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Antifriction-Bearing. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Axle Box. (open access)

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
Bag Holder. (open access)

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
Ball-Bearing Axle-Box. (open access)

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
Calf Weaner. (open access)

Calf Weaner.

Patent for a new and improved device for weaning calves. This design is "to be attached to the central cartilage of the calf's nose . . . with sharp points that come against the cow's bag when the calf attempts to suck; and the invention consists in attaching the parts . . . together like a pivot, forming a part of one of the points and adapting them to be held closed by means of a small screw, whereby the device is rendered very cheap, yet effective and reliable" (lines 15-25).
Date: May 29, 1883
Creator: Geissler, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canceling Stamp. (open access)

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
Car-Coupling. (open access)

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
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a car-coupling formed of two coupling-hooks pivoted on a pivot projecting from the bottom of the car, which coupling hooks pass through an inverted-V-shaped guide-slot in the guide-plate, held in front of the pivot, and the said coupling-hooks are connected with a vertically-moveable bar for raising the coupling-hooks. The coupling hooks are raised and their free ends are pressed together, and if then the coupling-hooks are released they swing downward and their free ends are separated" (lines 7-18).
Date: June 24, 1884
Creator: Grothaus, Frederick E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Implement. (open access)

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
Dental Plate (open access)

Dental Plate

Patent for an improved dental plate design that fits better in the mouth of the user and allows for easier speaking and eating.
Date: May 20, 1919
Creator: Glaser, Adolph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Acting Pump (open access)

Double Acting Pump

Patent for a double acting pump. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Holekamp, Richard G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastening Device for Fence-Wires. (open access)

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
Footboard and Guard-Rail for Street-Cars. (open access)

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
Hame and Trace Connector. (open access)

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
Improvement in Adjustable Hammers for Fire-Arms. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms. (open access)

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
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

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
Marking Attachment for Planters (open access)

Marking Attachment for Planters

Patent for a marking attachment for planters, designed primarily for row markers. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Spenrath, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke. (open access)

Neck-Yoke.

Patent for "a safety attachment for neck yokes which, if the neck yoke or the straps which connect it to the pole or to the collars break, will come into action and prevent the pole from dropping" (lines 8-13).
Date: July 24, 1894
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil - Tank Gage. (open access)

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
Ointment for Skin Diseases (open access)

Ointment for Skin Diseases

Patent for "a liniment or ointment for the treatment of ring worm or cutaneous troubles, and the compound is described in the following specification and claim" (lines 10-13).
Date: April 4, 1890
Creator: Bergmann, Anton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Box and Fastener. (open access)

Pin-Box and Fastener.

Patent for a pin box fastener, which holds the tape inside the box while allowing the pins to be withdrawn.
Date: September 22, 1908
Creator: Kimbler, Henry Randolphus
System: The Portal to Texas History