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Safety-Brake for Elevators
Patent for lateral pawls to brake the elevator in the event of a cable brake.
Date:
March 10, 1911
Creator:
Mounts, Edison J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace.
Patent for an improved garbage-furnace which consist of a chamber having a grate for the reception of the garbage, a fire-box at each end, and a sand-box between the fire-boxes below the grate, grate-bars are arranged over the fire-boxes and extending from the bridge-wall, when the fire-boxes are ignited, garbage is introduced through the feed holes, the smoke, gases, fumes & etc. from the burning fuel and the garbage passed through a channel leading to the chimney. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 10, 1891
Creator:
Brownlee, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Briquet.
Patent for a fuel briquet formula consisting of coal waste, cotton seed meal, cattle dung, ground flint rock, and coal oil residuum or asphaltum. Is easily transportable, repels moisture, and burns well.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Mannewitz, August M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chair-Backs.
Patent for chair back.
Date:
March 10, 1874
Creator:
Perrenet, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Manually Propelling a Body Through the Water.
Patent for a device that can be used by an individual while swimming to propel oneself through the water, or as an oar to propel a boat through the water.
Date:
March 10, 1914
Creator:
Wyche, Cyril Hopkins
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk
Patent for a desk. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Thompson, Thomas Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Slitting Sweet Corn.
Patent for a corn slitting device for cutting the corn kernels away from the husks on the cob.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Bahn, Gustavus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which has a rotary blade for cutting cotton and blades which can be raised to different levels for different depths of soil.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Williams, John Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a wheel with an improved design that includes shock absorbing springs radiating from the hub, sectional tread for traction, and a metallic construction in place of a pneumatic tire for increased durability. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 10, 1911
Creator:
Smoot, Lonnie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History