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Vehicle-Tire
Patent for a tire wheel that is resistant to shocks and vibrations when traveling over roads. This tire is more durable and is more resilient, leading to less break-downs on the road.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension
Patent for the invention of a new and improved vehicle body suspension.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Harper, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magnetic Separator
Patent for a magnetic separator for use in cotton and grain milling that removes all magnetic particles from the product.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Preslar, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater.
Patent for easy to clean water heater that is meant to deal with issues of hard water residue collecting on parts. Includes Illustrations.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
McKinnon, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for a three-way locomotive-headlight with easily removable screens of different colors in order to send signals. The screens are easily fitted to other locomotive headlights. This invention is meant to prevent accidents that happen without proper signaling.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Davis, Moses J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking System for Jail-Doors
Patent for locking system for jail doors where locks of a series of cell doors can be operated simultaneously.
Date:
January 27, 1903
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Trimmer.
Patent for a new and useful lawn trimmer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Luke, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for vehicle wheels/tires and meant to improve upon current models that contain too many operating parts. Patent also contains improvements in performance of tires relating to expansion and contraction of the tires due to temperature.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a vehicle wheel with a tire that is improved with a spring cushion.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmitting-Gear for Windmills.
Patent for an improved transmitting-gear for windmills "which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to impart a long stroke to the pump-rod or other device to be actuated" (lines 11-14), including one illustration.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon-burners of that class which are employed in apparatus for destroying vegetable growths, such as cactus-plants, for heating asphaltum, for concrete and surface drying, and for other purposes where great heat is required.
Date:
February 21, 1900
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel-Register And Advertising-Card Cabinet.
Patent for a new and useful hotel register and advertising card cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1900
Creator:
Duncan, Selden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Cracking Machine
Patent for an industrial pecan cracking machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Compound for Eggs, &c.
Patent for a food packing compound made out of clay, chalk, and lime.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for hoisting concrete. This design consists in "[t]he combination of shaft, drum, rope, and bar with the mold formed of [the] plank and with [the] frame . . . [t]he planks of the mold, made with rabbeted ends and provided with clamps . . . [and] [t]he combination of angle-pieces, bars, and clamping-screws with the mold-planks . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the planks of a concrete-mold having beveled ends, of angle-pieces, also having beveled-ends, and provided with screws for clamping the plank" (lines 71-83).
Date:
January 6, 1885
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley - Guard
Patent for a new and useful improvement in trolley-guards to prevent "the trolley - wheel at the top of a trolley - pole from jumping fro the conducting - wire, thus avoiding the stopping of the cars" (line 9 - 11).
Date:
January 4, 1898
Creator:
Vogler, Herman J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper File and Binder.
Patent for a paper file and binder, which is expandable for varying amounts of pages and holds the papers firmly in the binder, but also allows easy removal.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Springall, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ticket Reel.
Patent for a new and improved ticket reel. This design, "which is filled with the ticket-strip, is mounted upon an angular shaft moving with the reel; said shaft being provided with a journal at or near one end, said journal having bearing in a standard or bracket rigid upon a base piece or plate adapted to be bolted or screwed to a table or desk. . . . [A]lso, to mount upon the end of the shaft immediately outside the bracket or standard a ratchet-wheel, and to pivot upon the bracket a spring-pressed pawl engaging said ratchet, and to combine with the ticket-reel a suitable friction-spring" (lines 16-28).
Date:
January 6, 1891
Creator:
Everett, Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Rectifier.
Patent for a mechanical rectifier for automobiles. This mechanical rectifier connects with the magneto or generator to turn alternating currents into to direct currents for charging a storage battery while operating the engine.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Winterborne, Arthur William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Packer.
Patent for improvements towards the mechanical packing apparatus. The invention will connect the apparatus to power-operated presses, like that of the cotton press.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a new and improved padlock. This design "relates . . . more particularly to those padlocks which are used for locking railway-switches . . . [T]he invention consists in a padlock comprising a bow, or hasp, or shackle, a spring-bolt for engaging the same, tumblers, and a lever connecting the tumblers and bolt, a locking device for the tumblers, and an audible alarm, such as a bell" (lines 9-25).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Lucas, George William
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
Trolley Cut-Out.
Patent for "a new and improved cut-out designed for use on trolley-wires, electric light and power wires, and telegraph wires, the cut-out being arranged to reduce the danger from such wires incident to the breaking of the live wires." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grease Cup.
Patent for a grease cup used to lubricate machine parts.
Date:
January 10, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Arthur Chester John
System:
The Portal to Texas History