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Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
May 2, 1905
Creator:
Pruitt, George Holditch & Pruitt, Conrad D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book Support.
Patent for a new and improved book rest. This design consists "of an upright pivoted in a support or base, a sliding lower supporting cross-bar, an upper sliding supporting-bar, both bars having sockets upon their rear sides sliding upon the upright and provided with set-screws, and leaf-clamps consisting of a piece of spring doubled at one end to form slides sliding upon the arms of the upper cross-bar, forming curved yielding portions, forming transverse eyes at the other ends, having flat blocks hinged at the said eyes, and provided with thumb-pieces" (lines 72-83).
Date:
November 25, 1884
Creator:
Johnson, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome
Patent for an aerodrome/helicopter with improved wing design.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Snow, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for "attachments for planters, cultivators and the like" (lines 8-10) "whereby the implement will be permitted to yield to uneven ground" (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Waters, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke that is worn on the head of the animal to prevent it from breaking or going underneath wire fences.
Date:
May 21, 1907
Creator:
Carter, Joel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Wilkinson, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiskid Device
Patent for reinforcing the hinge of an antiskid device. Long studs on heavy foot plates on tires are used to brace the hinges not allowing them to wear down by dragging on the road surface.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Ross
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling.
Patent for a new and useful apparatus for cleansing and preparing cotton for baling and ginning.
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Orden, Charles Van
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton
Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Kelly, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auger-Bit
Patent for an auger bit used for boring holes. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Harris, Lawrence P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings
Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Price, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. This invention consists of a series of switches and a rotary switch run by electromagnetic key operating motor. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. Illustration included.
Date:
October 10, 1905
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines
Patent for an automatic pump for internal combustion engines. Illustration included.
Date:
August 9, 1910
Creator:
Smith, Robert W. J.; Anderson, John C. & Rowe, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle
Patent for bale tie buckle. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Jenkins, John C. & Flowers, W. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in construction of cotton baling-presses.
Date:
August 29, 1882
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame or support, the lever-arms, the winch and the ropes connecting the said arms thereto, the follower, the toggle-jointed levers connecting the said follower with the frame, and the rods connecting the joints of the said levers to the lever-arms, with the follower and the fulcrumed levers, having their inner ends connected to the follower and their outer ends connected to [a different] follower whereby the said followers move simultaneously when the winch is turned" (lines 83-94).
Date:
March 30, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination of sill having uprights or fulcrums, levers mounted upon the latter, a follow-block connected to the inner ends of said levers by loose joints, a vertically-sliding follower, rods connecting the outer ends of said follower with the outer ends of the levers, and mechanism for operating the follower . . . the follower moving vertically above the sill, levers pivoted to uprights or fulcrums upon the sill, and having inner beveled ends, a follow-block loosely jointed between the inner ends of said levers" (lines 64-77).
Date:
February 5, 1884
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment
Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp
Patent for a bed clothes clamp for holding the sheets and blankets over the occupant of the bed.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Martin, Delia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block or Follower for Baling-Presses.
Patent for blocks or followers for baling presses that has an improved press block to facilitate the handling of the bagging that the bale is wrapped in so the bale can be held tightly.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Becker, Irvine N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Compound
Patent for a boiler compound for purifying water in steam boilers, with ingredients included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
Maule, John Quincey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder
Patent for boiler feeder. This invention is designed as a gravity feed automatic boiler. Illustration included.
Date:
March 28, 1905
Creator:
Finch, Clark Ethan
System:
The Portal to Texas History