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Tube-Vulcanizing Apparatus.
Patent for a tube-vulcanizing apparatus "and in such connection, it relates more particularly to an apparatus for repairing inflatable tubes for wheel tires." (lines 10-13)
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Alvis, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Clock
Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a gin and linter saw filing machine that is fully automatic and can sharpen multiple saws in succession and then stop when finished without resetting the device or manually stopping it. It also can sharpen saws of varying sizes and thicknesses to different levels of sharpness.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Beaver, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Stock and Freight Car.
Patent for stock cars and means for converting a stock car in part or as whole into a freight car.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Bertsch, John Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retort Vaporizer and Superheater
Patent for improvements for vaporizers "of simple and highly efficient means for thoroughly and effectively superheating the vapor of water and oil" (lines 13-15).
Date:
March 26, 1889
Creator:
Biddison, Stella D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt
Patent for a belt. The belt is used for fan belts in motor vehicles and to also have a resilient engagement with wheels without wear on wheels and pulleys.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Blanton, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action
Patent for a new piano-action that will get rid of unwanted sounds and reduce the amount of cushioning needed. Other goals are to ensure that strings cannot not be prevented from vibrating, and that a certain sound can be made.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Blessing, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle
Patent for a vehicle. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1905
Creator:
Boothe, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector
Patent for a tire protector designed to prevent punctures and skidding on slippery roads. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Bradley, Herbert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib.
Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Clutch.
Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Bryant, Clarence R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate.
Patent for an improved grate that is adapted "for use in stoves as well as in fire paces, and which, being composed of separate bars, may be repaired by inserting new bars, thus saving that portion of the grate which remains intact, as cannot be done with grates formed of a single casting" (lines 18-23).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Chollar, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balancing Attachment
Patent for a balancing attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
Coons, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives
Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Cooper, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Stock for Braces
Patent for a bit stock for braces which allows holes to be drilled in small spaces in railroad cars.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Daniel, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Stove.
Patent for an improved collapsible and portable cooking device.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
Davis, Emma
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Step for Railway Cars and the Like
Patent for extendable step for railway cars, and the like.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Dixon, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels
Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Edward Peterson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wringers and Washing-Machines
Patent for an attachment for wringers and washing machines that allows the washing machine to be moved directly from the washing tub to the rinsing tub.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Flood, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinner.
Patent for a cotton thinner, which has cutters which can be moved vertically, a rake attachment, and is durable.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Floyd, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curling-Iron Heater.
Patent for "an improved attachment for gas burners or lamps, which will be adapted to facilitate the heating of curling irons or other light articles" (lines 8-11).
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Fowler, Samuel O. & Taylor, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Facilitating the Use of Railway-Schedules.
Patent for "improvements in means for facilitating the use of local, through and joint-route transportation or time schedules of railways or other carriers.” (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Glisson, Amos A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine
Patent for a machine that will enrobe stick cand with a wrapper. It will recieve the candy stick by stick, wrap it in paper, and twist the ends.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Greer, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester for Smoke-Pipes.
Patent for improvements in spark-arresters for smoke-pipes by using a “combination of a bent smoke-pipe having one complete turn downward, a cinder-piper opening into the lowest portion of said turn, and a coarse wire screen titled backward and overhanging said turn, a receptacle having a slanting bottom hinged at the upper end and secured at the lower end by means of a chin passing over a suitable roller and leading to the rear of the boiler,” (p. 2, lines 20-28) illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1891
Creator:
Hale, William B. & Duringer, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History