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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
Crate or Box.
Patent for "a crate or box of knockdown form consisting of a crate or box made of separable sections and bound together by wires and stay-bolts that are loosely set into the sections" (line 11-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1905
Creator:
Hines, Warren H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord Wood Machine
Patent for cord wood machine. This machine is designed for splitting wood. Illustration included.
Date:
September 26, 1905
Creator:
Taylor, Lawrence S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Computing-Scale.
Patent for a computing scale for weighing items and calculating their price per pound.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Cameron, Clyde M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and efficient improved twin-jaw coupling that couples automatically and easily uncouples. Operators do not need to go between cars to uncouple the cars. "A further object of the invention is in the operation of uncoupling to open the knuckle after releasing the same in order to have the knuckle in position predatory to coupling" (lines 16-19).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Anders Peder
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
Passenger Recorder
Patent for "automatically auditing the number of passengers and the distance traveled by said passengers while en route on a train or other public conveyance." (lines 9-13)
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Rudolf Brown, of Cuero, Texas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Solid Lubricating, Hard and Fracture Resistant Composites for Surface Engineering Applications
Patent relating to solid lubricating, hard and fracture resistant composites for surface engineering applications.
Date:
February 18, 2013
Creator:
Gopagoni, Sundeep; Scharf, Thomas W.; Banerjee, Rajarshi & Tiley, Jaimie S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Improvement in Gate-Latches.
Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 26, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for improvements in cotton hoes: "such as are employed in thinning cotton and other plants" ( lines 16-17).
Date:
September 26, 1897
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for an improved harrow attachment for cultivators that can be easily and quickly removed or attached and which allows soil to be worked after rain when it would otherwise be too moist. Includes illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Stevens, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful window shade attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Garretson, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design "consists of a hub formed of a tube provided with an annular shoulder, and having its outer end threaded, on which threaded end a nut is screwed, between the wider inner end of which the nut and the shoulder of the tube the inner ends of the spokes are clamped, cushion bands and rings and metal bands and rings being interposed between the ends and sides of the spokes and the tube, its shoulder, and the inner end of the nut" (lines 11-20).
Date:
September 26, 1882
Creator:
Drauly, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for light weight wheels for use in wheelbarrows and trucks, which are capable of handling large, heavy loads and lubricating its own hub bearings.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Heibeck, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for a wind-wheel that "needs no guiding vane or tail, but shall turn in the same direction at all times regardless of the direction of the wind" (lines 8-11). It is a horizontal wind wheel that rotates on a vertical axis. The blades automatically opens on one side and close on the opposite side.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
Date:
September 26, 1876
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel
Patent for a hydraulic swivel. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 26, 1905
Creator:
Thomson, Alexander & McLaughlin, Malacha Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that allows foreign materials to blow away from the burner, while it is running and is fuel efficient.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Purse.
Patent for a small purse attached to the hand via a strap, including illustration of purse in use on hand.
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Urmston, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lister Plow Adjuster
Patent for Lister Plow Adjuster
Date:
September 26, 1916
Creator:
Kunkel, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for a telephone system that can be used for long distance calls.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Controlling Switch.
Patent for a pump controlling electric switch that automatically turns on the pump when water covers it and turns off the switch when it is dry.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Gamer, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press.
Patent for a new and improved press for " holding down sauer-kraut, pickles, and other articles in barrels, tubs, or like receptacles" (line 9 -10).
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Cross, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History