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Car-Axle Lubricator
Patent for improving parts of the journal box in car axles to simplify construction and enable access to the interior of the journal box for replacement or otherwise.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Urbeita, Jose M.
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 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
Car-Door.
Patent for a sliding car door and the frame that allows its sliding mechanism to work.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
Sneddon, William
System:
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Fuel-Oil-Controlling Valve
Patent for a new fuel oil controlling valve for locomotives, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Sneddon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap
Patent for an insect trap which attracts insects with a light and contains them.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
La Baum, Francis M.
System:
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Felly-Joint Bridge
Patent for a felly joint bridge designed to strengthen and support vehicle wheels, with illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Lawrie, Alexander
System:
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Book Guard
Patent for a book guard with an illustration.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Boatright, John B.
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:
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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:
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Valve
Patent for improvement to a valve design, with illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Pinkerton, Henry S.
System:
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Automatic Valve
Patent for an automatic valve that uses a lever to open and close quickly, with illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Pinkerton, Henry S.
System:
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Post Hole Digger
Patent for a post hole digger with an illustration.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Wall, William J.
System:
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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:
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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
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
Automatic Valve
Patent for an automatic valve, "designed to automatically control the water-supply to a suitable reservoir through the operation of a float (lines 9-11), with illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Pinkerton, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Cleaning Compound
Patent for a boiler cleaning compound for steam-boilers and furnaces to prevent buildup from hard water.
Date:
September 27, 1904
Creator:
López, Néstor
System:
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Screw-Jack Head.
Patent for a new and improved screw jack head, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1898
Creator:
Glenn, Daniel
System:
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Turn Table
Patent for a new and improved turn table. This invention "relates to an improvement in turn-tables, and its an improvement on that particular kind of turn-table shown and described in Patent NO.517,304" (line 7-9).
Date:
December 28, 1897
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Game-Board
Patent for a design for a game-board this is both useful and ornamental.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Sneddon, Guy Hoyt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Ash-Pan.
Patent for "locomotive ash-pans which are cleared of ashes and cinders without necessitating the stopping of the engine or requiring the fireman or other person going beneath the engine to relieve the ash-pan of its contents, thereby saving expense in labor and obviating loss of time in long runs." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Cummings, Summer Field
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for an improvement on vehicle wheels to "provide a novel and inexpensive safety-guard for wheels of the above-referred-to class, whereby the wheel will be prevented from entering crevices and cracks" (lines 14-18) and to improve durability.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive vehicle-wheel in children's carriages with a double-felly wheel meant to broaden "the tread thereof sufficiently to prevent the wheels falling into cracks between boards of board walks, such as are common in the suburbs or rural districts" (lines 15-19). The spokes are like that of a single-felly wheel.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
System:
The Portal to Texas History