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Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Ball, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controller Attachment for Levers
Patent for improvements on controllers for levers
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Smith, David C.
System:
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Combined Music-Rack and Front Panel for Pianos
Patent for a music rack and front panel for pianos. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder
Patent for "new and useful improvements in band-cutters and feeders" (lines 6-7).
Date:
February 26, 1889
Creator:
King, Charlie C. & Trimble, Alonzo D.
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
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Owens, Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for explosive-engines.
Patent for an improved valve for use in explosive engines which lists the movements of various parts in order to allow air and fuel to mix and explode.
Date:
February 2, 1914
Creator:
Ray, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918
Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bushing Extractor and Inserter
Patent for the creation of a manner in the method of bushing extractors and inserters.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Renfro, Leonardo E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine.
Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
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Balancing Pump Jack
Patent for increasing the power of pump jacks and providing simple devices for aiding the driving mechanism. A shifting weight helps balance the sucker rod.
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, W.L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake.
Patent for an improvement in a wagon-brake using an operating-lever that is mounted in a bracket near the front axle, and consist of diverging arms; and a segmental rack-plate with teeth that is arranged to be engaged by a sliding pawl. When the operating-lever and the sliding pawl are connected; when the brake-bars are in motion, clamping the wheels of a vehicle thus making it stop.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine.
Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Herdman, Adam H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit
Patent for a well drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Byron, Marcus A. & English, Harry White
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking-Cane.
Patent for a walking cane which is made of two intertwined sections of spiral steel wires, which can be painted different colors creating a noticeable object that can be used by sports fans to show support for their team at games,
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor Turning Mechanism.
Patent for a tractor turning mechanism that will allow tractors to turn at any angle up to a right angle by locking one of the driving ground wheels into a pivot point for the other wheels of the tractor.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Chenoweth, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Device
Patent for a ventilating device for vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 28, 1911
Creator:
Cunningham, Melville Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool.
Patent for a watchmaker's tool that removes "the collet and hair spring of a watch from the balance wheel arbor, without injuring the hair spring of the watch and at the same time holding the balance wheel secure against accident or injury" (lines 10-14).
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Seyfriedt, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a rotary-blade stalk cutting machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1897
Creator:
Evridge, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales.
Patent for a new and improved hydrostatic indicator for scales. This design consists in "a reservoir, an outer cylinder, a hollow inner cylinder, an attached stand-pipe, and registering-dial, said inner cylinder being surrounded by and sliding within said outer cylinder, said outer cylinder being provided with an attached inlet-pipe communicating with said reservoir, said pipe being provided with two valves, in combination with a bearing-bar, side rods, and under bar, forming a frame bearing upon the inner cylinder" (lines 55-65).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Lewis, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Display Machine
Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Osborne, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath Apparatus
Patent for device that allows an electric bath to be taken despite varying degrees of current intensity.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Lowe, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner
Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Parks, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Key Tag
Patent for key tag.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Rosenfield, Clarence
System:
The Portal to Texas History