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Car Truck Bolster
Patent for a car-truck bolster. The design improves upon existing versions to bolster a car or truck in order to readily makes repairs in a simple and expeditious manner. The bolster can be taken apart which allows for each part to be replaced separately.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Fowler, T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can-Closure
Patent for general use to securely close cans containing liquid so that invisible tampering, evaporation, and contamination cannot occur.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Starcke, Eugene P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Dripper and Steeper
Patent for a beverage steeper where a strainer is provided to hold the material used for preparation, such as tea or coffee. The strainer is designed to lower into the coffee pot to allow for steeping and can be raised out of the water and affixed to the top of the pot for draining.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Nicholls, George Habberton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Utilization of Acid-Coke
Patent for the utilization sulfuric acid in the creation and uses of acid-coke.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
George L. Pichard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Player Piano
Patent for a new form of valve for mechanical piano operated by pneumatic mechanisms in which the value is self-centering and does away with the guide pin usually employed, and an amplification of the wippen so that the striker rod is placed at the front of the pneumatic mechanism where it is accessible. The change in leverage permits the use of a smaller pneumatic.
Date:
January 31, 1922
Creator:
Pace, Vara L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Wheel
Patent for a water wheel adapted for use in running machinery such as pumps. It uses a series of connected buckets mounted to turn on an axle, alternately charging the buckets with water.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Verde, Giuliano
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in hydraulic swivels" (lines 1-6).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine Vessels
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Marine Vessels. Relates to marine vessels used for towing timber.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Collier, Hugh R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Purifying Oils
Patent for a new and useful improvement in the method of purifying oils, particularly applicable to cracked gasoline.
Date:
January 10, 1922
Creator:
Alexander, Clive M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape.
Patent for a new and improved fire escape. This design "is to provide a fire-escape consisting, essentially, of a cushion adapted to receive and break the fall of persons jumping from a burning building, the said cushion being so constructed as to enable it to be folded to a convenient and portable size" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Simon, Jacob Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filing Machine
Patent for a saw filing machine. This invention is designed to allow the teeth of saws to be sharpened with a reciprocatory file. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Tatum, Cicero J. & Dunn, Lemuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Side Delivery Conveyor
Patent for a devices that transfers boxes from one point A to point B without any lifting from a person.
Date:
June 23, 1913
Creator:
Drake, Rollin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater.
Patent for a heater powered by oil, which provides uniform heating of rooms, uses as little oil as possible to maintain heat, and does not get soot on objects in the room it is in.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Callihan, Willie H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint designed to provide an improved joint employing means without the use of bolts for securely connecting adjacent rail ends together and holding them in place against longitudinal and spreading movement, including illustrations.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Peppers, Jerry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for a useful oil-burner by providing an “improved nozzle structure, and with improved means for regulating the flow therefrom.” (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Duke, Holmes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fusible Plug.
Patent for a fusible plug for steam boilers in trains that can be easily replaced without the boiler stopping its production.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Hacker, Louis Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History