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Animal-Trap.
Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Johnson, Joshua J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for a generator that runs on acetylene gas with a component that releases excess gas in the event the gasometer is overcharged, including illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Menczer, Samuel A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "relates to improvements in churn-powers in which suitable gearing and frame-work operate in conjunction with a vertically-reciprocating dasher; and the objects of [the] improvements are, first, to provide for the quick and convenient detaching of the churn from the driving mechanism; and, second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment of the device to the different sizes of churns" (lines 7-16).
Date:
November 11, 1884
Creator:
Turner, Hiram O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp
Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "compris[es] a base and a reversely bent or inclined retaining or clamping arm formed of a single continuous wire with an eye at one end thereof and a bend or enlargement at the other end thereof, the frame or base being substantially rectangular, and the upward bent arm extending through the eye at one end of the base and having the bend or enlargement at the other end arranged near or against the end bar at the opposite end of the frame" (lines 66-76).
Date:
November 11, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cough-Medicine.
Patent for "a new and improved cough-medicine" (lines 7-8).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
King, Julia Ann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an animal trap that allows an animal, most suitably animals of the rodent species, to enter a rectangular box from any of its four sides through a gate formed of downwardly inclined wires pivoted above each of said openings inside of the box. When an animal enters the trap, they are unable to leave because of the downwardly bent ends of transverse bars secured to the said inclined wires.
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Smith, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot Box Cooler dated November 12, 1918
Patent for the implementation of improvements to hot box coolers. This will assist in the cooling of hot bearings in railway cars.
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Edward W. Hartough
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture and Automobile Body Polish.
Patent for furniture and automobile polish made with an asphalt base for varnished and enameled surfaces such as automobile bodies, pianos, linoleum, stained floors, leather, and rubberized fabrics.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
Lomax, Thornton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel-Lighting System.
Patent for a liquid fuel lighting system, which supplies a pilot light to lamps or stoves without using a separate torch to light them.
Date:
November 9, 1909
Creator:
Burton, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for a lubricator for locomotives and steam engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Coppers, John Andrew & Booth, Eldredge Early
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor-Condensing Apparatus.
Patent for a vapor condensing system that utilizes a mixing chamber and several coils of tubing to produce a cooling effect. The application is suitable for ice machines, refrigeration plants and other systems.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Phillips, John Ernst
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.
Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 21, 1876
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Augurs.
Patent for a new auger design for "boring and excavating wells" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1877
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor-Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved design that provides adaptability for tractor wheels, including illustrations. It allows tractor wheels that are designed to be used on sandy or soft land to also be used on hard soil.
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Furche, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses.
Patent for a baling press "intended for compressing and re-pressing cotton for shipment" (para. 4), and is created using a "simple and efficient" (para. 2) design.
Date:
November 27, 1877
Creator:
Drake, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller.
Patent for an invention "to combine and arrange a cultivator, plow, harrow, and roller, with draught-wheels, axle, draught-pole, and an adjustable supporting-frame, in such a manner that the several parts can be used together or independently." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1868
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler Furnace
Patent for steam boiler furnace. Illustration included.
Date:
November 15, 1904
Creator:
Nash, Alexander Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner
Patent for a multi-use burner for household usage.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Lucus, Eppe M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ
Patent for improved construction of reed boards that prevents dust from getting inside of the reeds.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Preston, Percy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ladder.
Patent for "a step-ladder adapted to travel upon a track and be moved to any desired place by the person using the ladder," (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Marshall, John Wesley; Bolton, R. B. & Marshall, W. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Controller
Patent for a means to "instantly pull down the trolley-pole when its trolley jumps the conductor-wire." (line 15-17)
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Leecraft, Walter, B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Pipe Wrench.
Patent for a nut and pipe wrench that has a detachable handle member which allows the shank to be reduced and extended.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame and Trace Connector.
Patent for a hame and trace connector with an "improved pivoted or jointed connection between the ends of the trace connector and the hame"(lines 16-18).
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Brents, William Rufus & Gunn, William Parks
System:
The Portal to Texas History