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Commode-Seat.
Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Ainsworth, Lucian M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing-Presses.
Patent for an attachment for printing presses that not only acts as a card cutter, but can also change the shape of the design and automatically eject the paper.
Date:
November 26, 1901
Creator:
Speight, Winchester Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn and Freezer
Patent for a churn that may also be used as an ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Lambie, Robert Common
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Winding Mechanism.
Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Chair.
Patent for a dental chair improvement.
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Stiles, Edmund P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Danger-Signal for Railroads.
Patent for a "device for indicating at railroad crossings and other points, the approach or departure of trains within any given distance of such crossing or with relation to any point where persons might come into dangerous proximity to the train if they were left unadvised by some such signal as this." (Lines 19-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Lee, Horatio Grooms; White, John P.; Ball, Thomas & White, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant Valve.
Patent for an improved valve for hydrants that, when closed, allows water to drain out of the riser and bib, preventing freezing. Includes illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Ziller, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Training Troop in the Pointing of Guns
Patent for improvements to apparatus to train troops in pointing and aiming various firearms. An electric lamp shines light through a tube to point at the target, with a shutter that can operate simultaneously with the trigger or remain open.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Place, Olney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vitreography.
Patent for an invention that is similar to an adhesive, which aids in the ornamentation of windows. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
Date:
March 26, 1867
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saws.
Patent for improvement in saws by way of the construction of beveled edged teeth with concave sides.
Date:
April 26, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Side-Saddle.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in side-saddles, and consists in forming the saddle-tress hollow, or with air-chambers within." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 26, 1870
Creator:
Smith, Fenwick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c
Patent for a grate for boiler furnaces. This invention can be used for steam-boiler furnaces, stoves, or any device to "produce a higher degree of heat than is obtained by the usual grates" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Spiller, Philip S. & Brenizer, Nelson, O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a car coupling "which greatly facilitate the connection of two car couplings having the improvements and adapt the knuckle of the car coupling to automatically swing open when free to do so." (line 12-16)
Date:
May 26, 1903
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drip-Cup for Gas Water-Heaters
Patent for a drip cup for gas water heaters. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Donnelly, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved self-oiling axle box. This design utilizes a sleeve with several small, oil-filled holes to be placed between the spindle and the axle box, which lubricates the machine and reduces friction. A nut keeps the spindle and axle box together.
Date:
April 26, 1881
Creator:
Barnes, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie.
Patent for a new and improved railway-tie. This design "is to produce a simple and inexpensive tie which may be easily secured in a road-bed and to which the rails may be solidly and conveniently fastened and which is also adapted to be used in connection with wooden sleepers, being constructed so that it may be easily placed in position between wooden sleepers without tearing up the rails" (lines 9-16).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Tank
Patent for a flushing tank. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1904
Creator:
Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Tank.
Patent for a flush tank, which turns off automatically when the tank is empty.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for improvement on vehicle shock absorber, including instructions and illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Harvey, Harry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Squeezer.
Patent for a new and improved fruit juicer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-squeezer having flat or nearly flat pressing-surfaces, the combination of jaws having lever-handles integral therewith, and face-plates held in transverse dovetail seats in the faces of the respective jaws by means of clamping-screws, and supported therein by central set-screws" (lines 89-95).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Stein, Philip H. & Tams, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Note Register
Patent for a note register. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Winn, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Compound for Treating the Human Hair.
Patent for an improved compound for straightening, softening and renewing the human hair, ingredients and proportions are listed. No illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1869
Creator:
Lount, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-harvesting machine, including illustrations.
Date:
January 26, 1875
Creator:
Miller, La Fayette Kohler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational Appliance.
Patent for an educational appliance that is meant to be used for teaching math mechanics and physics. It easily demonstrates principles of mechanics and physics that involve quantities.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Macfarlane, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History