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Lubricating Apparatus
Patent for "lubricating the bearings of locomotives while moving or standing still." (lines 8-10)
Date:
June 19, 1900
Creator:
Dangler, Hank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Dam-Holder.
Patent for improvement in dental dam-holders.
Date:
April 17, 1900
Creator:
Myers, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful hose coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Davenport, Robert L. & Rast, Felix Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method Of Apparatus For Casting Dental Aluminium Plates.
Patent for a new and improved method of and apparatus for casting dental aluminium plates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1899
Creator:
Stewart, Willard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1899
Creator:
Hunter, Victor Emmet
System:
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Governor.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 15, 1898
Creator:
Hunter, Victor E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid for Exterminating Grass or Similar Growths.
Patent for a new and useful liquid for exterminating grass or similar growths, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1898
Creator:
Chapman, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Engines.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic stopping mechanism for engines.
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Hunter, Victor Emmet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Bond For Electric Railroads
Patent for improvement to rail-bonds for electrical railroads to aid in maintaining electrical contact, which will then reduce the loosening of parts which results in broken contact. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Hunter, Victor Emmet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Vent for Molds.
Patent for a gas-vent for molds. Its object is "to provide a simple and cheap construction whereby free escape of the gas or air is permitted form the mold into which molten metals...are to be poured for the purpose of forming a casting" (lines 12-18). Construction of the vent may vary.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thread-Cabinet.
Patent "...relates to cabinets for spooladapted to contain spools of thread of different sizes and from which the spools may be easily extracted one at a time" (lines 7-11) including illustrations and descriptions.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Armstrong, John, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump.
Patent for a pump that operates "a pump-rod designed especially to dispense with valves, valve-cages, or other impedimenta to the flow of liquid" (lines 40-44). It is capable of pumping liquids to elevated heights.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Pump
Patent for a hydraulic pump with "means for automatically supplying water to the pressure-pipe while the pump is working to replenish waste or leakage." (Lines 18-20) Includes instructions or illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump "whereby the pressure exerted upon the liquid in the pressure-pipe is alternately high and low, the high pressure being utilized to elevate the pump-rod, giving a rapid upstroke, and the low pressure to lower said rod gradually and insure a return flow of the liquid in the pressure-pipe." (Lines 26-33) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1896
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for a sack laborers drag around the fields with them to store cotton in. It has a shoulder-strap that fits around the sack's mouth. There are two wheels, and a platform is attached to the axle. The sack is strapped to the platform.
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an automatic churn, which is an improvement to a previous churn, no. 39,532. It has a two-part cabinet, the top part equipped with a hinged top, a crank shaft, ratchet-wheel, spring pawl, and a tubular square pocket at the end of the crank-shaft. The square pocket is where one can attach a handle to operate the churn. The lower half of the cabinet opens on the side and contains the container, dasher-rod, and churn-dashers.
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Roberts, John A. & Vermillion, William E. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Flour and Meal Bin and Sifter.
Patent for a combined flour and meal bin sifter meant for the kitchen. The amount of flour or meal put into the machine does not matter, and the sifter may be removed when desired. The sifted material is directed into a container, and the end of the chute can be closed when not in use.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn. The patent is for a "means for adjustably securing a series of vertically-arranged breakers in a churn-body of any size, operating with a revolving dasher" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 16, 1896
Creator:
Haley, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Operating Mechanism for WIndow-Screens.
Patent for a screen-operating mechanism for window-screens. It is meant to hide the mechanism from view and to improve the way the screen is raised and lowered. It also moves the "upper sash in one direction moves the screen in the reverse direction, the construction being such that the motion-transmitting gearing does not in any manner interfere with the use of ordinary window-sashes balanced by weights or springs, or the use of sashes of which the upper one only is movable" (lines 24-30).
Date:
December 17, 1895
Creator:
Leary, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanding Device for Locomotives.
Patent for a device that keeps sand from being lost during delivery and "whereby the emitting nozzle is kept clear and prevented from clogging up or freezing" (lines 15-17). It is an improvement on sanding devices.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Chase, Floyd T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe for Bridges.
Patent for a new and improved bridge shoe including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Seaman, George S.
System:
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Churn.
Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Nanny, Amos William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine.
Patent for a pumping engine that uses a "combined piston rod and plunger acting in the same vertical line and carrying a crank pin box and cross heads for driving the governing fly wheel" (lines 12-15). Mounting and dismounting this engine is simple, and the engine has easily accessible packing ends of the steam and water cylinders. Also, the adjustable yoke is improved in this engine.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Clarkson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History