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Car-Door Cleat.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car door cleats or guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Miller, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Funnel and Dipper.
Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Hanson, Henry Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressor.
Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Mayhew, John Daugherty
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam and Shank Attachment
Patent for a beam and shank attachment for attaching harrows to cultivators.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Trousdale, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Hook
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive construction of hook which is capable of ready and convenient adjustment and with which different articles of cloth, such as may be on hand, may be used as a back-band, and also so formed as to prevent cutting or tearing of the back-band with which it is used and to be quickly and positively clamped in position on the band" (lines 13-21).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brining and Syruping Machine
Patent for a brining and syruping machine for filling large numbers of cans of fruit or vegetables with syrup quickly like in a factory setting.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Ogburn, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Martin, Edward G. & Miller, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
Date:
May 29, 1901
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Clamp for Bedsteads
Patent for clothes clamp for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Taylor, Fannie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date:
June 11, 1912
Creator:
Bradshaw, John F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for a foot trap for catching animals known for their furs that will prevent the animal from gnawing the trap or his foot off.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Roberson, Elige L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars
Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Mechanism
Patent for a sliding car door mechanism.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Gradick, Wiley Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus
Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Spear, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Heel-Sweeps.
Patent for a simple and durable brace for heel-sweeps. The wings of the sweep will not close, and "that portion of the sweep through which the heel-bolt passes will be materially strengthened" (lines 14-16). It also braces sweeps whatever their size, and all the brace's parts are adjustable.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Ferrell, Augustus C. & Hamrick, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved planter attachment. This design consists "of a suitable hopper which is to be attached to the side of the beam, a spring-actuated seed-slide, an extension or support which projects from one end of the hopper, a pivoted lever placed upon the extension and connected to the seed-slide at one end, a strap connected to the outer end of the lever, and the singletree to which the draft animal is secured . . . to convert any ordinary plow or cultivator into a corn-planter . . . which is operated by the pivoted motion of the singletree as the draft animal moves forward" (lines 14-29).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Dean, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved car-axle box. This design "consists in an improved cap for the box, a dust guard or plate, and packing for the same, the object being to render the axle-box dust and oil tight" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Scott, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for "a crate for packing and transporting bottles of such material and such form of construction as will present a minimum liability to breakage of the contents." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Riviere, Richard Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Filling Bottles.
Patent for an "apparatus for filling bottles with crude petroleum, turpentine, and other liquids; and its object is to provide an improved construction which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in operation" (lines 14-19).
Date:
May 5, 1896
Creator:
McKay, Felix Early
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a back band buckle that consists of a plate with its ends turned up and two upper longitudinal slit, the lower slit having teeth, and a hook with nibs.
Date:
August 29, 1893
Creator:
Brown, John Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.
Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
Date:
July 10, 1894
Creator:
Harpst, Edgar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for invention for new and useful improvements in Car-Replacer. The invention relates to improvements in car replacers which can easily be applied to a track or rail which will quickly and easily cause the car to enter upon the track and which cannot possibly become displaced by the weight and strain of the car
Date:
January 3, 1892
Creator:
Moore, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History