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Antifriction-Bearing.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Bearing.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in anti-friction bearings.
Date:
April 5, 1898
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing Axle-Box.
Patent for a new and useful ball bearing axle box, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1898
Creator:
Hobron, Charles Bingley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Implement.
Patent for a cleaning tool for cleaning chicken coops, sidewalk edges, or removing ice, which combines a scraper/digger, broom, and brush and which fits in small spaces.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Kuettner, Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder.
Patent for a new and improved bag holder. This design "consists mainly in the combination of certain parts having a capacity for adjustment relatively to the diameter of the bag, with certain parts having a capacity for adjustment relatively to the height of the bag" (lines 17-22).
Date:
July 18, 1882
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved axle-box. This design "relates to that class of axle-boxes in which anti-friction devices are employed for enabling the wheel to revolve on the axle with as little friction and wear as possible. [The] invention consists in providing anti-friction rods or rollers arranged between the axle and the vehicle-hub, and held in place in an improved manner" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 10, 1889
Creator:
Hobron, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canceling Stamp.
Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design utilizes a washer, flanges, and vertical slots "for the purpose of adjusting the roughened face of the head . . . so that the correct operation of the face is insured" (65-68). This represents an improvement over previous stamp cancelers.
Date:
April 19, 1881
Creator:
Grothaus, Frederick E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for a new and improved device within internal combustion engines "whereby water is converted into steam, and then delivered into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine" (lines 13-16). Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Harwood, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Patent for a water heater that will heat a large quantity of water in a short amount of time. Cool water is delivered to the bottom of the tank, displacing hot water at the top so the tank is always filled with hot water.
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Faust, Louis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring
Patent for an improvement to springs "designed particularly for use upon carriages, wagons, and motor or other cars" (lines 11-13).
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Snow, Arthur Leland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms.
Patent for an "improved repeating fire-arm... contrived with a sliding breech-block, which is drawn back by crank on the right-hand side of the gun" (lines 6-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 14, 1875
Creator:
Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pouch.
Patent for a tobacco pouch that will fit easily into pockets and hands while still holding the maximum amount of tobacco. There are also improvements on the ease of getting the tobacco out of the pouch.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Shumard, Malnor A. & Shumard, Malnor A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Hammers for Fire-Arms.
Patent for "the particular construction and arrangement of such swiveling striker with its locking devices, and its combination with a double-barreled gun, whereby a single hammer may be employed for both barrels, the striker being capable of such adjustment as to bring it within the range of either nipple, or into an intermediate position between the two, for the prevention of accidents." (Lines 17-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers for Fire-Arms.
Patent for "an improved trigger for fire-arms which shall be provided with a hair-trigger in such a way that the hair-trigger may be used or not, as may be desired, which shall be complete in itself, so that it may be applied to any kind of fire-arm without change in its construction" (lines 17-23), includes illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Sinking Wells.
Patent for improvements in tools for sinking artesian wells, that the tool “will perform its duty under all circumstance and excavate as well in hard materials as in soft earth, as quicksand and cavey formations, and will not have its functions interfered with when an insufficient flow of water is encountered.” (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Stephenson, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil - Tank Gage.
Patent for invention of a gage which measures the depth of oil in a tank. This generally lowers the pole in tank until it touches oil.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
King, Horace. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame and Trace Connector.
Patent for a hame and trace connector for horse harnesses, which can be used for different size horses and attaches securely.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Wren, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Footboard and Guard-Rail for Street-Cars.
Patent for street car foot boards and guardrails that fold up and close the side passageways.
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Wassenich, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "furnish[es] seed-planters for planting in hills or drills corn, sorghum, beans, rice, cotton, and other seeds, so constructed that the seed may be planted in any desired quantity, and at any desired distance apart, and with the rows at any desired distance apart" (lines 20-26).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slicer.
Patent for an improved kitchen slicer with "a plurality of parallel blades which are secured to a stock or handle so that the entire cutting edges thereof will be arranged beneath the stock or handle and can be readily used for cutting bread, meats and vegetables" (lines 14-19), with illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
McPherson, Patty
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for the invention of new and useful improvement to car-couplings. "This invention is an improved car coupling seeking among other improvements to provide simple, easily operated devices by which the cars may automatically couple..." (lines 7-10) Including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1892
Creator:
Vogt, August G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed planter, [with a] seed-dropping cylinder . . . with a row of recesses around its middle part, and rows of different-sized recesses provided with adjustable gage-screws around its end parts, whereby different-sized seeds can be dropped by the same cylinder" (lines 67-74).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Brush
Patent for a brush operated by a motor. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Stoerr, Max & Kuettner, Max
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastening Device for Fence-Wires.
Patent for improved fence posts that holds wires on metallic posts.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Minnich, Otto J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History