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Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains
Patent for an apparatus for cooling journal boxes on trains by sending water to the journal boxes from a water system installed in each car.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Andrews, Walter P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Sawing Machine
Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Brown, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date:
July 21, 1885
Creator:
Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.
Patent for improvements in cotton picking machines.
Date:
October 18, 1870
Creator:
Dreeson, Bartholdt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture-Handle.
Patent for a plate that improves the security of drop-handle furniture handles with posses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston
Patent for a piston for use in pumps.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Lock for Motor Vehicles.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Switch-Locks for motor vehicles", including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treadle-Spring.
Patent for an improved treadle spring to be used in treadles that are used in sewing machines, scroll-saws, and similar machines. It is simple, inexpensive, efficient, and requires less effort to operate the treadle. The spring does not move while in use.
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Frank, Gustav, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motive Power.
Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Gibson, Obadiah William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill or Paper File.
Patent for a new and improved bill or paper file. This design "relates to hook-files, the object being to so improve their construction as to prevent the bills or papers on the file from working off. The invention consists, essentially, in a file provided with a tongue pivoted near the point of the hook" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 9, 1887
Creator:
Gilbert, Frank B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protector for Trunks or Shipping-Cases.
Patent for trunk protectors "which can be readily attached and detached from the receptacle, and when attached will protect each corner." (lines 20-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 29, 1891
Creator:
Jennings, Joseph Joshua
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mower.
Patent for a new mower designed for use with a single horse and provide a device where the sickle bar may be adjusted at various heights.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
John Bryon Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Fitting Device.
Patent for a garment fitting device made up of a series of measuring tapes that when laid out on cloth after fitting will be held in place by diagonal cross-tapes.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Johnson, Mary M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Track Brace.
Patent for a railroad track brace, which holds the railroad ties in place and supports the track in case of one of the ties breaking.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Kelly, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike Holder
Patent for an improvement in railroad spike holders to affordably reduce abrasion of the rail and to hold spikes into position, including illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1914
Creator:
Kelly, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Guide
Patent for a new and useful saw guide, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Leaf, John Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph-Key.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in telegraph keys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 4, 1898
Creator:
Lewis, Frank E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rifle-Barrels.
Patent for a "new and useful improvement in firearms" (lines 4-5), including instructions and illustrations. The invention provides "a gun-barrel with a number of cutters or plows for grooving the ball, said cutters or plows to correspond with with the number of guides or ribs which the gun is formed" (lines 20-25).
Date:
December 11, 1877
Creator:
Littlejohn, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Car.
Patent for improvements in hand-cars by “providing gearing operated by cranks, on the shaft of which are arranged triangular balance devices, the cranks being adjustable by means of set-screws of other analogous means, so that they may be made to operate the wheels in either direction desired.” (Lines 24-29) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Lo Casto, Tony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Arresters.
Patent for improved construction of spark-arresters, "so that they will be more efficient, and yet simple in construction and not liable to get out of repair; and the invention consists of a metallic circular cone, with winding or arched flanges or wings, which extend toward the side of the shall, and they are covered by a plate, to the upper side of which a perforated cylinder is attached, so that all the sparks are arrested and thoroughly extinguished, while the smoke can pass out through the perforations." (Lines 6-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Lochner, Casper F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Dress.
Patent for millstone dress using mill stone.
Date:
July 20, 1858
Creator:
Loy, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills.
Patent for the improvement of grinding-mills, including a description and illustration.
Date:
July 23, 1872
Creator:
Loy, George W. & Baker, Francis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mower.
Patent for a mower that cuts crops that grow in rows and can be cut by a reciprocatory sickle in which the mower frame is attached to a cultivator frame instead of a shovel. One of the gears "is carried by a cultivator wheel for reciprocating the sickle bar by the travel of the cultivator" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Pate, William H. & Moss, Turner F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History