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Transmission Mechanism
Patent is for power transmission in motor vehicles. It is housed in one case.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Stillians, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns
Patent for a geared mechanism to attach to existing churns to aid in the production of cream into butter. Illustrations include front and side elevations.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Gray, Whitley F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improved design of the plow consisting of a modified foot of the plow and curved blade. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Moore, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Repeating Gun.
Patent for an improvement on toy repeating guns "which may be cocked and fired by manipulation of a single member and which embodies a magazine to receive a number of projectiles which automatically feeds by gravitative action into proper position to be projected by the striker or discharging member. " (lines 10-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Osborn, Carl B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Job Press Standardizer
Patent for job press.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
McMath, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Radiator Supporting Frame
Patent for support structure for car radiators.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Neveu, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for a plow attachment. This design has improvements for the foot portion of plows and cultivators. The attachment is easy to apply, and can be adjusted accordingly.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Clark, Samuel Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submerged Current - Motor.
Patent for a new and useful submerged current motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert Early
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stop-Cock.
Patent for a stop-cock adapted to be used with water service pipes. It features a key operable lock stop-cock whose parts must be manipulated at specific times in order to open the passageway.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Suess, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
System of Subirrigation.
Patent for the improvement of a subirrigation system, which allows the prevention of the pipes being choked by pipes through the use of coiled pipes.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Robinson, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. The design includes a plunger that reciprocates up and down in order to agitate the contents. It is operated by a foot-plate and is meant to be easy-to-use.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Moeckel, A. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Folder.
Patent for a rotary paper folder meant to fold newspapers as they come from the press in a web. The invention is simple, and cuts the paper into sheets of the desired length. Its folding attachment folds the paper in parallel columns, and the knives do not move in relation to the cylinders.
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Carr, Elijah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook.
Patent for a hame-hook that "may be readily applied to the hames or removed therefrom, and which wile in position is secure against any accidental loosening or removal; and furthermore, is strong, cheap, and durable" (lines 12-17).
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Swann, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge.
Patent for a suspension bridge that improves on a previous patent granted to the inventor (No. 411,499). This patent is meant to "decrease the vertical motion in floor of min span of bridge, thereby adding stability thereto; to provide for a new and improved anchorage for the suspension cables of the bridge; and, furthermore, to improve certain details of construction" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Greer, William Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator
Patent for a separator for separating grain. This invention is a separator to separate grain from the straw in threshing machines. The straw is shaken and agitated in order to separate the grain.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Crane, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet Metal Fireproof Window
Patent for a sheet metal, fireproof window. The design is a window where the frame and the sash is constructed out of sheet-metal in order for it to be fireproof. The design also allows the sashes to be opened and held in that position but will close automatically when high temperature air comes into contact with them.
Date:
January 23, 1906
Creator:
Miller, W. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Blow-Guns and Arrows.
Patent for an improved design of the blow-gun and arrows consisting of the broader boar for the blow gun, an arrow fastening cord, and arrow-shafts with grooves. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
White, Luther C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful hose coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Davenport, Robert L. & Rast, Felix Q.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Header.
Patent for the improvement of a header, which is a part that aids the carry of grain.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Whitworth, Sam P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Reciprocating Churns.
Patent for an invention that, "relates to certain improvements in motive power for churns, its object being to provide a compact system of automatically-operating gearing, that may be readily attached to the top of an ordinay churn" (lines 7-11). Illustration included.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Miller, Noah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester
Patent for improved cotton harvesters
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Cayo, Ernest P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale Beam
Patent for sclae beam that is used to weigh bales of cotton.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Gattis, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Gage
Patent for device that marks the length of a skirt from a floor.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Watkins, Lou V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank
Patent for a tank that filters.
Date:
January 23, 1917
Creator:
Gartrell, Clifford E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History