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Nut-Lock.
Patent for new and improved Nut-Locks, allowing for "a simple, strong, durable, and efficient arrangement for effectually locking a nut on a bolt..." (lines 16-18), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 29, 1916
Creator:
Portesi, Santos & Taini, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Walker's Tool.
Patent for a new and improved track-walker's tool. This design "consist[s] of a sectional handle or body having a claw-bar and spiking-maul at one end and a wrench at the opposite end, the said wrench being provided with a stud upon one face, the distance between the outer face of said stud and the outer surface of the maul when the sections are joined together and the maul faces the stud being such as to correspond to the standard distance between rails" (lines 14-23).
Date:
December 2, 1890
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound
Patent for a medical compound which "when taken internally, is a cure for gonorrhea, gravel, dysentery, and diarrhea, and when applied externally a cure for rheumatism" (lines 12-14).
Date:
September 4, 1906
Creator:
Mendez, Jesus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger
Patent for a post hole digger with an illustration.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Wall, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Panorama-Camera.
Patent for a panorama camera to adjust or remove the film without exposing it, including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Baker, Franklin James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bunk Stairs
Patent for stair-step that can be folded up, to be used in bunk bed situations such as in sleeping cars of trains.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Mey, Ella E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design utilizes "[t]he combination, with the bolt having a longitudinal groove therein, and the nut having a circular recess in its inner face and a series of perforations in its outer face, of the key having its inner end bent at right angles and fitted in said recess, and provided with an arm and pivoted catch at the outer end, which catch is adapted to engage with a perforation in the nut" (lines 47-55).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Mlinarich, Gioseppe Iosef Pepos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triangle for Billiard-Balls.
Patent for an improved triangle for billiard balls that consists of sides, movable doors on the bottom edge, a fixed guide on the side of the triangle, and springs to hold the doors.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive nut lock that securely locks a nut onto a threaded bolt and can be easily unlocked. It also is simply constructed. It consists of a plank-like spring tongue that fits over the bolt and under the nut.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Taini, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock with a locking washer at the base of the nut that does not unscrew. The nut forms a bar of spring metal.
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Mauermann, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Lifter
Patent for a lifter for stove lids that may also be used as kitchen tongs, with illustrations.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Hall, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design consists in "[a] gate-latch comprising a slotted-sleeve, a pivoted and spring-actuated latch-plate, and a bolt mounted to turn in the latch-plate and extend through the sleeve, and provided with a transverse pin" (lines 98-102).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for improvements in gate latches, which "may be adjusted toward or from a gate on a post to be engaged by the latch proper and enable compensation to be made for spreading of the posts upon which the gate is supported and to which it is secured by the latching device." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a simple, durable, and easy to use gate-latch for swinging gates in which the lock latches move vertically. The latch is on the gate, and a catch is mounted on the post.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for improvements in gate hinges, "the object being to provide hinges which will hold the gate in an open position." (Lines 9-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1891
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Gate.
Patent for a swinging gate that consists of a supporting post, a gate, a hinge that connects the gate to the post, a rear bar, a hinge lever that connects the rear gate bar to the supporting post, an operating lever, cords or chains that connect the lever and the hinge lever, and a latching mechanism.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Jack Head.
Patent for a new and improved screw jack head, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Glenn, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel.
Patent for a shovel, which has a detachable blade and handle that can be securely fastened when in use and easily taken apart for transport.
Date:
April 7, 1908
Creator:
Ellison, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skate-Wheel.
Patent for a skate-wheel that is meant for roller skates, but it can be used for other things. It gives the skate a smooth gliding movement. The "invention consists essentially of a stationary runner or slide rigid to the skate and arranged in a circular rim or tire, so that there will be as little friction as possible between the two parts, the runner being adapted when in operation, to slide along its bearing in the rim or tire and by this means the tire is made to turn as in the ordinary wheel" (lines 24-32).
Date:
March 13, 1894
Creator:
Mauermann, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke Center.
Patent for a device that improves, simplifies, and strengthens the construction of neck yoke centers.
Date:
February 6, 1906
Creator:
Quick, E. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Hanger
Patent for a new picture frame with adjustable hanger. Patent for "a new and improved picture frame with an attached hanger to support the top and bottom of the frame at any desire angle" (lines 14-19) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new picture frame hanger design, including illustrations.
Date:
January 3, 1893
Creator:
Hymans, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a new and improved harrow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the revolving harrow-teeth and prong-wheels, of the centrally-hinged vibratory frame, carrying drag-hook teeth . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the harrow-frame . . . carrying the hook-teeth, of the pulley, chain, and lever" (lines 62-70).
Date:
March 20, 1883
Creator:
Lewis, Charles Patton
System:
The Portal to Texas History