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Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Device.
Patent for a "portable derailing device" (line 13) including illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Martin, Daniel W. ; D. W. Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for train car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
January 17, 1905
Creator:
Jones, Evan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal.
Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Doyle, Edward Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oiler
Patent for an automatic oiler for railroad cars.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Adams, Richard Field
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Keller, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cage or Support for Well-Tubing
Patent for a well tubing cage which provides support for well tubes so that a second pipe is not required. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Harpham, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles
Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus.
Patent for an improved boiling apparatus for canning.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Still, Cuthbert A. Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Box
Patent for a fire box. Illustration included.
Date:
January 17, 1905
Creator:
Butcher, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame House.
Patent for a new and improved frame house. This design consists of "[t]he combination, in a roof, of T-shaped caps or battens having in their depending tongues the transverse dovetail grooves, the roof-boards arranged above the grooves and below the horizontal and lateral arms of the said battens, and the purlins adapted to enter the grooves and grooved longitudinally to engage the said tongues" (lines 23-31).
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Boyd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barber's Paper Clip.
Patent for a new and improved barber's paper clip. This design calls for "a clip formed by doubling upon itself a [flat] strip of metal," which will hold sheets of paper on which barbers can sharpen their razors. A hook exists on the opposite side, by which the paper clip can hang from the hot towel on the customer's face.
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Cohen, Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Bottom Spring.
Patent for new and improved bed springs. Due to this design's construction, "in addition to the support furnished by the top spirals, the platform furnishes a broad level bearing for the mattress and prevents sagging between the springs or injury to the mattress itself. Also, the parallels, being springs in themselves, additional comfort and elasticity are added to the bed, and the springs themselves are more readily adapted to the varying width of the slats of different beds" (lines 25-34).
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Jarrett, Joshua V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device-for-Cooling-Milk-or-Butter
Patent for a device used for cooling milk or butter by means of evaporation so that there is a constant circulation of cool air around the milk or butter.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Wilder, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Receptacle.
Patent for a "novel, convenient, and ornamental bottle or receptacle, adapted to contain ink, a sponge, or the like, combined with a pin-cushion and a pen-wiper" (lines 11-14), with illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P.; Terrell, Edward H. & Terrell, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener
Patent for a box fastener that works to fasten the lid automatically when the lid is placed on the box.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Enhancing Quality Factors in Cotton
Patent relating to a method of enhancing quality factors in cotton.
Date:
June 9, 2006
Creator:
Hake, Kater Davis; Chapman, Kent D.; Kerby, Thomas Arthur & Speed, Thomas Rainey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Automobile Block.
Patent for improvements to automobile blocks, specifically employed for pulling automobiles from muddy or other places where the power of the car cannot be utilized. The patent is for a small, portable device that can be conveniently carried in the vehicle.
Date:
January 17, 1922
Creator:
Schaudies, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
January 17, 1905
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Splicer.
Patent for a wire stretcher and splicer device, for "stretching of the wire when a fence is being constructed, the tightening of the wire after the fence is constructed, and the splicing of broken wire" (lines 10-13), with illustrations.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Dowell, Lawson Henrey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator for Scales.
Patent for a new and improved indicator for scales. This design "consists in a weighted rocker and indicating-arm combined with a scale-beam for operation thereby . . . [it has] for [its] object to dispense with the slides heretofore used and provide for an automatic indication of weight" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Fulcher, Valentine M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Violin Piano
Patent for an apparatus to play a violin via piano keyboard input. Designed with the notion that it would be an effective method of playing the violin with those already familiar with the piano
Date:
January 17, 1917
Creator:
Strawn, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 17, 1905
Creator:
Nelson, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Tongs
Patent for a part to prevent the legs of fire-tongs from lapping or crossing each other.
Date:
January 17, 1871
Creator:
George, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History