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Shutter Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved shutter fastener. This design "has for its object the production of a simple and efficient device, and one that can be conveniently operated from the inside of the blind, but not readily tampered with or opened from the outside without removing some of the slats of the blind. . . . one part—a bolt—is carried by the blind, and the other part—a catch—is secured to the windowsill and locks the bolt, so as to unfasten the blind both hands are required—one hand to operate the catch, the other hand to operate the bolt" (lines 16-30).
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A.
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
Wind-Turbine.
Patent for improvements to wind motors for turbines "and has for its object to provide a wind turbine of novel structure or arrangement and including means for varying the admission of air currents to the wheel thereof" (lines 10-13).
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Gustafson, Claes Viktor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date:
April 15, 1884
Creator:
Hathaway, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that provides "a link of this character which will remain set in a coupling position at all times, so that the coupling of the cars can be effected in an automatic manner" (lines 10-14). It can be easily adjusted to different heights and its construction prevents jerky movements.
Date:
April 9, 1895
Creator:
Yeiser, John C.
System:
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Clutch.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive clutch used for transmitting power. The clutch has "independent rotable disks that act on peripheral eccentric proportions, which are so arranged that the said disk will be held free from contact with the drive-shaft and the entire bearing of the clutch mechanism thrown on the grip members, whereby the shaft-apertures in the disks can be made sufficiently large to overcome any irregularity of the bearing-faces of the internal cam portions and obviating the necessity of providing outside collars" (lines 17-27).
Date:
April 28, 1896
Creator:
Carleton, Ernest WIlliam
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
Needle for Graphophones and the Like.
Patent for a gramophone needle that produces better sound due to allowing for vibrations and can be used longer by producing a a sharpened point on one side while playing that can be used the next time by turning over the needle.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Petmecky, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Brick Car
Patent for an elevating brick car. This invention "is to improve construction of elevating brick cars or trucks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient car or truck designed for use in a brick yard for carrying bricks from a machine to a yard, kiln, or drier" (line 11-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 19, 1904
Creator:
Zilker, Andrew J.; Tidmarsh, Albert L. & Armstrong, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Lamp Socket.
Patent for an improved electric lamp socket "having a pair of switches which are alternately closed and opened, and having means for the attachment thereto of three conductors, whereby it is possible to light the lamp by means of a main switch" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Elliott, William Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser and Lint-Flue.
Patent for a cotton condenser and lint flue for use in cotton gins.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Summerrow, Willie Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hose Reel.
Patent for a garden hose reel that allows the hose to be used, while still on the reel and can be easily cleaned.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Newton, Marvin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Distributer
Patent for seed cotton distributer. This "invention relates to apparatus for distributing seed-cotton to a battery of gins; and the principal object is to improve the construction of such apparatus by providing for the separation of trash from the cotton" (line 8-12). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Brown, Monroe Crafford
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Cross-Tie.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive metallic crosstie that has elasticity and the same vibration as a wooden cross-tie and does not require bolts or nuts. It can easily be placed or removed from rails.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Budington, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bungs.
Patent for improvement in bungs for beer and other barrels.
Date:
April 14, 1868
Creator:
Stremme, Conrad C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railroad-Tie.
Patent for an improvement of metallic railroad ties in which clamp-plates are not needed to hold the longitudinal tension-rods, “instead the heads of the rods bear against the solid outer ends of the rail-seats which are constructed integral with the body of the tie.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
Saunders, Ellison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calendar
Patent for a circular perpetual calendar.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Rowe, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Krueger, Gustav Adolf
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