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Direction Signal
Patent for a "direction indicator" (lines 12-13) adapted for se in vehicles. Created for a simple method to inform other drivers of the intended direction of the car it is installed in.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Hayhurst, Clark R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Touch-System Hand-Rest
Patent for attaching a novel clamp to the rest frame of a typewriter or table. The clamps can be adjusted to fit various pieces of furniture or typewriters. The invention is to improve the way the hand rests on the frame of the typewriter.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Walter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shape-Retaining Device for Felt Hats.
Patent for a device that retains the shape of felt hats and restores felt hats that have lost their original form, illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Hausinger, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Figure Velocipede.
Patent for new figure velocipede which when propelled, resembles a galloping horse.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Houghland, Howard J.
System:
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Automatic Gate Latch.
Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Schultze, August J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle-Lid Lifter
Patent for "new and useful improvements in means for automatically opening the closure of a receptacle upon the approach of a person thereto" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Bianchi, Manlio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Propelled Truck.
Patent for a self-propelled truck that has free-turning movement, independent of the truck frame, and has a body that "may be low down and straight from end to end" (lines 29-30). This patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Hoag, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile
Patent for Projectile. "The present invention relates to projectiles and has particular reference to a shell which is adapted to be fired from a gun to penetrate the object aimed at and subsequently explode therein. An important object of the invention is to provide a projectile of the above mentioned character, so constructed so that the same will have a high armor penetrating efficiency and a very large explosive material carrying capacity, whereby the explosion of the shell subsequently to its penetration into or through the armor will be very disastrous" (lines 9-22).
Date:
August 16, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for an improved rail joint.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
Kotlarich, Pete M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signaling Device.
Patent for an electric signal device which has a shelf with a pad of paper, which when lowered signals a central location elsewhere. It is optimized for use by manufacturing companies watchmen and telegraph operators to send in reports of their location at various intervals.
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
Baker, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal Device
Patent for a railway signal device used to "remind a telegraph operator of orders received concerning a given train" (lines 11-12). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1907
Creator:
Baker, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dressing-Cabinet.
Invention for a portable structure to be used as a dressing-cabinet that is easy to set up and take down, light enough to move on rollers, conveniently accessible, and containing mirrors and folding shelves.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Mistrot, Felix Emile
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy
Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Eichenberg, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing Wheel
Patent for a roller bearing wheel. This invention relates to anti-friction bearings for use in rail car wheels. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Sanchez, Joseph N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress
Patent for a cotton compress. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
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Marine-Engine Governor.
Patent for marine engine governor "designed to maintain uniformity of speed of the engine when the resistance to the propeller or propellers is varied" (lines 11-13), including illustrations and description of construction.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Corneliussen, Ivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe
Patent for pipe. It is designed to insulate against heat and cold for all forms of fluid conveying pipes.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Berger, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Separating Trap
Patent for a steam eliminator for engines or other machinery to deliver steam with as little moisture as possible including illustrations.
Date:
August 7, 1900
Creator:
Cox, John R.; Wright, George H. & Reynolds, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Tire.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tires for "use with bicycles" (line 10).
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Lewis, George Harris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gearing.
Patent for "gearing for bicycles, and has for its object to furnish a train of gearing for the connection of the treadles with the rear wheel of a bicycle, whereby the usual sprocket-and-chain gearing may be dispensed with." (lines 7-12).
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Brown, Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in game apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Hutches, Benjamin F. Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coach and Car Step.
Patent for an attached coach and car step "to render it unnecessary to carry stools or stepping-boxes, as are now used to facilitate passengers to get on or off the car or coach from an extra height between the ground or depot-floor and the main bottom tread of the step, thus avoiding dangerous and fatal results from overturning of stools and boxes." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Taylor, Frederick A.; Farrell, Patrick W. & Quebe, Wesley S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter.
Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Harris, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Printing-Presses.
Patent for a feeder for printing-presses that "takes one sheet of paper at a time from a pile on the feed-board and delivers it within reach of the nippers to the press, as straight and true as it laid on the feed-board" (lines 11-14). The feeder has an improved design with adjustable retaining plates, a feed-board, a guard bar with sleeves that slide on the bar, retaining plates, pins with thumb-screws, brushes, and gage-blocks.
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Orser, Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History