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Shipping-Basket
Patent for a shipping basket designed to keep contents secure and undamaged.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Pitts, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for an electric switch that is used in conjunction with a signaling device that allows for lights to be activated synchronously or asynchronously via the use of two levers.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie
Patent for a metallic tie and fastener designed to replace the wooden tie that was in general use. The purpose of this railroad tie is to secure the rail (preventing spreading) and and to prevent lateral moment (creeping) of the rail when the train is passing over.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Jones, Charles James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Light Switch.
Patent for an improved electric switch that is used to energize electric lights for various purposes and for use in connection with a signaling system. This switch will permit the energization of any one of the lights separately or all lights simultaneously.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen.
Patent for improvements in screen constructions in connection with doors or windows. The goal is to provide a means for encouraging insects that are on the inner surfaces of the screen.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
McGeorge, Jefferson F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Measuring and Transfer Tank Pump
Patent for a combination measure and transfer tank pump to be used for the transferring of oil from one container to another.
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Kirkwood, A. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Apparatus.
Patent for an improved measuring apparatus. This apparatus improves the measuring of dry goods through a measuring tape that is affixed to the measured goods. The invention allows for goods to be cut to exact lengths.
Date:
January 28, 1919
Creator:
Garrett, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.
Patent for a connecting mechanism between the motion picture and sound reproducing mechanisms. If the two get out of sync, there are manually operable means to halting one until the other has caught up.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Kirkwood, Abraham L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sandpapering-Machine.
Patent for a compressed air sanding machine to use in finishing surfaces with sandpaper, emery cloth, or other rubbing material.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Morreau, Emile V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate
Patent for grate that are applied to the fire box of a boiler.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Brown, Sidney E. & Kain, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Collar.
Patent for harness collars for horses and mules. This harness collar "is to provide a collar having adjustable fastening mean which preferably are also adjustable as between themselves whereby a better adjustment of the collar is made possible" (lines 22-27)
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Mahone, Edwin W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that shifts the carriage by foot rather than by hand.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Ward, Mizell Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer
Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Scheuber, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Gear for Railway Cars
Patent for a draft gear for railway cars that allows a simple and efficient means of repairs or substitutions of sills or beams that may be done without dissociating the draft bar so that a car may not be out of commission for a considerable length of time.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Moorman, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle Cock Device
Patent for "stop cocks for controlling the flow of fluids and more particularly to what are known as angle cocks for use in train pipes of air brake and other fluid pressure systems upon railway cars" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Ellwood, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Side Frame for Railroad Trucks
Patent for side frame for railroad trucks to prevent the accidental detachment of the binder or tie bar.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Horton, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines
Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Wright, Ed W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Heated Steering-Wheel.
Patent for a steering wheel with an electrical heating unit for an automobile.
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Smith, Reuben S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Pilot.
Patent for Improvements in Adjustable Pilot for locomotives
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Sledge, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.
Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Berry, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe.
Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Etheridge, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening
Patent for a rail fastening device that does not require spikes. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hellner, Peter Herm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.
Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Loe, James T. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Connector for Lamps
Patent for a connector for headlights that allows them to turn and to be operated from one location in the car.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History