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Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner for kitchen use such as cooking. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Closure
Patent for a can closure. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Brundrett, Arnold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator that "consists in providing the main axle with spur-wheels and with depending supports to which are attached the beams of the cultivator shovels and a cutting blade which extends in front of the machine and is adapted to be vibrated by the spur-wheels as the machine moves over the ground, thereby providing means for chopping cotton or other stalks" (lines 17-25).
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Bosley, Henry C. & Organ, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Washing and Draining Dishes.
Patent for a new and improved dishwasher. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pan provided near its top on the inner side with rigidly-attached brackets, with a tray in the form of a pan whose side and bottom portions are perforated . . . the tray being of less diameter and height than the pan and provided on its outer side near the bottom with brackets and on its upper edge with handles" (lines 94-101).
Date:
January 14, 1890
Creator:
Caradine, Virginia C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Button Attaching Machine.
Patent for a new and improved button-attaching machine. This design consists in "the combination, with the plunger, of . . . the die having a central projection to enter the concavity of a button and parallel oblique curved recesses in said projection . . . [and] a peripheral flange" (lines 84-99).
Date:
January 24, 1888
Creator:
Tone, Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conflagration Arrester.
Patent for a new and improved conflagration arrester. This design "is to provide a device by which the sides of a building adjacent to other buildings on fire may be protected by a uniform continuous sheet of water covering the sides of such building" (lines 9-13). It consists in "the combination of a series of inclined arms provided with eyes at their outer ends and having hooks to engage the side of a building, a shelf or deflector, and a rod so connecting the latter pivotally with the eyes of the inclined arms that the upper part of said shelf shall overbalance the lower part, which shall . . . rest against the wall" (lines 89-97).
Date:
January 20, 1891
Creator:
Puckett, Florence N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wood Pavements.
Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1879
Creator:
Shellenberger, Samuel Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved bale-band tightener. This design "is to produce a device by which one person may with ease draw a band tightly around a bale of cotton or other merchandise, in place of one that has by accident been broken" (lines 12-16).
Date:
January 8, 1884
Creator:
Willis, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Fastening.
Patent for sliding car-door fastening to improve the fastening of said car-door.
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Buser, William H. & Shaw, Burrell L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water-Elevator.
Patent for new and improved compressed air water elevator to lift water from reservoirs.
Date:
January 27, 1880
Creator:
Keating, Thomas, B.; Clarke, Lafe. W. & Gelatt, Wallace W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a simple, practical, and reliable car-coupling with a side latch. It is "adapted for automatic connection in pairs, when two cars having the improvements are brought together on the same track, which will be capable of a ready release from the side of either coupled car, and also that will be adapted by its peculiar formation to receive support from one part of the improvements, when a coupled drawhead is partly detached from its connections to the car, and which if not so sustained might fall on the track, derail the car having the disabled coupling, and occasion the wreckage of said car and others of a train" (lines 14-27).
Date:
January 15, 1895
Creator:
Curry, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Rail Hose-Bridge.
Patent that provides a hose-bridge that is light in weight and simple in construction, that can be carried on the cars or stored at different points on the line convenient for use.
Date:
January 24, 1921
Creator:
Tyler, Charley P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Gage.
Patent for a new and improved water gauge. This design "consists in the arrangement of a chamber attached to the lower valve of an ordinary water-gage; and the object of [the] improvement is to prevent the foam and sentiment of steam-boilers from accumulating in the glass, stuffing-boxes, and valves of water-gages" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 20, 1885
Creator:
Willis, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack
Patent for a new Jack's that can use in motor cars and other vehicles, It is folded into a compact condition, for storage, within the tool chest of the machine, including illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1916
Creator:
Abernathy, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive.
Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake Ratchet
Patent for new mode of applying brake-shoes to a wagon and improvement with the position of the brake level on a wagon.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Shipley, Jack J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Engines.
Patent for an improved and cheaper valve for steam engines.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Machines.
Patent for improvements in earth-boring machines with new design and connections, including illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
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 Churns.
Patent for improvements in churns with specific improvements in dasher-rods and lids. This patent includes illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starting and Stopping Device for Gas and other Engines.
Patent for an improved starting and stopping mechanism for gas or other engines.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Ellis, Thomas William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stationary Boiler.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in stationary boilers for " marine, locomotive, and stationary purposes" (line 14- 15).
Date:
January 4, 1898
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor
Patent for a metallic covering for rubber tires. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 24, 1911
Creator:
Willis, Horatio C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for device locks a nut to the threaded portion of a bolt.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Blackwelder, Charlie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History