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Improved Priming Device for Internal-Combustion Engines
Patent for improvement in priming devices for Internal-Combustion engines created by placing an injector that forces fuel from the fuel tank into the intake manifold in time with the cylinder for faster combustion.
Date:
June 21, 1920
Creator:
Donada, Benito J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor.
Patent for new and improved tractors on farms that are capable of pulling plows, cultivators, seed planters and other similar types of devices.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Lindner, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Check Writer.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Bank-Check Writers. With this device, a blank check may be inserted and the name of the payee and the amount in figures will be typewritten.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Wendelken, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming Device
Patent for a priming device. Intent of the priming device is to provide improvements to priming devices in internal combustion engines.
Date:
May 16, 1919
Creator:
Donada, Benito J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bridge and Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a bridge with movable parts that disallows the passage of cattle while allowing for the passage of human foot-traffic and automobiles.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Brian, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for an adjustable envelop design for storing documents and articles. This is a design with flaps within the inner fold that are made to secure and protect the document. Straps that extend from the outer edge secure the outer flap over the contents as well as the inner protective flaps.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Low, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broiler
Patent for a broiler. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 6, 1910
Creator:
Rape, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Obtaining a Vacuum.
Patent for a new and improved vacuum. This design utilizes a liquid pump, plates, tubes and valves to make "about as perfect a vacuum . . . as can be obtained by an ordinary pump" (lines 53-55).
Date:
July 27, 1880
Creator:
Ward, Lyman Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles
Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
Date:
June 30, 1877
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement in ironing-machine which can iron clothes quicker and better with very little physical labor. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat
Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.
Date:
June 29, 1869
Creator:
Fulton, G. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Husker.
Patent for a new and improved machine for husking corn using a rotating wheel with spurs and cutters with combination of a stationary and movable concaves, including illustration.
Date:
March 9, 1858
Creator:
Fagan, Joseph & Fagan, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History