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Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator
Patent for an aseptic fountain syringe or irrigator for use by doctors that is easily cleaned and portable.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Leach, Shirley N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photographic-Printing Device.
Patent for a new photographic-printing device featuring an improved apparatus, as well as new exposure and printing capabilities, including illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Brown, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.; Wise, Daniel; Dehn, Frederick D. & Crossland, Mortimer L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer
Patent for an automatic mailbag catcher and deliverer. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Koch, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth.
Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Fleming, Christopher C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas lamps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Josserand, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin acetylene gas generators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Pitts, William Wirt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination coat and pants hanger.
Patent for a combined coat and trousers hanger that is formed strongly of wire to maintain its shape and durability, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Collier, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser and Dripper for Coffee or Tea Pots.
Patent for "a combined condenser and dripper for coffee or tea pots, the main object of the invention being the provision of a combined condenser and dripper to be attached to and used in connection with an ordinary coffee or tea pot; second, to construct a condenser readily connected to or disconnected from the lid of coffee or tea pot, and to have the reservoir or body of the condenser a proper distance above the pot to prevent its receiving external heat from the pot; and thereby, to produce such condenser and dripper at a minimum cost; and perfect in its operation" (lines 25-38).
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
McClellan, John A.
System:
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Back-Band Buckle.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple back-band buckle that doubles as a trace-carrier and locks the trace into place. It secures to the carriage and locks the trace into place with a snap-hook.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Ware, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertable Corn Sheller and Grater.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive convertible corn sheller and grater that, when shelling, can fill a receptacle without spilling or clogging. The sheller also separates dust from the corn. The grater is easily removable for cleaning.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Crockett, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Drafting-Instrument.
Patent for a combination drafting-instrument that is "carried about the person and serve as a combined pencil-holder and drafting tool and when used in the latter capacity to serve the functions of a divider, a square, a compass, and a caliper for either inside or outside gaging" (lines 10-15).
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Deats, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a simple cattle-guard that provides an unstable footing for the cattle without injuring them, and thus preventing the cattle from going onto train tracks. The cattle do not get injured when stepping on this device.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Brady, Peter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle.
Patent for a bicycle that is safer than other bicycles. It has compensating gearing so that "the variations in leverage in the various positions assumed by the pedal crank are equalized" (lines 12-13).
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Lillibridge, Freeman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Railroad Rails.
Patent for a new and improved chair for railroad rails. This design utilizes a metal key and wrought-iron straps so that "the rails are held firmly both laterally and vertically, so that they are kept level at the joint and any sagging is prevented. At the same time endwise movement by expansion or contraction is not hindered, and the chairs being fastened to the ties, the expansion and contraction will take place entirely between the several chairs" (lines 49-57).
Date:
February 20, 1883
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles & Abbott, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Linting Machine.
Patent for Improvements of the Cotton-Seed-Linting Machine. This improvement will allow for better stripping and cleaning of cotton lint.
Date:
February 20, 1919
Creator:
Voorhees, Flex E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher to stretch regular wires or barbed wired for fencing. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1908
Creator:
Tyer, Sampson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Cart.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin log carts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Bender, Gustave
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting and Moving Device
Patent for a construction device to help move heavy machines.
Date:
February 20, 1915
Creator:
Kenyon, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for railway mail service bag-catchers "to provide a catcher which will remove a bag from a supporting-crane and transfer it automatically into the mail-car while the train is in motion" (lines 13-16).
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Elliff, Josiah C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
Patent for an invention of a new and improved sulky-plow, "which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted to cause the plow to take or leave land, and to work at any desired depth in the ground, which will enable the plow to be readily raised from the ground" (lines 13-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1877
Creator:
Riddle, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Churns.
Patent for an improvement of the churn that is, "within a square wooden box, of a rotating dasher or paddle, and the mechanism for driving the same, that various parts being constructed, arranged, and operated" (lines 20-24). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1877
Creator:
Dean, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for a new and improved seed-planter. Illustration included.
Date:
February 20, 1877
Creator:
Miller, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History