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Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam.
Patent for improvement in apparatus for heating water, other liquids, and condensing steam.
Date:
October 1, 1867
Creator:
Phalen, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Harness
Patent for a harnesses for horse-carriages designed to enable the instant detachment of the horse. Includes illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1872
Creator:
Ellis, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Arc Amp
Patent for electric arc lamp.
Date:
October 1, 1886
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cupper
Patent for improvements in the type of equipment known as cotton cupers.
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Wilder, Theodore C. & Wilder, Atwood, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Valve.
Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "the valve-seat of [the] slide-valve, the entrances of whose steam passages form seats for auxiliary valves pivoted to [the] yoke on a rod, whose stud occupies said slot in upper portion of [the] arm pivoted to [the] pendant from [the] main valve-rod and terminating in [the] tappet, the same being combined with the adjustable stops" (lines 55-63).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Moore, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable and Adjustable Roller.
Patent for a new and improved hand-truck. This design consists in "the combination, with the sections . . . arranged parallel to each other and adapted to have a combined longitudinal and lateral motion with reference to each other . . . rollers located upon the under side of said sections, and the spurs on the upper faces at each end, of the braces . . . located, respectively, upon the lower and upper faces of the device and diagonally across the same, and pivoted at each end to said sections . . . the openings provided on said sections, and the dowels on said sections" (lines 68-80).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "a central post, the latch-posts arranged at equal distances on opposite sides of the central post and provided with suitable catches, the latches pivoted at their inner ends to the center post and adapted to engage the said catches, the operating-bar affixed at its center to the upper end of the center post and at right angles to the gate, the loop connected at its free ends, respectively, to the latches, and the operating-cords running over guide-pulleys . . . and connected at their ends to the closed upper end of the loop" (lines 1-13).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Controlling the Flow of Navigable Rivers or Other Waters.
Patent for a new means of controlling the waters. This design "is to remove or prevent the formation of sand-bars at the mouths of harbors elsewhere, calculated to obstruct navigation; also, to prevent the overflow of navigable rivers and the breaking of levees or destruction of jetties. [The] invention consists in a novel means of accomplishing these and other like ends by mechanical forces applied to increase the natural current or outflow of the navigable water toward its outlet or the ocean through the instrumentality of suitably located and anchored vessels provided with propelling devices" (lines 8-21).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Coult, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Vegetable Oils.
Patent for a process of purifying vegetable oils, specifically cottonseed oil, using a little or no soap-stock and without losing oil. It also improves the purifying process. This process is meant for crude oil, but can be used to further refine already refined oil.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Latting, Richard G., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a refrigerator especially designed to cool meat, dairy, and other farm products. It uses little ice and cools using vaporization.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Elder, Philip T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive shovel-plow that consists of a beam "made in two equal longitudinal, rear-curved sections bolted together in front and rear in combination with the slotted adjustable heelpiece secured between the beam-sections, and the handles bolted to the curve of the beam" (lines 42-47), braces for the handles, and a spacer.
Date:
October 1, 1895
Creator:
Schoenfelder, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book
Patent for a book with margin numbering which allows for page numbers to be visible with one glance, including illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Rhodes, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a new churn with a simplified and improved construction, includes illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
New, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer Valve
Patent for a valve for a continuous pipe-line with minimum bend or curve and free from internal switch-plates or other obstructions or reduction of capacity on a cotton-gin, the valve will work on intake and out-take ports. This valve will also serve as both a receiving medium to connect the main conveyer-pipe directly with a loaded wagon or to a warehouse stored with seed-cotton or to a discharge medium after the seed-cotton is ginned to connect the main conveyor-pipe with a seed-cotton bin and cotton-seed bin.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Shannon, Grant S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep Stock Attachment for Plows
Patent for an "improved sweep-stock attachment for plows", so that a "sweep or shovel may be attached to a plow and operated at any desired angle." (lines 8-11)
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Ziecheck, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body
Patent for wagon body which fits on many different types of running bodies, including illustrations.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Winans, Myron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Reeling Apparatus
Patent for removing wire from fencing by providing a simple and efficient machine that will move along and carry the operators with it.
Date:
October 1, 1901
Creator:
Dobson, Thomas J.
System:
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Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face
Patent for a hot air blowing device for blowing on the face that has adjustable temperature settings.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Smith, William Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beamless Brake Mechanism
Patent for a beamless brake mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Fastener.
Patent for improvements in shutter attachments, in which it locks the slats in place at a desired angle. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
System:
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Bridge Construction
Patent for a truss bridge which also uses suspension cables and is lighter than previous truss bridges.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Carroll, John Morton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Murray, Joel S. & Scarborough, Ezem H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.
Patent for a cotton cleaning and condensing machine for cleaning cotton lint and forming it into bats of standard size. Also equipped with a fire-safety mechanism that immediately turns off the machine.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Axle
Patent for a vehicle axles. Illustration included.
Date:
October 1, 1907
Creator:
Wagner, Samuel C.
System:
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