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Air Pipe Coupling (open access)

Air Pipe Coupling

Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date: September 23, 1916
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the crossed levers, the bail extending over the same, the spring secured to and extending between said levers, and the latches carried by said levers" (lines 3-6).
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Bonner, Whitmill J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator that "consists in providing the main axle with spur-wheels and with depending supports to which are attached the beams of the cultivator shovels and a cutting blade which extends in front of the machine and is adapted to be vibrated by the spur-wheels as the machine moves over the ground, thereby providing means for chopping cotton or other stalks" (lines 17-25).
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Bosley, Henry C. & Organ, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Holder (open access)

Pin-Holder

Patent for mechanism that will encase and dispense pins. It holds a roll of pins and its paper and guides "the removal of pins without manipulation of any apparatus, and without requiring mechanism for checking the pins individually" (lines 20-23).
Date: May 23, 1916
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in rail-joint by providing “a fastening means for rail-joints adapted to embrace the bottom and top sides of the foot and the sides of the web of the rail and to extend along the underside of the head, so as to brace the joint vertically.” (Lines 16-31) Illustration is included.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Boyd, Henry M. & Redmon, Hope
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind Wheel (open access)

Wind Wheel

Patent for wind wheel. Illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "a farm-gate that may be opened and closed from either side of the gate by a person mounted on horseback, or by a person in a vehicle, without its being necessary in either instance for the person to dismount or alight" (lines 18-22).
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Bradley, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for new improvements to oil-burners in stoves and furnaces providing "a proper inlet of air to fire generated on the hearth" (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate-latch that latches closed with extension of the gate, but allows the gate to open by elevating said latch.
Date: November 23, 1920
Creator: Bramblett, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Covering (open access)

Fireproof Covering

Patent for a fireproof covering. Illustration included.
Date: February 23, 1909
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Making Machine. (open access)

Fence-Making Machine.

Patent for a simple, portable fence-making machine meant to separate crossed wires, re-utilizes old wires, and has "a wedge being employed in the twisting-head for the purpose of separating the old twists and causing them to pass through the twisting-eye" (lines 22-25). The machine allows the wires to be equally spaced apart, and the space is adjustable. A picket-gage is included in the invention, which regulates the space between pickets.
Date: July 23, 1895
Creator: Briney, Benjamin C. & Geron, Solomon C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Level. (open access)

Level.

Patent for a spirit level, which measures more accurately than other models and allows quicker calculation of where the wood needs to be moved to be level.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Brittain, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel for Vehicles. (open access)

Resilient Wheel for Vehicles.

Patent for wheels for automobiles which are resilient by introducing a cushioned and floating hub between the hub and the rim.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Brizendine, Olie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness. (open access)

Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness.

Patent for improving the tug-harness attachments on a horse harness to better lock straps in place.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Brodnax, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Steel Bar. (open access)

Combination Steel Bar.

Patent for a combination steel bar meant to easily remove nails and spikes from board without bending the nails or spikes and without splitting the board. It can also be used to remove siding from houses and ships.
Date: July 23, 1895
Creator: Brooks, Jesse S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem. (open access)

Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem.

Patent for a coupling for holdings plows together that allows for the plows to be close together, easily turned, and lets each plow perform its full function uninhibited by the other plows.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Brooks, John L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headwear (open access)

Headwear

Patent for headwear. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Brown, Bettie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sweep. (open access)

Cotton-Sweep.

Patent for cotton sweep. This invention helps in easy spreading and setting of sweeping blades, "since it provides a novel form of brace to be interposed between the blades of the sweep and the stock" (lines 15-17).
Date: December 23, 1902
Creator: Brown, Burel J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Welding (open access)

Method of Welding

Patent for an improved method of welding broken frames in portions of machinery that are difficult to access, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Brown, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for "an improved hub for buggy and other vehicle wheels, which shall be simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which will run with little friction." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1873
Creator: Brown, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Plow Points. (open access)

Fastener for Plow Points.

Patent for a new and improved fastener for plow joints. This design consists in a plow-body, as well as "a hook upon its under side, a lever pivotally secured to the under side of the mold-board, a spring secured to the standard, and a link secured to the free end of said spring and engaging with the rear end of said lever" (lines 1-6).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Brown, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shaft Brace. (open access)

Buggy-Shaft Brace.

Patent for buggy shaft braces for connecting the shaft and cross bar of a vehicle, in order to eliminate malfunction of cross bar.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Brunken, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Box. (open access)

Baling Box.

Patent for a new and improved baling box. This design consists "[i]n a baling-box, the bottom board having cleats and end board and fixed standards that reach above the end board in combination with the hinged side boards and end board hinged to [another] board, [those] boards being provided with cleats that reach beyond the edges of the boards to receive the loops" (lines 87-94).
Date: September 23, 1884
Creator: Bulkeley, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Molds for Sewer-Building. (open access)

Improvement in Molds for Sewer-Building.

Patent for a collapsible mold on wheels, allowing a sewer to "be built in sections around the mold and the mold moved along the trench as sections are completed" (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1879
Creator: Burns, James
System: The Portal to Texas History