manner" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Nicholls, George Habberton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Digging-Machine.
Patent for an improved, simple, effective, and durable excavator meant to remove sand-bars. It consists of a hollow drum that is drug across the sandbar, and it picks up sand with shovels on the drum.
Date:
November 21, 1893
Creator:
Bentinck, Eliza J. & Renner, Julia A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for the production of a simple envelope
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Milutin, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Shield.
Patent for a new finger protection device which may be utilized in needlework.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Morris, Homer B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Machine.
Patent for a new and useful gas machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Ratisseau, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub Attaching Device.
Patent for a new and improved arrangement of axles and boxes for vehicles. This design calls for a solid axle formed with a shoulder and screw-threads, an axle-box closed at its outer and provided at the other end with an annular wall, a collar formed with internal screw-threads, annular flange, bearing surface, wrench-gripe surfaces, and a cap or ring (lines 16-22).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Warth, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Fans.
Patent for "an improved device for keeping the flies off the table, bed, or other place; and it consists of a fly-brush constructed of a spiral spring attached to a shaft with rotary reciprocating motion, and provided along the convolutions of the spring with suitable wings" (para. 4).
Date:
November 3, 1877
Creator:
Boone, John Baxter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in bale-ties
Patent for cotton bale ties, involving a lateral arm. Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1872
Creator:
Lloyd, Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-hoop tie, consisting of a tongue and slot locking device, which may be used for cotton or other bales, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for the improved design of a bale-hoop tie, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for a bale tie that "form[s] a double lock-tie for securing the ends of baling-hoops, which cannot become detached or tear and whose outer surface face is flush, thereby rendering it impossible to catch against other packages, and thus be broken or torn off" (para. 2).
Date:
November 9, 1875
Creator:
Drake, Simeon N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Hames
Patent for improvement in hames by constructing them of sheet metal in order to prevent flatenning and wear on the hame. Explains how sheet metal hames are also flexibile in many attributes and because of this they are beneficial in many ways. Illustrations provided.
Date:
November 4, 1879
Creator:
Brown, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Bale-Ties
Patent for improved Bale-Ties which is designed to unite the two ends of a binder placed around a compressed mass of cotton, hay, or moss.
Date:
November 24, 1874
Creator:
Reese, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for indicator "for vessels by which to show accurately and readily the draft of the vessel, as well as any list and pitch that may exist" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1901
Creator:
Bennison, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for a lock attachment for automobiles in relation to the gear-shift levers to prevent unlicensed interference with or stealing of the car.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Dobler, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag-Handling Apparatus.
Patent for "a mail-bag handing apparatus, and more specifically [an] apparatus designed to practically simultaneously deliver and receive bags or pouches containing mail or other matter, to and from a moving train or body" (lines 9-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1913
Creator:
Brunkenhoefer, Henry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Preparation.
Patent for improvement in medical preparation for treatment of eczema and other similar diseases.
Date:
November 5, 1918
Creator:
Linn, Samuel S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Bar and Carriage Umbrella.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito bar and carriage umbrella. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a tube adapted to be applied to the head-board of a bed, and having a lateral slot and roller therein, of a set-screw passing into the said tube, a curved tube adjustably supported in the straight tube, a parasol on the end of the curved tube, and a cord passing through the tubes to operate the parasol" (lines 58-65).
Date:
November 29, 1887
Creator:
Blunt, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non Refillable Bottle
Patent for non refillable bottle. Illustration included.
Date:
November 15, 1904
Creator:
Conlon, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for an improvement in pumps and "has for its object the provision of a pump providing a counterbalance for the weight of the column of liquid in the suction pipe provided by a vacuum chamber in the pump" (lines 10-14). Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Haszinger, George Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for rail-joints that are a "firm and secure support for the abutting ends of rails to maintain their treads in the same horizontal plane and prevent them from being mashed down at the ends" (lines 13-17). This makes train passengers more comfortable and lengthens the rail's and the fish-plates' lives, and makes fish-plates more stable.
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Wambaugh, Mahlon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History