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Air-Cooling Apparatus.
Patent for an air cooling apparatus for air to be delivered into a room treated with moisture to reduce the temperature of the air without the use of ice.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
Hollenburger, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial-Stone Composition
Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Blackmon, Albert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplers "wherein the link is automatically engaged with the draw-head of a second car and the link can be quickly disengaged when it needed uncoupling." (Lines 10-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Ponton, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Skid.
Patent for a device that will protect cotton pick-sacks against wear and tear when being dragged on the ground.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Ullmann, Fannie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Johnson, Jordan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barber's Paper Clip.
Patent for a new and improved barber's paper clip. This design calls for "a clip formed by doubling upon itself a [flat] strip of metal," which will hold sheets of paper on which barbers can sharpen their razors. A hook exists on the opposite side, by which the paper clip can hang from the hot towel on the customer's face.
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Cohen, Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for a new and useful bed brace, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Stoermer, Alexander Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Hive
Patent for an improved hive, in which bees are fed and watered more efficiently and honey can be removed without the loss of bees. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
December 13, 1882
Creator:
Meyer, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box.
Patent for a metal, rural, mail carrier supply box with various compartments for different supplies.
Date:
February 16, 1909
Creator:
Dullye, August V. & Woodrome, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design utilizes two separate tongues that run freely along a middle bar, which lengthens the life of the strap by distributing pressure and allowing for broken out, frayed, or otherwise worn holes to be circumvented for new ones.
Date:
May 3, 1881
Creator:
Burket, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter.
Patent for a carburetor that automatically regulates oil based on how much air enters the carburetor.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Cerny, Alois
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Husker.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn huskers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Stahl, Adolf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton - Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton choppers machine as the attachment to cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Richter, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Device
Patent for removing cotton from the stem and placing into the machine. The machine will also remove further elements that are not part of the cotton, and then place the cotton into a basket.
Date:
March 20, 1914
Creator:
Beran, Rudolph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Separator
Patent for a cotton seed separator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1904
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator attachment that adjusts the beams to various distances apart.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Kubenka, Otto E. & Janszen, August W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Means
Patent for improved locking means for sliding doors.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Freeman, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway.
Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Lomb, George W. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam-Actuating Damper-Regulator.
Patent for exhaust-steam-actuating damper-regulator, including instructions and illustrations. This invention improves oil burning equipment for locomotives by "operating the dampers of the air inlet box to automatically close the dampers when the locomotive is standing and to open the dampers when the locomotive is running." (lines 12-16).
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan.
Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "consists mainly, first, in the combination with a swinging bar of metal or wood, or both, carrying the fans, of a balance-weight located at an angle to the line of the bar for the purpose of retarding its backward movement; and, second, in the combination, with a shaft and a hinge-connection uniting the fan-holder clamp to the shaft, of a removable pin by means of which the fan may be caused to move positively with the shaft or swing independently of it, as may be desired" (lines 12-22).
Date:
June 20, 1882
Creator:
Cohen, Moses.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved fan attachment. This design "consists of an attachment for rocking-chairs, cradles, &c., and having an oscillatory arm adapted to hold a fan" (lines 9-11).
Date:
January 2, 1883
Creator:
Cohen, Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Stay Bolt
Patent for Flexible Stay Bolt
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Bearicks, Charles F
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grubber
Patent for a grubber. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
House, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History